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Volume 94, Issue 9
Published online 2 May 2006 (1217-1354)

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Minireviews

The place of VEGF inhibition in the current management of renal cell carcinoma FREE

P Nathan, D Chao, C Brock, P Savage, M Harries, M Gore and T Eisen for the London Biological and Targeted Therapy Group

Br J Cancer 94: 1217-1220; advance online publication, February 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603025

Adiponectin and cancer: a systematic review FREE

I Kelesidis, T Kelesidis and C S Mantzoros

Br J Cancer 94: 1221-1225; advance online publication, March 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603051

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Clinical Studies

High exposures to bioactivated cyclophosphamide are related to the occurrence of veno-occlusive disease of the liver following high-dose chemotherapy FREE

M E de Jonge, A D R Huitema, J H Beijnen and S Rodenhuis

Br J Cancer 94: 1226-1230; advance online publication, April 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603097

Lactate dehydrogenase is not a useful marker for relapse in patients on surveillance for stage I germ cell tumours FREE

C Ackers and G J S Rustin

Br J Cancer 94: 1231-1232; advance online publication, April 11, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603087

Is epirubicin effective in first-line chemotherapy of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) after an epirubicin-containing adjuvant treatment? A single centre phase III trial FREE

C Pacilio, A Morabito, F Nuzzo, A Gravina, V Labonia, G Landi, E Rossi, E De Maio, M Di Maio, G D'aiuto, G Botti, N Normanno, P Chiodini, C Gallo, F Perrone and A de Matteis on behalf of the NCI-Naples Breast Cancer Group

Br J Cancer 94: 1233-1236; advance online publication, April 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603096

Randomised trial: survival benefit and safety of adjuvant dose-dense chemotherapy for node-positive breast cancer FREE

S Kümmel, J Krocker, A Kohls, G-P Breitbach, G Morack, M Budner, J-U Blohmer and D Elling

Br J Cancer 94: 1237-1244; advance online publication, April 11, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603085

Baseline psychosocial predictors of survival in localised breast cancer FREE

U-S Lehto, M Ojanen, T Dyba, A Aromaa and P Kellokumpu-Lehtinen

Br J Cancer 94: 1245-1252; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603091

Psychological effects of a low-grade abnormal cervical smear test result: anxiety and associated factors FREE

N M Gray, L Sharp, S C Cotton, L F Masson, J Little, L G Walker, M Avis, Z Philips, I Russell, D Whynes, M Cruickshank and C M Woolley on behalf of the TOMBOLA group

Br J Cancer 94: 1253-1262; advance online publication, April 4, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603086

Epirubicin/paclitaxel/etoposide in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a phase I–II study FREE

C Tibaldi, T Prochilo, F Russo, M C Pennucci, A Del Freo, F Innocenti, A Fabbri, A Falcone, P F Conte and E Baldini

Br J Cancer 94: 1263-1266; advance online publication, April 4, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603074

Phase II study of irinotecan combined with carboplatin in previously untreated small-cell lung cancer FREE

A Kinoshita, M Fukuda, H Soda, S Nagashima, M Fukuda, H Takatani, M Kuba, Y Nakamura, J Tsurutani, S Kohno and M Oka for the Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG)

Br J Cancer 94: 1267-1271; advance online publication, April 4, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603079

Systematic review of factors influencing patient and practitioner delay in diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal cancer FREE

S Macdonald, U Macleod, N C Campbell, D Weller and E Mitchell

Br J Cancer 94: 1272-1280; advance online publication, April 11, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603089

A phase I and II study of 2-weekly irinotecan with capecitabine in advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma FREE

M E Burge, D Smith, C Topham, D P Jackson, D A Anthoney, F Halstead and M T Seymour

Br J Cancer 94: 1281-1286; advance online publication, April 11, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603084

A phase II study of FOLFIRI-3 (double infusion of irinotecan combined with LV5FU) after FOLFOX in advanced colorectal cancer patients FREE

M Mabro, P Artru, T André, M Flesch, F Maindrault-Goebel, B Landi, G Lledo, A Plantade, C Louvet and A de Gramont on behalf of GERCOR

Br J Cancer 94: 1287-1292; advance online publication, April 11, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603095

Phase I study of the humanised anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody matuzumab (EMD 72000) combined with gemcitabine in advanced pancreatic cancer FREE

U Graeven, B Kremer, Th Südhoff, B Killing, F Rojo, D Weber, J Tillner, C Ünal and W Schmiegel

Br J Cancer 94: 1293-1299; advance online publication, April 4, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603083

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Translational Therapeutics

RNA interference as a key to knockdown overexpressed cyclooxygenase-2 gene in tumour cells FREE

A Strillacci, C Griffoni, E Spisni, M C Manara and V Tomasi

Br J Cancer 94: 1300-1310; advance online publication, April 11, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603094

The alpha 2 beta 1 integrin mediates the malignant phenotype on type I collagen in pancreatic cancer cell lines FREE

J J Grzesiak and M Bouvet

Br J Cancer 94: 1311-1319; advance online publication, April 4, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603088

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Molecular Diagnostics

Thrombomodulin expression in colorectal carcinoma is protective and correlates with survival FREE

A M Hanly, M Redmond, D C Winter, S Brophy, J M Deasy, D J Bouchier-Hayes and E W Kay

Br J Cancer 94: 1320-1325; advance online publication, April 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603098

Absence of p300 induces cellular phenotypic changes characteristic of epithelial to mesenchyme transition FREE

D Krubasik, N G Iyer, W R English, A A Ahmed, M Vias, C Roskelley, J D Brenton, C Caldas and G Murphy

Br J Cancer 94: 1326-1332; advance online publication, April 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603101

Oestrogen receptor beta and neoadjuvant therapy with tamoxifen: prediction of response and effects of treatment FREE

W R Miller, T J Anderson, J M Dixon and P T K Saunders

Br J Cancer 94: 1333-1338; advance online publication, April 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603082

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Epidemiology

Use of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a Danish Population-based Cohort Study FREE

M Nørgaard, A H Poulsen, L Pedersen, H Gregersen, S Friis, M Ewertz, H E Johnsen and H T Sørensen

Br J Cancer 94: 1339-1341; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603123

Childhood leukaemia incidence around French nuclear installations using geographic zoning based on gaseous discharge dose estimates FREE

A-S Evrard, D Hémon, A Morin, D Laurier, M Tirmarche, J-C Backe, M Chartier and J Clavel

Br J Cancer 94: 1342-1347; advance online publication, April 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603111

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Letters to the Editor

Mobile phone use and risk of acoustic neuroma: results of the interphone case–control study in five North European countries FREE

L Hardell and K Hansson Mild

Br J Cancer 94: 1348-1349; advance online publication, March 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603070

Mobile phone use and risk of acoustic neuroma FREE

B Hocking

Br J Cancer 94: 1350; advance online publication, March 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603069

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case–control study FREE

S Milham

Br J Cancer 94: 1351; advance online publication, March 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603068

Reply: Mobile phone use and acoustic neuroma in five North European countries FREE

M J Schoemaker, A J Swerdlow, A Auvinen, E Cardis, M Feychting, C Johansen, P A McKinney and T Tynes

Br J Cancer 94: 1352-1353; advance online publication, March 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603071

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Corrigendum

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case–control study FREE

S Milham

Br J Cancer 94: 1354; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603128

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