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Volume 97, Issue 7
Published online 2 October 2007 (837-1020)

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Clinical Studies

X-ray screening seems to reduce gastric cancer mortality by half in a community-controlled trial in Costa Rica FREE

L Rosero-Bixby and R Sierra

Br J Cancer 97: 837-843; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603729

First-into-man phase I and pharmacokinetic study of XR5944.14, a novel agent with a unique mechanism of action FREE

W Verborg, H Thomas, D Bissett, J Waterfall, J Steiner, M Cooper and E M Rankin

Br J Cancer 97: 844-850; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603953

Phase I study of S-1, docetaxel and cisplatin combination chemotherapy in patients with unresectable metastatic gastric cancer FREE

T Takayama, Y Sato, T Sagawa, T Okamoto, H Nagashima, Y Takahashi, H Ohnuma, G Kuroiwa, K Miyanishi, R Takimoto, T Matsunaga, J Kato, K Yamaguchi, K Hirata and Y Niitsu

Br J Cancer 97: 851-856; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603957

Carcinoma of an unknown primary: are EGF receptor, Her-2/neu, and c-Kit tyrosine kinases potential targets for therapy? FREE

C Massard, J-J Voigt, A Laplanche, S Culine, A Lortholary, R Bugat, C Theodore, F Priou, M-C Kaminsky, T Lesimple, X Pivot, B Coudert, J-Y Douillard, Y Merrouche and K Fizazi

Br J Cancer 97: 857-861; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603942

Multicentre phase II trial of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: FFCD 03-03 trial FREE

V Boige, J-L Raoul, J-P Pignon, O Bouché, J-F Blanc, L Dahan, J-L Jouve, N Dupouy and M Ducreux on behalf of the Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive (FFCD)

Br J Cancer 97: 862-867; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603956

Detection of distant metastases in patients with oesophageal or gastric cardia cancer: a diagnostic decision analysis FREE

E P M van Vliet, E W Steyerberg, M J C Eijkemans, E J Kuipers and P D Siersema

Br J Cancer 97: 868-876; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603960

Marrow angiogenesis-associated factors as prognostic biomarkers in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia FREE

C-Y Lee, H-F Tien, C-Y Hu, W-C Chou and L-I Lin

Br J Cancer 97: 877-882; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603966

Concomitant intensive chemoradiotherapy induction in non-metastatic inflammatory breast cancer: long-term follow-up FREE

D Genet, C Lejeune, P Bonnier, Y Aubard, L Venat-Bouvet, D J Adjadj, J Martin, J L Labourey, A Benyoub, P Clavère, V Lebrun-Ly, P Juin, L Piana and N Tubiana-Mathieu

Br J Cancer 97: 883-887; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603987

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Translational Therapeutics

Sequence dependent antitumour efficacy of the vascular disrupting agent ZD6126 in combination with paclitaxel FREE

M Martinelli, K Bonezzi, E Riccardi, E Kuhn, R Frapolli, M Zucchetti, A J Ryan, G Taraboletti and R Giavazzi

Br J Cancer 97: 888-894; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603969

Frequent epigenetic inactivation of secreted frizzled-related protein 2 (SFRP2) by promoter methylation in human gastric cancer FREE

Y Y Cheng, J Yu, Y P Wong, E P S Man, K F To, V X Jin, J Li, Q Tao, J J Y Sung, F K L Chan and W K Leung

Br J Cancer 97: 895-901; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603968

[18F]2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose incorporation by AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cells in vitro during response to epirubicin, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil FREE

S A Suttie, K G M Park and T A D Smith

Br J Cancer 97: 902-909; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603971

Mucin impedes cytotoxic effect of 5-FU against growth of human pancreatic cancer cells: overcoming cellular barriers for therapeutic gain FREE

A V Kalra and R B Campbell

Br J Cancer 97: 910-918; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603972

In vitro and in vivo reversal of resistance to 5-fluorouracil in colorectal cancer cells with a novel stealth double-liposomal formulation FREE

R Fanciullino, S Giacometti, C Mercier, C Aubert, C Blanquicett, P Piccerelle and J Ciccolini

Br J Cancer 97: 919-926; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603970

Enhanced repair of DNA interstrand crosslinking in ovarian cancer cells from patients following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy FREE

P Wynne, C Newton, J A Ledermann, A Olaitan, T A Mould and J A Hartley

Br J Cancer 97: 927-933; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603973

ZD6474 reverses multidrug resistance by directly inhibiting the function of P-glycoprotein FREE

Y Mi and L Lou

Br J Cancer 97: 934-940; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603985

