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Volume 97, Issue 8
Published online 16 October 2007 (1021-1188)

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Clinical Studies

A prospective randomised phase III trial of adjuvant chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in patients with stage II colon cancer FREE

W Schippinger, H Samonigg, R Schaberl-Moser, R Greil, R Thödtmann, J Tschmelitsch, M Jagoditsch, G G Steger, R Jakesz, F Herbst, F Hofbauer, H Rabl, P Wohlmuth, M Gnant and J Thaler for the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group

Br J Cancer 97: 1021-1027; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604011

Lactobacillus supplementation for diarrhoea related to chemotherapy of colorectal cancer: a randomised study FREE

P Österlund, T Ruotsalainen, R Korpela, M Saxelin, A Ollus, P Valta, M Kouri, I Elomaa and H Joensuu

Br J Cancer 97: 1028-1034; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603990

Final analysis of colorectal cancer patients treated with irinotecan and 5-fluorouracil plus folinic acid neoadjuvant chemotherapy for unresectable liver metastases FREE

C Barone, G Nuzzo, A Cassano, M Basso, G Schinzari, F Giuliante, E D'Argento, N Trigila, A Astone and C Pozzo

Br J Cancer 97: 1035-1039; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603988

Weekly epirubicin plus docetaxel as first-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer FREE

T Gamucci, A M D'Ottavio, E Magnolfi, M Barduagni, A Vaccaro, I Sperduti, L Moscetti, F Belli and L Meliffi

Br J Cancer 97: 1040-1045; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603982

Are ipsilateral breast tumour invasive recurrences in young (less than or equal to40 years) women more aggressive than their primary tumours? FREE

B Sigal-Zafrani, M A Bollet, G Antoni, A Savignoni, A Vincent-Salomon, J-Y Pierga, R Salmon, X Sastre-Garau and A Fourquet

Br J Cancer 97: 1046-1052; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603991

High incidence of silent venous thromboembolism before treatment in ovarian cancer FREE

T Satoh, A Oki, K Uno, M Sakurai, H Ochi, S Okada, R Minami, K Matsumoto, Y O Tanaka, H Tsunoda, S Homma and H Yoshikawa

Br J Cancer 97: 1053-1057; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603989

Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix with radiation therapy alone: long-term survival, late complications, and incidence of second cancers FREE

T Ota, N Takeshima, T Tabata, K Hasumi and K Takizawa

Br J Cancer 97: 1058-1062; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604005

Screening for social difficulties in cancer patients: clinical utility of the Social Difficulties Inventory FREE

P Wright, A Smith, K Roberts, P Selby and G Velikova

Br J Cancer 97: 1063-1070; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604006

Pemetrexed pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in a phase I/II study of doublet chemotherapy with vinorelbine: implications for further optimisation of pemetrexed schedules FREE

K M Li, L P Rivory and S J Clarke

Br J Cancer 97: 1071-1076; advance online publication, October 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603995

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Translational Therapeutics

Indomethacin induces apoptosis via a MRP1-dependent mechanism in doxorubicin-resistant small-cell lung cancer cells overexpressing MRP1 FREE

D J A de Groot, M van der Deen, T K P Le, A Regeling, S de Jong and E G E de Vries

Br J Cancer 97: 1077-1083; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604010

The effect of monohydroxyethylrutoside on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in patients treated for metastatic cancer in a phase II study FREE

A M E Bruynzeel, H W M Niessen, J G F Bronzwaer, J J M van der Hoeven, J Berkhof, A Bast, W J F van der Vijgh and C J van Groeningen

Br J Cancer 97: 1084-1089; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603994

Migration-promoting role of VEGF-C and VEGF-C binding receptors in human breast cancer cells FREE

A V Timoshenko, S Rastogi and P K Lala

Br J Cancer 97: 1090-1098; advance online publication, October 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603993

Induction of heme oxygenase-1 by cobalt protoporphyrin enhances the antitumour effect of bortezomib in adult T-cell leukaemia cells FREE

R S Hamamura, J H Ohyashiki, R Kurashina, C Kobayashi, Y Zhang, T Takaku and K Ohyashiki

