Table of contents
Volume 96, Issue 5
Published online 6 March 2007 (681-856)
Review |
Clinical Studies |
Translational Therapeutics |
Molecular Diagnostics |
Epidemiology |
Book Reviews
Minireview
Circulating tumour-derived nucleic acids in cancer patients: potential applications as tumour markers FREE
K C A Chan and Y M D Lo
Br J Cancer 96: 681-685; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603625
Review
Cellular senescence and chromatin organisation FREE
M Narita
Br J Cancer 96: 686-691; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603636
Clinical Studies
Recombinant human erythropoietin 
modulates the effects of radiotherapy on colorectal cancer microvessels FREE
W Ceelen, T Boterberg, P Smeets, N Van Damme, P Demetter, O Zwaenepoel, L Cesteleyn, P Houtmeyers, M Peeters and P Pattyn
Br J Cancer 96: 692-700; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603568
Failure to complete adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with adverse survival in stage III colon cancer patients FREE
M Morris, C Platell, L Fritschi and B Iacopetta
Br J Cancer 96: 701-707; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603627
Small cell oesophageal carcinoma: an institutional experience and review of the literature FREE
E Hudson, J Powell, S Mukherjee, T D L Crosby, A E Brewster, T S Maughan, H Bailey and J F Lester
Br J Cancer 96: 708-711; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603611
Absence of the common Insulin-like growth factor-1 19-repeat allele is associated with early age at breast cancer diagnosis in multiparous women FREE
E Bågeman, C Ingvar, C Rose and H Jernström
Br J Cancer 96: 712-717; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603632
Predictive genetic testing for BRCA1/2 in a UK clinical cohort: three-year follow-up FREE
C Foster, M Watson, R Eeles, D Eccles, S Ashley, R Davidson, J Mackay, P J Morrison, P Hopwood, D G R Evans and Psychosocial Study Collaborators
Br J Cancer 96: 718-724; advance online publication, February 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603610
Adaptive dosing and platinum–DNA adduct formation in children receiving high-dose carboplatin for the treatment of solid tumours FREE
G J Veal, J Errington, M J Tilby, A D J Pearson, A B M Foot, H McDowell, C Ellershaw, B Pizer, G M Nowell, D G Pearson and A V Boddy on behalf of the UKCCSG Pharmacology Working Group
Br J Cancer 96: 725-731; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603607
A comparison of patients with relapsed and chemo-refractory gestational trophoblastic neoplasia FREE
T Powles, P M Savage, J Stebbing, D Short, A Young, M Bower, C Pappin, P Schmid and M J Seckl
Br J Cancer 96: 732-737; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603608
Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of 'see and treat' with cryotherapy by nurses in a cervical screening study in India FREE
R Sankaranarayanan, R Rajkumar, P O Esmy, J M Fayette, S Shanthakumary, L Frappart, S Thara and J Cherian
Br J Cancer 96: 738-743; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603633
The impact of a supplementary medication review and counselling service within the oncology outpatient setting FREE
H Read, S Ladds, B Rhodes, D Brown and J Portlock
Br J Cancer 96: 744-751; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603634
Hospital admissions and deaths relating to deliberate self-harm and accidents within 5 years of a cancer diagnosis: a national study in Scotland, UK FREE
D R Camidge, D L Stockton, S Frame, R Wood, M Bain and D N Bateman
Br J Cancer 96: 752-757; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603617
Translational Therapeutics
Efficacy of gene therapy-delivered cytosine deaminase is determined by enzymatic activity but not expression FREE
L Dubois, T Dresselaers, W Landuyt, K Paesmans, A Mengesha, B G Wouters, P Van Hecke, J Theys and P Lambin
Br J Cancer 96: 758-761; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603624
hEGR1 is induced by EGF, inhibited by gefitinib in bladder cell lines and related to EGF receptor levels in bladder tumours FREE
J E Nutt, P A Foster, J K Mellon and J Lunec
Br J Cancer 96: 762-768; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603620
Changes in the status of p53 affect drug sensitivity to thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitors by altering TS levels FREE
