Table of contents
Volume 90, Issue 9
Published online 27 April 2004 (1691-1876)
Clinical |
Epidemiology |
Molecular and Cellular Pathology |
Experimental Therapeutics |
Letters to the Editor
Minireviews
Neuropsychological dysfunction associated with cancer and cancer therapies: a conceptual review of an emerging target FREE
J S Wefel, A E Kayl and C A Meyers
Br J Cancer 90: 1691-1696; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601772
Cancer genetics services: a systematic review of the economic evidence and issues FREE
G L Griffith, R T Edwards and J Gray
Br J Cancer 90: 1697-1703; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601792
Clinical
Comparison of an inflammation-based prognostic score (GPS) with performance status (ECOG) in patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy for inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer FREE
L M Forrest, D C McMillan, C S McArdle, W J Angerson and D J Dunlop
Br J Cancer 90: 1704-1706; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601789
Evaluation of a cumulative prognostic score based on the systemic inflammatory response in patients undergoing potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer FREE
K Canna, D C McMillan, R F McKee, A-M McNicol, P G Horgan and C S McArdle
Br J Cancer 90: 1707-1709; advance online publication, March 30, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601757
A novel biweekly multidrug regimen of gemcitabine, oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and folinic acid (FA) in pretreated patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma FREE
P Correale, S Messinese, M Caraglia, S Marsili, A Piccolomini, R Petrioli, F Ceciarini, L Micheli, C Nencini, A Neri, G Vuolo, A Guarnieri, A Abbruzzese, S D Prete, G Giorgi and G Francini
Br J Cancer 90: 1710-1714; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601783
Weekly gemcitabine plus 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin for locally advanced or metastatic carcinoma of the biliary tract FREE
C Hsu, Y-C Shen, C-H Yang, K-H Yeh, Y-S Lu, C-H Hsu, H-T Liu, C-C Li, J-S Chen, C-Y Wu and A-L Cheng
Br J Cancer 90: 1715-1719; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601796
Small-cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract: a retrospective study of 64 cases FREE
B Brenner, M A Shah, M Gonen, D S Klimstra, J Shia and D P Kelsen
Br J Cancer 90: 1720-1726; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601758
Survival results of a multicentre phase II study to evaluate D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer FREE
M Degiuli, M Sasako, A Ponti and F Calvo for the Italian Gastric Cancer Study Group (IGCSG)
Br J Cancer 90: 1727-1732; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601761
Aromatase inhibition in the treatment of advanced breast cancer: is there a relationship between potency and clinical efficacy? FREE
R Sainsbury
Br J Cancer 90: 1733-1739; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601731
Phase II study of capecitabine in combination with paclitaxel in patients with anthracycline-pretreated advanced/metastatic breast cancer FREE
N Batista, G Perez-Manga, M Constenla, A Ruiz, F Carabantes, J Castellanos, M Gonzalez Barón, K Villman, M Söderberg, J Ahlgren, J Casinello, P Regueiro and A Murias
Br J Cancer 90: 1740-1746; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601784
Quick-FLIC: validation of a short questionnaire for assessing quality of life of cancer patients FREE
Y-B Cheung, C Goh, L-C Wong, G-Y Ng, W-T Lim, S-S Leong, E-H Tan and K-S Khoo
Br J Cancer 90: 1747-1752; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601782
Epidemiology
Cholecystectomy and the risk of colorectal cancer in Italy FREE
A Altieri, C Pelucchi, R Talamini, C Bosetti, S Franceschi and C La Vecchia
Br J Cancer 90: 1753-1755; advance online publication, March 16, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601721
Effect of hysterectomy on incidence trends of endometrial and cervical cancer in Finland 1953–2010 FREE
R Luoto, J Raitanen, E Pukkala and A Anttila
Br J Cancer 90: 1756-1759; advance online publication, April 20, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601763
Interaction between cyclooxygenase-2 gene polymorphism and dietary n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on colon cancer risk: The Singapore Chinese Health Study FREE
W-P Koh, J-M Yuan, D van den Berg, H-P Lee and M C Yu
Br J Cancer 90: 1760-1764; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601797
Familial risk in testicular cancer as a clue to a heritable and environmental aetiology FREE
K Hemminki and X Li
Br J Cancer 90: 1765-1770; advance online publication, March 16, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601714
Childhood leukaemia incidence and the population mixing hypothesis in US SEER data FREE
D Wartenberg, D Schneider and S Brown
Br J Cancer 90: 1771-1776; advance online publication, March 30, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601734
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis human papillomavirus types and carcinoma of the conjunctiva: a pilot study FREE
C Ateenyi-Agaba, E Weiderpass, A Smet, W Dong, M Dai, B Kahwa, H Wabinga, E Katongole-Mbidde, S Franceschi and M Tommasino
