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Volume 97, Issue 11
Published online 27 November 2007 (1465-1600)

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Minireview

Direct non-cyclooxygenase-2 targets of celecoxib and their potential relevance for cancer therapy FREE

A H Schönthal

Br J Cancer 97: 1465-1468; advance online publication, October 23, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604049

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Clinical Studies

Association of progression-free survival with patient-reported outcomes and survival: results from a randomised phase 3 trial of panitumumab FREE

S Siena, M Peeters, E Van Cutsem, Y Humblet, P Conte, E Bajetta, D Comandini, G Bodoky, G Van Hazel, T Salek, M Wolf, G Devercelli, M Woolley and R G Amado

Br J Cancer 97: 1469-1474; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604053

Capecitabine in combination with docetaxel and mitomycin C in patients with pre-treated tumours: results of an extended phase-I trial FREE

T Ernst, K Merx, U Gnad-Vogt, N Lukan, M Kripp, B Schultheis, A Hochhaus and R-D Hofheinz

Br J Cancer 97: 1475-1479; advance online publication, November 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604067

A clinical phase II study with sorafenib in patients with progressive hormone-refractory prostate cancer: a study of the CESAR Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research-EWIV FREE

S Steinbild, K Mross, A Frost, R Morant, S Gillessen, C Dittrich, D Strumberg, A Hochhaus, A-R Hanauske, L Edler, I Burkholder and M Scheulen

Br J Cancer 97: 1480-1485; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604064

Hormone replacement therapy, body mass, and the risk of colorectal cancer among postmenopausal women from Germany FREE

M Hoffmeister, E Raum, J Winter, J Chang-Claude and H Brenner

Br J Cancer 97: 1486-1492; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604066

Evaluation of 18F-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-glucose positron emission tomography for gastric cancer screening in asymptomatic individuals undergoing endoscopy FREE

H Shoda, Y Kakugawa, D Saito, T Kozu, T Terauchi, H Daisaki, C Hamashima, Y Muramatsu, N Moriyama and H Saito

Br J Cancer 97: 1493-1498; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604062

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Translational Therapeutics

Activity of endovesical gemcitabine in BCG-refractory bladder cancer patients: a translational study FREE

R Gunelli, E Bercovich, O Nanni, M Ballardini, G L Frassineti, N Giovannini, M Fiori, E Pasquini, P Ulivi, G L Pappagallo, R Silvestrini and W Zoli

Br J Cancer 97: 1499-1504; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604074

In vitro irradiation of basement membrane enhances the invasiveness of breast cancer cells FREE

B Paquette, C Baptiste, H Therriault, G Arguin, B Plouffe and R Lemay

Br J Cancer 97: 1505-1512; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604072

Interleukin-6 trans signalling enhances photodynamic therapy by modulating cell cycling FREE

L-H Wei, H Baumann, E Tracy, Y Wang, A Hutson, S Rose-John and B W Henderson

Br J Cancer 97: 1513-1522; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604073

COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib prevents chronic morphine-induced promotion of angiogenesis, tumour growth, metastasis and mortality, without compromising analgesia FREE

M Farooqui, Y Li, T Rogers, T Poonawala, R J Griffin, C W Song and K Gupta

Br J Cancer 97: 1523-1531; advance online publication, October 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604057

Combination therapy with PEG-IFN-alpha and 5-FU inhibits HepG2 tumour cell growth in nude mice by apoptosis of p53 FREE

S Hagiwara, M Kudo, T Nakatani, Y Sakaguchi, M Nagashima, N Fukuta, M Kimura, S Hayakawa and H Munakata

Br J Cancer 97: 1532-1537; advance online publication, October 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604058

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Molecular Diagnostics

Expression of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V in endometrial cancer correlates with poor prognosis FREE

E Yamamoto, K Ino, E Miyoshi, K Shibata, N Takahashi, H Kajiyama, A Nawa, S Nomura, T Nagasaka and F Kikkawa

Br J Cancer 97: 1538-1544; advance online publication, October 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604044

OPN/CD44v6 overexpression in laryngeal dysplasia and correlation with clinical outcome FREE

S Staibano, F Merolla, D Testa, R Iovine, M Mascolo, V Guarino, M D Castellone, M Di Benedetto, V Galli, S Motta, R M Melillo, G De Rosa, M Santoro and A Celetti

Br J Cancer 97: 1545-1551; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604070

A potential role for Dkk-1 in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma predicts novel diagnostic and treatment strategies FREE

N Lee, A J Smolarz, S Olson, O David, J Reiser, R Kutner, N C Daw, D J Prockop, E M Horwitz and C A Gregory

Br J Cancer 97: 1552-1559; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604069

'Classical' but not 'other' mutations of EGFR kinase domain are associated with clinical outcome in gefitinib-treated patients with non-small cell lung cancer FREE

A G Pallis, A Voutsina, Ar Kalikaki, J Souglakos, E Briasoulis, S Murray, A Koutsopoulos, M Tripaki, E Stathopoulos, D Mavroudis and V Georgoulias

Br J Cancer 97: 1560-1566; advance online publication, November 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604068

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Epidemiology

Epstein–Barr virus serology and gastric cancer incidence and survival FREE

J Koshiol, Y-L Qiao, S D Mark, S M Dawsey, C C Abnet, F Kamangar, E T Lennette, Z-W Dong and P R Taylor

Br J Cancer 97: 1567-1569; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604063

Dietary fat and breast cancer risk in the Swedish women's lifestyle and health cohort FREE

M Löf, S Sandin, P Lagiou, L Hilakivi-Clarke, D Trichopoulos, H-O Adami and E Weiderpass

Br J Cancer 97: 1570-1576; advance online publication, October 16, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604033

Gallstones and the risk of biliary tract cancer: a population-based study in China FREE

A W Hsing, Y-T Gao, T-Q Han, A Rashid, L C Sakoda, B-S Wang, M-C Shen, B-H Zhang, S Niwa, J Chen and J F Fraumeni Jr

Br J Cancer 97: 1577-1582; advance online publication, November 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604047

Prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood brain tumours: a population-based case–control study on tumour subtypes FREE

K Stålberg, B Haglund, O Axelsson, S Cnattingius, S Pfeifer and H Kieler

Br J Cancer 97: 1583-1587; advance online publication, October 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604046

Cancer mortality in 13 to 29-year-olds in England and Wales, 1981–2005 FREE

M Geraci, J M Birch, R D Alston, A Moran and T O B Eden

Br J Cancer 97: 1588-1594; advance online publication, November 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604080

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Letters to the Editor

New faecal tests for colorectal cancer screening: is tumour pyruvate kinase M2 one of the options? FREE

Y M Shastri and J M Stein

Br J Cancer 97: 1595-1596; advance online publication, October 23, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604039

Reply: New faecal tests for colorectal cancer screening: is tumour pyruvate kinase M2 one of the options? FREE

U Haug and H Brenner

Br J Cancer 97: 1597; advance online publication, October 23, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604040

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Book Review

Cytokines in the genesis and treatment of cancer FREE

A G Dalgleish

Br J Cancer 97: 1598-1599; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604050

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Corrigendum

A cohort study of dietary iron and heme iron intake and risk of colorectal cancer in women FREE

G C Kabat, A B Miller, M Jain and T E Rohan

Br J Cancer 97: 1600; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604107

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