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Volume 96, Issue 8
Published online 17 April 2007 (1155-1314)

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Minireviews

Interpretation of microarray data in cancer FREE

S Michiels, S Koscielny and C Hill

Br J Cancer 96: 1155-1158; advance online publication, March 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603673

Vascular disrupting agents in clinical development FREE

P Hinnen and F A L M Eskens

Br J Cancer 96: 1159-1165; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603694

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Clinical Studies

Clinical relevance of KRAS mutation detection in metastatic colorectal cancer treated by Cetuximab plus chemotherapy FREE

F Di Fiore, F Blanchard, F Charbonnier, F Le Pessot, A Lamy, M P Galais, L Bastit, A Killian, R Sesboüé, J J Tuech, A M Queuniet, B Paillot, J C Sabourin, F Michot, P Michel and T Frebourg

Br J Cancer 96: 1166-1169; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603685

An individual patient data meta-analysis of adjuvant therapy with uracil–tegafur (UFT) in patients with curatively resected rectal cancer FREE

J Sakamoto, C Hamada, S Yoshida, S Kodaira, M Yasutomi, T Kato, K Oba, H Nakazato, S Saji and Y Ohashi

Br J Cancer 96: 1170-1177; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603686

The prognostic role of WHO classification, urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and liver function tests in metastatic neuroendocrine carcinomas of the gastroenteropancreatic tract FREE

V Formica, A Wotherspoon, D Cunningham, A R Norman, B Sirohi, J Oates and G Chong

Br J Cancer 96: 1178-1182; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603699

Systematic review, including meta-analyses, on the management of locally advanced pancreatic cancer using radiation/combined modality therapy FREE

A Sultana, C Tudur Smith, D Cunningham, N Starling, D Tait, J P Neoptolemos and P Ghaneh

Br J Cancer 96: 1183-1190; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603719

Predictive factors associated with prolonged survival in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with gefitinib FREE

M Satouchi, S Negoro, Y Funada, Y Urata, T Shimada, S Yoshimura, Y Kotani, T Sakuma, H Watanabe, S Adachi, Y Takada, Y Yatabe and T Mitsudomi

Br J Cancer 96: 1191-1196; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603710

Non-standard management of breast cancer increases with age in the UK: a population based cohort of women greater than or equal to65 years FREE

K Lavelle, C Todd, A Moran, A Howell, N Bundred and M Campbell

Br J Cancer 96: 1197-1203; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603709

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Translational Therapeutics

Novel retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents have potent inhibitory activities on human breast cancer cells and tumour growth FREE

J B Patel, J Mehta, A Belosay, G Sabnis, A Khandelwal, A M H Brodie, D R Soprano and V C O Njar

Br J Cancer 96: 1204-1215; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603705

Attenuation of muscle atrophy in a murine model of cachexia by inhibition of the dsRNA-dependent protein kinase FREE

H L Eley, S T Russell and M J Tisdale

Br J Cancer 96: 1216-1222; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603704

Telomere uncapping by the G-quadruplex ligand RHPS4 inhibits clonogenic tumour cell growth in vitro and in vivo consistent with a cancer stem cell targeting mechanism FREE

P Phatak, J C Cookson, F Dai, V Smith, R B Gartenhaus, M F G Stevens and A M Burger

Br J Cancer 96: 1223-1233; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603691

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Molecular Diagnostics

The contribution of HPV18 to cervical cancer is underestimated using high-grade CIN as a measure of screening efficiency FREE

S Bulk, J Berkhof, L Rozendaal, N C Fransen Daalmeijer, M Gök, F A de Schipper, F J van Kemenade, P J F Snijders and C J L M Meijer

Br J Cancer 96: 1234-1236; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603693

Poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas: chromosomal and oligo-array profile of five new cell lines FREE

R F Rodrigues, L Roque, T Krug and V Leite

Br J Cancer 96: 1237-1245; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603578

Co-culturing human prostate carcinoma cells with hepatocytes leads to increased expression of E-cadherin FREE

C C Yates, C R Shepard, D B Stolz and A Wells

Br J Cancer 96: 1246-1252; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603700

Borderline breast core needle histology: predictive values for malignancy in lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3) FREE

N Houssami, S Ciatto, M Bilous, V Vezzosi and S Bianchi

Br J Cancer 96: 1253-1257; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603714

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Genetics and Genomics

High-level amplification at 17q23 leads to coordinated overexpression of multiple adjacent genes in breast cancer FREE

J Pärssinen, T Kuukasjärvi, R Karhu and A Kallioniemi

Br J Cancer 96: 1258-1264; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603692

New germline mutations in the hypervariable minisatellite CEB1 in the parents of children with leukaemia FREE

B G Davies, A Hussain, S M Ring, J M Birch, T O B Eden, M Reeves, Y E Dubrova and G M Taylor

Br J Cancer 96: 1265-1271; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603706

Familial risk for gastric carcinoma: an updated study from Sweden FREE

K Hemminki, J Sundquist and J Ji

Br J Cancer 96: 1272-1277; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603722

Predicting gene promoter methylation in non-small-cell lung cancer by evaluating sputum and serum FREE

S A Belinsky, M J Grimes, E Casas, C A Stidley, W A Franklin, T J Bocklage, D H Johnson and J H Schiller

Br J Cancer 96: 1278-1283; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603721

Target gene selectivity of hypoxia-inducible factor-alpha in renal cancer cells is conveyed by post-DNA-binding mechanisms FREE

K W Lau, Y-M Tian, R R Raval, P J Ratcliffe and C W Pugh

Br J Cancer 96: 1284-1292; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603675

Identification of SOX2 as a novel glioma-associated antigen and potential target for T cell-based immunotherapy FREE

M Schmitz, A Temme, V Senner, R Ebner, S Schwind, S Stevanovic, R Wehner, G Schackert, H K Schackert, M Fussel, M Bachmann, E P Rieber and B Weigle

Br J Cancer 96: 1293-1301; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603696

The p53 codon 72 proline allele is endowed with enhanced cell-death inducing potential in cancer cells exposed to hypoxia FREE

P Sansone, G Storci, S Pandolfi, L Montanaro, P Chieco and M Bonafé

Br J Cancer 96: 1302-1308; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603723

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Letters to the Editor

Carbonic anhydrase IX expression is more predictive than prognostic in breast cancer FREE

P N Span, J Bussink, P H De Mulder and F C G J Sweep

Br J Cancer 96: 1309; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603715

Reply: Randomised studies with translational end points are required to further elucidate the prognostic and predictive value of CA IX FREE

S A Hussain, D W Rea and D H Palmer

Br J Cancer 96: 1310; advance online publication, March 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603716

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Book Reviews

Phase I Cancer Clinical Trials FREE

J A Ledermann

Br J Cancer 96: 1311; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603702

Oxford Handbook of Oncology FREE

W P Steward

Br J Cancer 96: 1312; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603701

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Corrigendum

Targeting BRAF in thyroid cancer FREE

A V Espinosa, L Porchia and M D Ringel

Br J Cancer 96: 1313; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603676

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Erratum

Mutations in BHD and TP53 genes, but not in HNF1beta gene, in a large series of sporadic chromophobe renal cell carcinoma FREE

S Gad, S H Lefèvre, S K Khoo, S Giraud, A Vieillefond, V Vasiliu, S Ferlicot, V Molinié, Y Denoux, N Thiounn, Y Chrétien, A Méjean, M Zerbib, G Benoît, J M Hervé, G Allègre, B Bressac-de Paillerets, B T Teh and S Richard

Br J Cancer 96: 1314; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603733

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