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Volume 95, Issue 9
Published online 31 October 2006 (1131-1308)

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Minireviews

Targeting sphingosine-1-phosphate for cancer therapy FREE

R A Sabbadini

Br J Cancer 95: 1131-1135; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603400

Mathematical models of targeted cancer therapy FREE

L H Abbott and F Michor

Br J Cancer 95: 1136-1141; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603310

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Clinical Studies

Second primary cancer in survivors following concurrent chemoradiation for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer FREE

N Takigawa, K Kiura, Y Segawa, Y Watanabe, H Kamei, T Moritaka, T Shibayama, H Ueoka, K Gemba, T Yonei, M Tabata, T Shinkai, S Hiraki, M Takemoto, S Kanazawa, K Matsuo and M Tanimoto for the Okayama Lung Cancer Study Group

Br J Cancer 95: 1142-1144; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603422

The significance of the time interval between antecedent pregnancy and diagnosis of high-risk gestational trophoblastic tumours FREE

T Powles, A Young, A Sammit, J Stebbing, D Short, M Bower, P M Savage, M J Seckl and P Schmid

Br J Cancer 95: 1145-1147; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603416

A phase II clinical and pharmacodynamic study of temsirolimus in advanced neuroendocrine carcinomas FREE

I Duran, J Kortmansky, D Singh, H Hirte, W Kocha, G Goss, L Le, A Oza, T Nicklee, J Ho, D Birle, G R Pond, D Arboine, J Dancey, S Aviel-Ronen, M-S Tsao, D Hedley and L L Siu

Br J Cancer 95: 1148-1154; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603419

Temozolomide 3 weeks on and 1 week off as first-line therapy for recurrent glioblastoma: phase II study from gruppo italiano cooperativo di neuro-oncologia (GICNO) FREE

A A Brandes, A Tosoni, G Cavallo, R Bertorelle, V Gioia, E Franceschi, M Biscuola, V Blatt, L Crinò and M Ermani

Br J Cancer 95: 1155-1160; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603376

Vinflunine: a new active drug for second-line treatment of advanced breast cancer. Results of a phase II and pharmacokinetic study in patients progressing after first-line anthracycline/taxane-based chemotherapy FREE

M Campone, H Cortes-Funes, D Vorobiof, M Martin, C F Slabber, E Ciruelos, E Bourbouloux, C Mendiola, F M Delgado, C Colin, V Aslanis and P Fumoleau

Br J Cancer 95: 1161-1166; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603347

Perioperative immunomodulation with interleukin-2 in patients with renal cell carcinoma: results of a controlled phase II trial FREE

T Klatte, A Ittenson, F-W Röhl, M Ecke, E P Allhoff and M Böhm

Br J Cancer 95: 1167-1173; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603391

18FDG uptake during induction chemoradiation for oesophageal cancer fails to predict histomorphological tumour response FREE

C M Gillham, J A Lucey, M Keogan, G J Duffy, V Malik, A A Raouf, K O'Byrne, D Hollywood, C Muldoon and J V Reynolds

Br J Cancer 95: 1174-1179; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603412

The role of socio-economic status in the decision making on diagnosis and treatment of oesophageal cancer in The Netherlands FREE

E P M van Vliet, M J C Eijkemans, E W Steyerberg, E J Kuipers, H W Tilanus, A van der Gaast and P D Siersema

Br J Cancer 95: 1180-1185; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603374

Long-term outcome among men with conservatively treated localised prostate cancer FREE

J Cuzick, G Fisher, M W Kattan, D Berney, T Oliver, C S Foster, H Møller, V Reuter, P Fearn, J Eastham and P Scardino on behalf of the Transatlantic Prostate Group

Br J Cancer 95: 1186-1194; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603411

Cost-effectiveness of oxaliplatin and capecitabine in the adjuvant treatment of stage III colon cancer FREE

S Eggington, P Tappenden, A Pandor, S Paisley, M Saunders, M Seymour, P Sutcliffe and J Chilcott

Br J Cancer 95: 1195-1201; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603348

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Translational Therapeutics

The polycomb group proteins, BMI-1 and EZH2, are tumour-associated antigens FREE

J C Steele, E E Torr, K L Noakes, E Kalk, P A Moss, G M Reynolds, S G Hubscher, M van Lohuizen, D H Adams and L S Young

Br J Cancer 95: 1202-1211; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603369

Repeated cycles of Clostridium-directed enzyme prodrug therapy result in sustained antitumour effects in vivo  FREE

J Theys, O Pennington, L Dubois, G Anlezark, T Vaughan, A Mengesha, W Landuyt, J Anné, P J Burke, P Dûrre, B G Wouters, N P Minton and P Lambin

Br J Cancer 95: 1212-1219; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603367

Insulin receptor substrates mediate distinct biological responses to insulin-like growth factor receptor activation in breast cancer cells FREE