E Giovannetti, H H J Backus, D Wouters, C G Ferreira, V M M van Houten, R H Brakenhoff, M-F Poupon, A Azzarello, H M Pinedo and G J Peters
Br J Cancer 96: 769-775; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603639
Molecular Diagnostics
Tissue microarrays characterise the clinical significance of a VEGF-A protein expression signature in gastrointestinal stromal tumours FREE
M Salto-Tellez, M E Nga, H C Han, A S-C Wong, C K Lee, D Anuar, S S Ng, M Ho, A Wee, Y H Chan and R Soong
Br J Cancer 96: 776-782; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603551
The collagenase-1 (MMP-1) gene promoter polymorphism - 1607/2G is associated with favourable prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer FREE
A Hettiaratchi, N J Hawkins, G McKenzie, R L Ward, J E Hunt, D Wakefield and N Di Girolamo
Br J Cancer 96: 783-792; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603630
A simple and reproducible scoring system for EGFR in colorectal cancer: application to prognosis and prediction of response to preoperative brachytherapy FREE
I Zlobec, T Vuong, S Hayashi, D Haegert, L Tornillo, L Terracciano, A Lugli and J Jass
Br J Cancer 96: 793-800; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603619
PTK (protein tyrosine kinase)-6 and HER2 and 4, but not HER1 and 3 predict long-term survival in breast carcinomas FREE
M Aubele, G Auer, A K Walch, A Munro, M J Atkinson, H Braselmann, T Fornander and J M S Bartlett
Br J Cancer 96: 801-807; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603613
Expression and mutation analysis of the discoidin domain receptors 1 and 2 in non-small cell lung carcinoma FREE
C E Ford, S K Lau, C Q Zhu, T Andersson, M S Tsao and W F Vogel
Br J Cancer 96: 808-814; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603614
Epidemiology
Breastfeeding and risk of childhood CNS tumours FREE
N J Harding, J M Birch, S J Hepworth and P A McKinney on behalf of the UKCCS investigators
Br J Cancer 96: 815-817; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603638
Widening socio-economic inequalities in oral cancer incidence in Scotland, 1976–2002 FREE
D I Conway, D H Brewster, P A McKinney, J Stark, A D McMahon and L M D Macpherson
Br J Cancer 96: 818-820; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603621
Cigarettes and alcohol in relation to colorectal cancer: the Singapore Chinese Health Study FREE
W H Tsong, W-P Koh, J-M Yuan, R Wang, C-L Sun and M C Yu
Br J Cancer 96: 821-827; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603623
Gender differences in colorectal cancer: implications for age at initiation of screening FREE
H Brenner, M Hoffmeister, V Arndt and U Haug
Br J Cancer 96: 828-831; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603628
Changes in the site distribution of malignant melanoma in South East Scotland (1979–2002) FREE
M Mowbray, D L Stockton and V R Doherty
Br J Cancer 96: 832-835; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603612
Socioeconomic background in relation to stage at diagnosis, treatment and survival in women with breast cancer FREE
A Downing, K Prakash, M S Gilthorpe, J S Mikeljevic and D Forman
Br J Cancer 96: 836-840; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603622
Oral progestagens before menopause and breast cancer risk FREE
A Fabre, A Fournier, S Mesrine, J Desreux, A Gompel, M-C Boutron-Ruault and F Clavel-Chapelon
Br J Cancer 96: 841-844; advance online publication, February 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603618
A cohort study of reproductive and hormonal factors and renal cell cancer risk in women FREE
G C Kabat, S A Navarro Silvera, A B Miller and T E Rohan
Br J Cancer 96: 845-849; advance online publication, February 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603629
Ovarian cancer risk in premenopausal and perimenopausal women treated with Tamoxifen: a case–control study FREE
A J Swerdlow and M E Jones for the British Tamoxifen Second Cancer Study Group
Br J Cancer 96: 850-855; advance online publication, February 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603605
Book Reviews
Paediatric bone and soft tissue sarcoma FREE
J Anderson
Br J Cancer 96: 856; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603635
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