Colocalisation of CD9 and mortalin in CD9-induced mitotic catastrophe in human prostate cancer cells FREE

V Zvereff, J-C Wang, K Shun, J Lacoste and M Chevrette

Br J Cancer 97: 941-948; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603964

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Molecular Diagnostics

Chlamydiae and Mycoplasma infections in pulmonary MALT lymphoma FREE

E Chanudet, P Adam, A G Nicholson, A C Wotherspoon, R Ranaldi, G Goteri, S A Pileri, H Ye, H K Müller-Hermelink and M-Q Du

Br J Cancer 97: 949-951; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603981

Decreased number of mast cells infiltrating into needle biopsy specimens leads to a better prognosis of prostate cancer FREE

N Nonomura, H Takayama, K Nishimura, D Oka, Y Nakai, M Shiba, A Tsujimura, M Nakayama, K Aozasa and A Okuyama

Br J Cancer 97: 952-956; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603962

Overexpression of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in mononuclear inflammatory cells in breast cancer correlates with metastasis-relapse FREE

L O González, I Pidal, S Junquera, M D Corte, J Vázquez, J C Rodríguez, M L Lamelas, A M Merino, J L García-Muñiz and F J Vizoso

Br J Cancer 97: 957-963; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603963

Increased Dickkopf-1 expression in breast cancer bone metastases FREE

N Voorzanger-Rousselot, D Goehrig, F Journe, V Doriath, J J Body, P Clézardin and P Garnero

Br J Cancer 97: 964-970; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603959

Elevated serum matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) concentration predicts the presence of colorectal neoplasia in symptomatic patients FREE

N G Hurst, D D Stocken, S Wilson, C Keh, M J O Wakelam and T Ismail

Br J Cancer 97: 971-977; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603958

Where is VEGF in the body? A meta-analysis of VEGF distribution in cancer FREE

C Kut, F Mac Gabhann and A S Popel

Br J Cancer 97: 978-985; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603923

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Epidemiology

Molar pregnancy and childhood cancer: a population-based linkage study from Denmark FREE

J Schüz, N Martinussen, T Lightfoot, E Roman and J F Winther

Br J Cancer 97: 986-988; advance online publication, August 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603931

Prevalence of human papillomavirus antibodies in young female subjects in England FREE

M Jit, A Vyse, R Borrow, R Pebody, K Soldan and E Miller

Br J Cancer 97: 989-991; advance online publication, August 28, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603955

Adenovirus DNA is detected at increased frequency in Guthrie cards from children who develop acute lymphoblastic leukaemia FREE

B Gustafsson, W Huang, G Bogdanovic, F Gauffin, A Nordgren, G Talekar, D A Ornelles and L R Gooding

Br J Cancer 97: 992-994; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603983

Diabetes and endometrial cancer: effect modification by body weight, physical activity and hypertension FREE

E Lucenteforte, C Bosetti, R Talamini, M Montella, A Zucchetto, C Pelucchi, S Franceschi, E Negri, F Levi and C La Vecchia

Br J Cancer 97: 995-998; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603933

Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival in Scotland 1986–2000 FREE

L G Shack, B Rachet, D H Brewster and M P Coleman

Br J Cancer 97: 999-1004; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603980

Overweight, obesity and risk of liver cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies FREE

S C Larsson and A Wolk

Br J Cancer 97: 1005-1008; advance online publication, August 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603932

Increasing incidence of childhood leukaemia: a controversy re-examined FREE

A Shah and M P Coleman

Br J Cancer 97: 1009-1012; advance online publication, August 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603946

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Letters to the Editor

Trends in breast cancer incidence among women under the age of forty FREE

F Levi, V-C Te, M Maspoli, L Randimbison, J-L Bulliard and C La Vecchia

Br J Cancer 97: 1013-1014; advance online publication, August 7, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603919

Forkhead box P3-positive regulatory T cells in immune surveillance and cancer FREE

G Ferretti, A Felici and F Cognettti

Br J Cancer 97: 1015-1016; advance online publication, August 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603939

Reply: Forkhead box P3-positive regulatory T cells in immune surveillance and cancer FREE

G Betts, A Godkin and A Gallimore

Br J Cancer 97: 1017-1018; advance online publication, August 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603940

Selection of controls FREE

M von Euler-Chelpin and E Lynge

Br J Cancer 97: 1019; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603975

Reply: Selection of controls FREE

S O Dalton, M Düring, L Ross, K Carlsen, P B Mortensen, J Lynch and C Johansen

Br J Cancer 97: 1020; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603976

The published online date indicates the date that the issue is published online and is the first official publication date of the issue. Each print issue of BJC is published one week after it has been published online.

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