Br J Cancer 90: 1777-1779; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601743
Breast cancer mortality trends in two areas of the province of Florence, Italy, where screening programmes started in the 1970s and 1990s FREE
G Gorini, M Zappa, G Miccinesi, E Paci and A Seniori Costantini
Br J Cancer 90: 1780-1783; advance online publication, March 23, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601744
Lower protection of cytological screening for adenocarcinomas and shorter protection for younger women: the results of a case–control study in Florence FREE
M Zappa, C B Visioli, S Ciatto, A Iossa, E Paci and P Sasieni
Br J Cancer 90: 1784-1786; advance online publication, March 30, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601754
Comparison of risk factors for squamous cell and adenocarcinomas of the cervix: a meta-analysis FREE
A Berrington de González, S Sweetland and J Green
Br J Cancer 90: 1787-1791; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601764
Do preserved foods increase prostate cancer risk? FREE
L Jian, D H Zhang, A H Lee and C W Binns
Br J Cancer 90: 1792-1795; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601755
Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Osteopontin expression correlates with adhesive and metastatic potential in metastasis-inducing DNA-transfected rat mammary cell lines FREE
V E Moye, R Barraclough, C West and P S Rudland
Br J Cancer 90: 1796-1802; advance online publication, April 27, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601683
Negative human papillomavirus testing in normal smears selects a population at low risk for developing high-grade cervical lesions FREE
C Clavel, J Cucherousset, M Lorenzato, S Caudroy, J M Nou, P Nazeyrollas, M Polette, J-P Bory, R Gabriel, C Quereux and P Birembaut
Br J Cancer 90: 1803-1808; advance online publication, April 20, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601726
The increase of MICA gene A9 allele associated with gastric cancer and less schirrous change FREE
S-S Lo, Y-J Lee, C-W Wu, C-J Liu, J-W Huang and W-Y Lui
Br J Cancer 90: 1809-1813; advance online publication, March 30, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601750
Discrimination between uterine serous papillary carcinomas and ovarian serous papillary tumours by gene expression profiling FREE
A D Santin, F Zhan, S Bellone, M Palmieri, S Cane, M Gokden, J J Roman, T J O'Brien, E Tian, M J Cannon, J Shaughnessy Jr and S Pecorelli
Br J Cancer 90: 1814-1824; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601791
Co-targeting IGF-1R and c-kit: synergistic inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis in H 209 small cell lung cancer cells FREE
A Camirand and M Pollak
Br J Cancer 90: 1825-1829; advance online publication, April 20, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601682
Experimental Therapeutics
Lack of efficacy of Doxil® in TNF-
-based isolated limb perfusion in sarcoma-bearing rats FREE
T L M ten Hagen, S Hoving, G Ambagtsheer, S T van Tiel and A M M Eggermont
Br J Cancer 90: 1830-1832; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601688
Differentiation-dependent photodynamic therapy regulated by porphobilinogen deaminase in B16 melanoma FREE
D Ickowicz Schwartz, Y Gozlan, L Greenbaum, T Babushkina, D J Katcoff and Z Malik
Br J Cancer 90: 1833-1841; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601760
Effects of tumour acidification with glucose+MIBG on the spontaneous metastatic potential of two murine cell lines FREE
T Kalliomäki and R P Hill
Br J Cancer 90: 1842-1849; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601766
Role of protein kinase C and NF-
B in proteolysis-inducing factor-induced proteasome expression in C2C12 myotubes FREE
H J Smith, S M Wyke and M J Tisdale
Br J Cancer 90: 1850-1857; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601767
Use of horseradish peroxidase for gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy with paracetamol FREE
J Tupper, G M Tozer and G U Dachs
Br J Cancer 90: 1858-1862; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601780
Impact of antibody framework residue VH-71 on the stability of a humanised anti-MUC1 scFv and derived immunoenzyme FREE
J Krauss, M A E Arndt, Z Zhu, D L Newton, B K Vu, V Choudhry, R Darbha, X Ji, N S Courtenay-Luck, M P Deonarain, J Richards and S M Rybak
Br J Cancer 90: 1863-1870; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601759
Letters to the Editor
Screening for colorectal cancer with immunological FOBT FREE
S Ottó and L Döbrössy
Br J Cancer 90: 1871-1872; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601798
Reply: Screening for colorectal cancer with immunological FOBT FREE
Hiroshi Saito and M Nakajima
Br J Cancer 90: 1873-1874; advance online publication, April 13, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601800
Confounding effect of socioeconomic position in the study of height in relation to prostate cancer risk FREE
G D Batty
Br J Cancer 90: 1875; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601799
Reply: Height, body mass index, and prostate cancer – a follow-up of 950 000 Norwegian men FREE
A Engeland, S Tretli and T Bjørge
Br J Cancer 90: 1876; advance online publication, April 6, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601801
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