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Volume 92, Issue 5
Published online 8 March 2005 (797-983)

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Editorial

From the many to the few: changes in urological cancer surgery provision FREE

M Nuttall, J van der Meulen and M Emberton

Br J Cancer 92: 797-798; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602437

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Minireview

State-of-the-art management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: current and future directions FREE

M Agulnik and L L Siu

Br J Cancer 92: 799-806; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602449

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Clinical Studies

The preferences of 600 patients for different descriptions of randomisation FREE

V Jenkins, L Fallowfield and A Cox

Br J Cancer 92: 807-810; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602445

Trends in UK cancer trials: results from the UK Coordinating Committee for Cancer Research National Register of Cancer Trials FREE

C Vale, L Stewart and J Tierney

Br J Cancer 92: 811-814; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602425

Gemcitabine twice weekly as a radiosensitiser for the treatment of brain metastases in patients with carcinoma: a phase I study FREE

A Maraveyas, J Sgouros, S Upadhyay, A-H Abdel-Hamid, M Holmes and M Lind

Br J Cancer 92: 815-819; advance online publication, February 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602444

A phase I clinical and pharmacokinetic study of capecitabine (Xeloda®) and irinotecan combination therapy (XELIRI) in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal tumours FREE

J P Delord, J Y Pierga, V Dieras, F Bertheault-Cvitkovic, F L Turpin, F Lokiec, I Lochon, E Chatelut, P Canal, R Guimbaud, D Mery-Mignard, X Cornen, Z Mouri and R Bugat

Br J Cancer 92: 820-826; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602354

Docetaxel (Taxotere), cisplatin, UFT, and leucovorin combination chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer FREE

S C Oh, K H Park, I K Choi, S Y Yoon, S J Kim, J H Seo, C W Choi, B S Kim, S W Shin, J S Kim and Y H Kim

Br J Cancer 92: 827-831; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602446

Australian experience of a modified schedule of FOLFOX with high activity and tolerability and improved convenience in untreated metastatic colorectal cancer patients FREE

D Goldstein, P Mitchell, M Michael, P Beale, M Friedlander, J Zalcberg, S White and S Clarke

Br J Cancer 92: 832-837; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602426

Influence of folate status on genomic DNA methylation in colonic mucosa of subjects without colorectal adenoma or cancer FREE

M Pufulete, R Al-Ghnaniem, J A Rennie, P Appleby, N Harris, S Gout, P W Emery and T A Sanders

Br J Cancer 92: 838-842; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602439

Adjuvant treatment with interleukin-2- and interferon-alpha2a-based chemoimmunotherapy in renal cell carcinoma post tumour nephrectomy: Results of a prospectively randomised Trial of the German Cooperative Renal Carcinoma Chemoimmunotherapy Group (DGCIN) FREE

J Atzpodien, E Schmitt, U Gertenbach, P Fornara, H Heynemann, A Maskow, M Ecke, H H Wöltjen, H Jentsch, W Wieland, T Wandert and M Reitz DGCIN – German Cooperative Renal Carcinoma Chemo-Immunotherapy Trials Group

Br J Cancer 92: 843-846; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602443

Primary tumour–vessel tumour–nodal tumour classification for patients with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast FREE

T Hasebe, S Sasaki, S Imoto, N Wada, G Ishii and A Ochiai

Br J Cancer 92: 847-856; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602353

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) genotype predicts breast volume after pregnancy and hormonal contraception and is associated with circulating IGF-1 levels: implications for risk of early-onset breast cancer in young women from hereditary breast cancer families FREE

H Jernström, T Sandberg, E Bågeman, Å Borg and H Olsson

Br J Cancer 92: 857-866; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602389

An analysis of the utilisation of chemoprophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with malignancy receiving corticosteroid therapy at a cancer hospital FREE

L J Worth, M J Dooley, J F Seymour, L Mileshkin, M A Slavin and K A Thursky

Br J Cancer 92: 867-872; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602412

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Translational Therapeutics

Mutagenicity of comfrey (Symphytum Officinale) in rat liver FREE

N Mei, L Guo, P P Fu, R H Heflich and T Chen

Br J Cancer 92: 873-875; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602420

The role of glucocorticoids in the induction of zinc-alpha 2-glycoprotein expression in adipose tissue in cancer cachexia FREE

S T Russell and M J Tisdale

Br J Cancer 92: 876-881; advance online publication, February 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602404

Adenoviral vector-mediated expression of a gene encoding secreted, EpCAM-targeted carboxylesterase-2 sensitises colon cancer spheroids to CPT-11 FREE

D Oosterhoff, R M Overmeer, M de Graaf, I H van der Meulen, G Giaccone, V W van Beusechem, H J Haisma, H M Pinedo and W R Gerritsen