S A Byron, K B Horwitz, J K Richer, C A Lange, X Zhang and D Yee

Br J Cancer 95: 1220-1228; advance online publication, October 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603354

Reduction of mitomycin C is catalysed by human recombinant NRH:quinone oxidoreductase 2 using reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide as an electron donating co-factor FREE

D Jamieson, A T Y Tung, R J Knox and A V Boddy

Br J Cancer 95: 1229-1233; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603414

The relationship between the systemic inflammatory response, tumour proliferative activity, T-lymphocytic infiltration and COX-2 expression and survival in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder FREE

M Hilmy, R Campbell, J M S Bartlett, A-M McNicol, M A Underwood and D C McMillan

Br J Cancer 95: 1234-1238; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603415

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Molecular Diagnostics

The role of MYH and microsatellite instability in the development of sporadic colorectal cancer FREE

A Colebatch, M Hitchins, R Williams, A Meagher, N J Hawkins and R L Ward

Br J Cancer 95: 1239-1243; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603421

Absence of Bcl-2 and Fas/CD95/APO-1 predicts the response to immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma FREE

R Maruyama, K Yamana, T Itoi, N Hara, V Bilim, T Nishiyama, K Takahashi and Y Tomita

Br J Cancer 95: 1244-1249; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603359

Telomerase activity as an adjunct to high-risk human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 and cytology screening in cervical cancer FREE

U Kailash, C C Soundararajan, R Lakshmy, R Arora, S Vivekanandhan and B C Das

Br J Cancer 95: 1250-1257; advance online publication, October 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603375

A specific cadherin phenotype may characterise the disseminating yet non-metastatic behaviour of pseudomyxoma peritonei FREE

R Bibi, N Pranesh, M P Saunders, M S Wilson, S T O'Dwyer, P L Stern and A G Renehan

Br J Cancer 95: 1258-1264; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603398

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Epidemiology

Mastectomy rates are decreasing in the era of service screening: a population-based study in Italy (1997–2001) FREE

M Zorzi, D Puliti, M Vettorazzi, V De Lisi, F Falcini, M Federico, S Ferretti, I F Moffa, L Mangone, M P Mano, C Naldoni, A Ponti, A Traina, R Tumino and E Paci for the IMPACT Working Group

Br J Cancer 95: 1265-1268; advance online publication, October 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603405

Incidence rate trends of histological subtypes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Hong Kong FREE

L A Tse, I T-S Yu, O W-K Mang and S-L Wong

Br J Cancer 95: 1269-1273; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603413

Maternal hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy and risk of infant leukaemia: a children's oncology group study FREE

A M Peters, C K Blair, M R Verneris, J P Neglia, L L Robison, L G Spector, G H Reaman, C A Felix and J A Ross

Br J Cancer 95: 1274-1276; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603388

Long-term aspirin use and colorectal cancer risk: a cohort study in Sweden FREE

S C Larsson, E Giovannucci and A Wolk

Br J Cancer 95: 1277-1279; advance online publication, October 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603442

Lung cancer risk among German male uranium miners: a cohort study, 1946–1998 FREE

B Grosche, M Kreuzer, M Kreisheimer, M Schnelzer and A Tschense

Br J Cancer 95: 1280-1287; advance online publication, October 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603403

Family history and risk of lung cancer: age-at-diagnosis in cases and first-degree relatives FREE

A Cassidy, J P Myles, S W Duffy, T Liloglou and J K Field

Br J Cancer 95: 1288-1290; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603386

Family history of breast cancer and young age at diagnosis of breast cancer increase risk of second primary malignancies in women: a population-based cohort study FREE

M Prochazka, P Hall, F Granath and K Czene

Br J Cancer 95: 1291-1295; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603404

Survival trends for small intestinal cancer in England and Wales, 1971–1990: national population-based study FREE

N Pashayan, C Lepage, B Rachet, L M Woods and M P Coleman

Br J Cancer 95: 1296-1300; advance online publication, October 10, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603417

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Letters to the Editor

Study design and statistics in the epidemiology of breast cancer FREE

L Maraqa and M Lansdown

Br J Cancer 95: 1301; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603370

Reply: Study design and statistics in epidemiology of breast cancer FREE

M Garcia-Closas, L A Brinton, W F Anderson and M E Sherman

Br J Cancer 95: 1302-1303; advance online publication, October 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603371

Is thymidylate synthase a reliable predictor for response and survival during hepatic arterial infusion for hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer? FREE

G Ferretti, A Alimonti and F Cognetti

Br J Cancer 95: 1304-1305; advance online publication, October 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603424

Reply: Is thymidylate synthase a reliable predictor for response and survival during hepatic arterial infusion for hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer FREE

E Goekkurt and J Stoehlmacher

Br J Cancer 95: 1306-1307; advance online publication, October 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603426

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Book Review

Management of Thyroid Cancer and Related Nodular Disease FREE

A Cassoni

Br J Cancer 95: 1308; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603397

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