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Volume 90, Issue 4
Published online 17 February 2004 (747-939)

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Minireviews

SNPs in cancer research and treatment FREE

H C Erichsen and S J Chanock

Br J Cancer 90: 747-751; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601574

Host genetics and tumour metastasis FREE

K W Hunter

Br J Cancer 90: 752-755; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601590

ALL-1/MLL1, a homologue of Drosophila TRITHORAX, modifies chromatin and is directly involved in infant acute leukaemia FREE

E Canaani, T Nakamura, T Rozovskaia, S T Smith, T Mori, C M Croce and A Mazo

Br J Cancer 90: 756-760; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601639

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Review

Linking the epigenetic 'language' of covalent histone modifications to cancer FREE

S B Hake, A Xiao and C D Allis

Br J Cancer 90: 761-769; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601575

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Clinical

Hormone replacement therapy after surgery for stage 1 or 2 cutaneous melanoma FREE

R M MacKie and C A Bray

Br J Cancer 90: 770-772; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601595

Interleukin-2 improves tumour response to DNP-modified autologous vaccine for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma FREE

M Lotem, E Shiloni, I Pappo, O Drize, T Hamburger, R Weitzen, R Isacson, L Kaduri, S Merims, S Frankenburg and T Peretz

Br J Cancer 90: 773-780; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601563

Monitoring temozolomide treatment of low-grade glioma with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy FREE

P S Murphy, L Viviers, C Abson, I J Rowland, M Brada, M O Leach and A S K Dzik-Jurasz

Br J Cancer 90: 781-786; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601593

Daily omega-3 fatty acid intake and depression in Japanese patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer FREE

S Suzuki, T Akechi, M Kobayashi, K Taniguchi, K Goto, S Sasaki, S Tsugane, Y Nishiwaki, H Miyaoka and Y Uchitomi

Br J Cancer 90: 787-793; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601621

Is treatment with interferon-alpha effective in all patients with metastatic renal carcinoma? A new approach to the investigation of interactions FREE

P Royston, W Sauerbrei and A Ritchie

Br J Cancer 90: 794-799; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601622

A phase I and pharmacological study of the matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor BB-3644 in patients with solid tumours FREE

L Wall, D C Talbot, P Bradbury and D I Jodrell

Br J Cancer 90: 800-804; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601594

Photodynamic detection of diseased axillary sentinel lymph node after oral application of aminolevulinic acid in patients with breast cancer FREE

K A Frei, H M Bonel, H Frick, H Walt and R A Steiner

Br J Cancer 90: 805-809; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601615

A phase II study of sequential carboplatin, paclitaxel and topotecan in patients with previously untreated advanced ovarian cancer FREE

A E Guppy, A E Nelstrop, T Foster, R Agarwal, M J Seckl and G J S Rustin

Br J Cancer 90: 810-814; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601618

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Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Polo-like kinase isoform expression is a prognostic factor in ovarian carcinoma FREE

W Weichert, C Denkert, M Schmidt, V Gekeler, G Wolf, M Köbel, M Dietel and S Hauptmann

Br J Cancer 90: 815-821; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601610

Tumour-derived TGF-beta1 modulates myofibroblast differentiation and promotes HGF/SF-dependent invasion of squamous carcinoma cells FREE

M P Lewis, K A Lygoe, M L Nystrom, W P Anderson, P M Speight, J F Marshall and G J Thomas

Br J Cancer 90: 822-832; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601611

Overexpression of squamous cell carcinoma antigen variants in hepatocellular carcinoma FREE

P Pontisso, F Calabrese, L Benvegnù, M Lise, C Belluco, M G Ruvoletto, S De Falco, M Marino, M Valente, D Nitti, A Gatta and G Fassina

Br J Cancer 90: 833-837; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601543

Demethylation of MAGE promoters during gastric cancer progression FREE

T Honda, G Tamura, T Waki, S Kawata, M Terashima, S Nishizuka and T Motoyama

Br J Cancer 90: 838-843; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601600

Inactivation of class II transactivator by DNA methylation and histone deacetylation associated with absence of HLA-DR induction by interferon-bold italic gamma in haematopoietic tumour cells FREE