Br J Cancer 92: 882-887; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602362

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Molecular Diagnostics

CD1a expression by Barrett's metaplasia of gastric type may help to predict its evolution towards cancer FREE

F Cappello, F Rappa, R Anzalone, G La Rocca and G Zummo

Br J Cancer 92: 888-890; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602415

High viral loads of human papillomavirus predict risk of invasive cervical carcinoma FREE

M Moberg, I Gustavsson, E Wilander and U Gyllensten

Br J Cancer 92: 891-894; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602436

Ascitic complement system in ovarian cancer FREE

L Bjørge, J Hakulinen, O K Vintermyr, H Jarva, T S Jensen, O E Iversen and S Meri

Br J Cancer 92: 895-905; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602334

Detection of circulating epithelial cells in the blood of patients with breast cancer: comparison of three techniques FREE

A E Ring, L Zabaglo, M G Ormerod, I E Smith and M Dowsett

Br J Cancer 92: 906-912; advance online publication, February 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602418

Characteristics of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck cancer FREE

C Schaefer, G G Kim, A Albers, K Hoermann, E N Myers and T L Whiteside

Br J Cancer 92: 913-920; advance online publication, February 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602407

Interleukin-4 enhances proliferation of human pancreatic cancer cells: evidence for autocrine and paracrine actions FREE

O Prokopchuk, Y Liu, D Henne-Bruns and M Kornmann

Br J Cancer 92: 921-928; advance online publication, February 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602416

Identification and analysis of tumour-associated antigens in hepatocellular carcinoma FREE

Y-Y Shi, H-C Wang, Y-H Yin, W-S Sun, Y Li, C-Q Zhang, Y Wang, S Wang and W-F Chen

Br J Cancer 92: 929-934; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602460

Chromosome alterations in human hepatocellular carcinomas correlate with aetiology and histological grade – results of an explorative CGH meta-analysis FREE

P Moinzadeh, K Breuhahn, H Stützer and P Schirmacher

Br J Cancer 92: 935-941; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602448

Aberrant methylation of SPARC in human lung cancers FREE

M Suzuki, C Hao, T Takahashi, H Shigematsu, N Shivapurkar, U G Sathyanarayana, T Iizasa, T Fujisawa, K Hiroshima and A F Gazdar

Br J Cancer 92: 942-948; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602376

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Epidemiology

Randomised controlled trial of mammographic screening in women from age 40: results of screening in the first 10 years FREE

S Moss, I Thomas, A Evans, B Thomas and L Johns (writing committee) for the Trial Management Group

Br J Cancer 92: 949-954; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602396

Randomised controlled trial of mammographic screening in women from age 40: predicted mortality based on surrogate outcome measures FREE

S Moss, M Waller, T J Anderson and H Cuckle (writing committee) for the Trial Management Group

Br J Cancer 92: 955-960; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602395

Comparison of 1- and 2-year screening intervals for women undergoing screening mammography FREE

E S Wai, Y D'yachkova, I A Olivotto, S Tyldesley, N Phillips, L J Warren and A J Coldman

Br J Cancer 92: 961-966; advance online publication, February 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602393

Further evidence for an HLA-related recessive mutation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma among the Chinese FREE

S P Hu, N E Day, D R Li, R N Luben, K L Cai, T Ou-Yang, B Li, X Z Lu and B A J Ponder

Br J Cancer 92: 967-970; advance online publication, February 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602347

Specific fatty acid intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in Canada FREE

A Nkondjock, D Krewski, K C Johnson, P Ghadirian and the Canadian Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research Group

Br J Cancer 92: 971-977; advance online publication, February 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602380

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Letters to the Editor

Childhood leukaemia incidence and the population mixing hypothesis in US SEER data FREE

R C Parslow, G R Law, R G Feltbower and P A McKinney

Br J Cancer 92: 978; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602432

Reply: Childhood leukaemia incidence and the population-mixing hypothesis in US SEER data FREE

D Wartenberg

Br J Cancer 92: 979-980; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602433

Axillary recurrences after sentinel node (SLN) biopsy without complete axillary dissection in breast cancer patients FREE

P Kristen, R Lorenz, M Gross, A Beck, M Sütterlin, C Reiners and J Dietl

Br J Cancer 92: 981; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602430

Reply: Axillary recurrences after sentinel node (SLN) biopsy without complete axillary dissection in breast cancer patients FREE

R Reitsamer and F Peintinger

Br J Cancer 92: 982; advance online publication, March 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602431

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Corrigendum

Characterization of human kallikrein 6/prostease M expression in ovarian cancer FREE

X Ni, W Zhang, K-C Huang, Y Wang, S-K Ng, S C Mok, R S Berkowitz and S-W Ng

Br J Cancer 92: 983; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602508

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