Br J Cancer 97: 1099-1105; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604003

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Molecular Diagnostics

Regulation and functional role of the Runt-related transcription factor-2 in pancreatic cancer FREE

H Kayed, X Jiang, S Keleg, R Jesnowski, T Giese, M R Berger, I Esposito, M Löhr, H Friess and J Kleeff

Br J Cancer 97: 1106-1115; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603984

Molecular consequences of SOD2 expression in epigenetically silenced pancreatic carcinoma cell lines FREE

E M Hurt, S B Thomas, B Peng and W L Farrar

Br J Cancer 97: 1116-1123; advance online publication, September 25, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604000

Minichromosome maintenance proteins 2 and 5 in non-benign epithelial ovarian tumours: relationship with cell cycle regulators and prognostic implications FREE

H Gakiopoulou, P Korkolopoulou, G Levidou, I Thymara, A Saetta, C Piperi, N Givalos, I Vassilopoulos, K Ventouri, A Tsenga, A Bamias, M-A Dimopoulos, E Agapitos and E Patsouris

Br J Cancer 97: 1124-1134; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603992

Low density of CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ cells is associated with increased risk of relapse in squamous cell cervical cancer FREE

B S Nedergaard, M Ladekarl, H F Thomsen, J R Nyengaard and K Nielsen

Br J Cancer 97: 1135-1138; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604001

PTEN loss of expression predicts cetuximab efficacy in metastatic colorectal cancer patients FREE

M Frattini, P Saletti, E Romagnani, V Martin, F Molinari, M Ghisletta, A Camponovo, L L Etienne, F Cavalli and L Mazzucchelli

Br J Cancer 97: 1139-1145; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604009

C4.4A as a candidate marker in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer FREE

C Paret, D Hildebrand, J Weitz, A Kopp-Schneider, A Kuhn, A Beer, R Hautmann and M Zöller

Br J Cancer 97: 1146-1156; advance online publication, October 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604012

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Genetics and Genomics

Changes in allelic imbalances in locally advanced breast cancers after chemotherapy FREE

M Varna, H Soliman, J-P Feugeas, E Turpin, D Chapelin, L Legrès, L-F Plassa, A de Roquancourt, M Espié, J-L Misset, A Janin, H de Thé and P Bertheau

Br J Cancer 97: 1157-1164; advance online publication, September 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603937

Distinct molecular phenotype of inflammatory breast cancer compared to non-inflammatory breast cancer using Affymetrix-based genome-wide gene-expression analysis FREE

S Van Laere, I Van der Auwera, G Van den Eynden, P Van Hummelen, P van Dam, E Van Marck, P B Vermeulen and L Dirix

Br J Cancer 97: 1165-1174; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603967

TGFBR1*6A and Int7G24A variants of transforming growth factor-beta receptor 1 in Swedish familial and sporadic breast cancer FREE

B Song, S Margolin, J Skoglund, X Zhou, J Rantala, S Picelli, B Werelius and A Lindblom

Br J Cancer 97: 1175-1179; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603961

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Letters to the Editor

Optimum duration of breast cancer follow-up: a continuing controversy FREE

L Maraqa and M Lansdown

Br J Cancer 97: 1180-1181; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603979

Reply: Optimum duration of breast cancer follow-up: a continuing controversy FREE

D A Montgomery and J M Dixon

Br J Cancer 97: 1182-1183; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603974

Reduced DNA repair in BRCA1 mutation carriers undetectable before onset of breast cancer? FREE

W Vogel and H Surowy

Br J Cancer 97: 1184-1186; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603977

Reply: Reduced DNA repair in BRCA1 mutation carriers undetectable before onset of breast cancer? FREE

S A Narod

Br J Cancer 97: 1187; advance online publication, September 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603978

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Corrigendum

GAMEC – a new intensive protocol for untreated poor prognosis and relapsed or refractory germ cell tumours FREE

J Shamash, T Powles, W Ansell, D Berney, J Stebbing, K Mutsvangwa, P Wilson, S Asterling, S Liu, P Wyatt, S P Joel and R T D Oliver

Br J Cancer 97: 1188; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604041

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