Y Morimoto, M Toyota, A Satoh, M Murai, H Mita, H Suzuki, Y Takamura, H Ikeda, T Ishida, N Sato, T Tokino and K Imai

Br J Cancer 90: 844-852; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601602

Tumour necrosis factor and PI3-kinase control oestrogen receptor alpha protein level and its transrepression function FREE

P Bhat-Nakshatri, R A Campbell, N M Patel, T R Newton, A J King, M S Marshall, S Ali and H Nakshatri

Br J Cancer 90: 853-859; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601541

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Genetics and Genomics

Identification and characterisation of constitutional chromosome abnormalities using arrays of bacterial artificial chromosomes FREE

J K Cowell, Y D Wang, K Head, J Conroy, D McQuaid and N J Nowak

Br J Cancer 90: 860-865; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601588

Cellular responses to ionising radiation of AT heterozygotes: differences between missense and truncating mutation carriers FREE

M Fernet, N Moullan, A Lauge, D Stoppa-Lyonnet and J Hall

Br J Cancer 90: 866-873; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601549

Promoter hypermethylation of MGMT, CDH1, RAR-beta and SYK tumour suppressor genes in granulosa cell tumours (GCTs) of ovarian origin FREE

V S Dhillon, A R Young, S A Husain and M Aslam

Br J Cancer 90: 874-881; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601567

Genetic testing among high-risk individuals in families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer FREE

M Ponz de Leon, P Benatti, C Di Gregorio, M Pedroni, L Losi, M Genuardi, A Viel, M Fornasarig, E Lucci-Cordisco, M Anti, G Ponti, F Borghi, I Lamberti and L Roncucci

Br J Cancer 90: 882-887; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601529

The CHEK2 *1100delC mutation has no major contribution in oesophageal carcinogenesis FREE

L B Koppert, M Schutte, M Abbou, H W Tilanus and W N M Dinjens

Br J Cancer 90: 888-891; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601551

Frequent loss of the AXIN1 locus but absence of AXIN1 gene mutations in adenocarcinomas of the gastro-oesophageal junction with nuclear beta-catenin expression FREE

L B Koppert, A W van der Velden, M van de Wetering, M Abbou, A M W van den Ouweland, H W Tilanus, B P L Wijnhoven and W N M Dinjens

Br J Cancer 90: 892-899; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601589

Chromosomal analysis of non-small-cell lung cancer by multicolour fluorescent in situ hybridisation FREE

H K Berrieman, J N E Ashman, M E Cowen, J Greenman, M J Lind and L Cawkwell

Br J Cancer 90: 900-905; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601569

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Experimental Therapeutics

Relationship between tumour endothelial cell apoptosis and tumour blood flow shutdown following treatment with the antivascular agent DMXAA in mice FREE

L-M Ching, S Zwain and B C Baguley

Br J Cancer 90: 906-910; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601606

CYP3A4, CYP2C9 and CYP2B6 expression and ifosfamide turnover in breast cancer tissue microsomes FREE

R Schmidt, F Baumann, H Knüpfer, M Brauckhoff, L-C Horn, M Schönfelder, U Köhler and R Preiss

Br J Cancer 90: 911-916; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601492

N-hexanoyl-sphingomyelin potentiates in vitro doxorubicin cytotoxicity by enhancing its cellular influx FREE

R J Veldman, S Zerp, W J van Blitterswijk and M Verheij

Br J Cancer 90: 917-925; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601581

Forced expression of heat-shock protein 70 increases the secretion of Hsp70 and provides protection against tumour growth FREE

M-H Wang, M E Grossmann and C Y F Young

Br J Cancer 90: 926-931; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601583

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of 2-methoxyoestradiol and 2-methoxyoestradiol-bis-sulphamate in vivo in rodents FREE

C R Ireson, S K Chander, A Purohit, S Perera, S P Newman, D Parish, M P Leese, A C Smith, B V L Potter and M J Reed

Br J Cancer 90: 932-937; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601591

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Letters to the Editor

Is CD1a involved in antitumour immune responses during carcinogenesis? FREE

F Cappello

Br J Cancer 90: 938; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601597

Reply: Is CD1a involved in antitumour immune responses during carcinogenesis? FREE

B J Coventry and S Heinzel

Br J Cancer 90: 939; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601598

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