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Volume 98, Issue 11
Published online 27 May 2008 (1729-1880)

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Editorial

The screening mammography paradox: better when found, perhaps better not to find

D A Berry

Br J Cancer 98: 1729-1730; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604349

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Minireviews

Circulating endothelial cells in oncology: pitfalls and promises

M H Strijbos, J W Gratama, J Kraan, C H Lamers, MA den Bakker and S Sleijfer

Br J Cancer 98: 1731-1735; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604383

Risks and benefits of bisphosphonates

R E Coleman

Br J Cancer 98: 1736-1740; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604382

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Clinical Studies

Screen-detected vs symptomatic breast cancer: is improved survival due to stage migration alone?

G C Wishart, D C Greenberg, P D Britton, P Chou, C H Brown, A D Purushotham and S W Duffy

Br J Cancer 98: 1741-1744; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604368

Factors that predict early treatment failure for patients with locally advanced (T4) breast cancer

E Montagna, V Bagnardi, N Rotmensz, J Rodriguez, P Veronesi, A Luini, M Intra, E Scarano, A Cardillo, R Torrisi, G Viale, A Goldhirsch and M Colleoni

Br J Cancer 98: 1745-1752; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604384

Changes of bone turnover markers and serum PTH after night or morning administration of zoledronic acid in breast cancer patients with bone metastases

D Generali, A Dovio, M Tampellini, M Tucci, S Tedoldi, M Torta, S Bonardi, G Allevi, S Aguggini, M Milani, A L Harris, A Bottini, L Dogliotti, A Angeli and A Berruti

Br J Cancer 98: 1753-1758; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604390

Radiographer gender and breast-screening uptake

P Fitzpatrick, A Winston and T Mooney

Br J Cancer 98: 1759-1761; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604385

A pharmaco-economic analysis of second-line treatment with imatinib or sunitinib in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours

I Contreras-Hernández, J F Mould-Quevedo, A Silva, G Salinas-Escudero, M A Villasís-Keever, V Granados-García, G Dávila-Loaiza, J A Petersen and J Garduño-Espinosa

Br J Cancer 98: 1762-1768; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604367

Enhancing treatment decision-making: pilot study of a treatment decision aid in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

N B Leighl, F A Shepherd, D Zawisza, R L Burkes, R Feld, J Waldron, A Sun, D Payne, A Bezjak and M H N Tattersall

Br J Cancer 98: 1769-1773; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604395

A phase Ib trial of docetaxel, carboplatin and erlotinib in ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancers

P A Vasey, M Gore, R Wilson, G Rustin, H Gabra, J-P Guastalla, E P Lauraine, J Paul, K Carty and S Kaye on behalf of the Scottish Gynaecological Cancer Trials Group

Br J Cancer 98: 1774-1780; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604371

Inverse association of NSAID use and ovarian cancer in relation to oral contraceptive use and parity

K J Wernli, P A Newcomb, J M Hampton, A Trentham-Dietz and K M Egan

Br J Cancer 98: 1781-1783; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604392

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Translational Therapeutics

Characterisation of tumour vasculature in mouse brain by USPIO contrast-enhanced MRI

G Gambarota, W Leenders, C Maass, P Wesseling, B van der Kogel, O van Tellingen and A Heerschap

Br J Cancer 98: 1784-1789; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604389

Knocking down gene expression for growth hormone-releasing hormone inhibits proliferation of human cancer cell lines

N Barabutis and A V Schally

Br J Cancer 98: 1790-1796; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604386

Differential effects of ketoconazole on exposure to temsirolimus following intravenous infusion of temsirolimus

J P Boni, C Leister, J Burns and B Hug

Br J Cancer 98: 1797-1802; advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604376

Cisplatin alters nitric oxide synthase levels in human ovarian cancer cells: involvement in p53 regulation and cisplatin resistance

E L Leung, M Fraser, R R Fiscus and B K Tsang

Br J Cancer 98: 1803-1809; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604375

SPARC promoter hypermethylation in colorectal cancers can be reversed by 5-Aza-2'deoxycytidine to increase SPARC expression and improve therapy response

S Cheetham, M J Tang, F Mesak, H Kennecke, D Owen and I T Tai

Br J Cancer 98: 1810-1819; advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604377

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Molecular Diagnostics

MMP-2 geno-phenotype is prognostic for colorectal cancer survival, whereas MMP-9 is not

A M J Langers, C F M Sier, L J A C Hawinkels, F J G M Kubben, W van Duijn, J J van der Reijden, C B H W Lamers, D W Hommes and H W Verspaget

Br J Cancer 98: 1820-1823; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604380

Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin is a novel marker for prognosis and lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer

K Ishikawa, Y Kamohara, F Tanaka, N Haraguchi, K Mimori, H Inoue and M Mori

Br J Cancer 98: 1824-1829; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604379

Prognostic molecular markers with no impact on decision-making: the paradox of gliomas based on a prospective study

M Wager, P Menei, J Guilhot, P Levillain, S Michalak, B Bataille, J-L Blanc, F Lapierre, P Rigoard, S Milin, F Duthe, D Bonneau, C-J Larsen and L Karayan-Tapon

Br J Cancer 98: 1830-1838; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604378

Mitochondria-dependent signalling pathway are involved in the early process of radiation-induced bystander effects

S Chen, Y Zhao, W Han, G Zhao, L Zhu, J Wang, L Bao, E Jiang, A Xu, T K Hei, Z Yu and L Wu

Br J Cancer 98: 1839-1844; advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604358

Aberrant CDKN1A transcriptional response associates with abnormal sensitivity to radiation treatment

C Badie, S Dziwura, C Raffy, T Tsigani, G Alsbeih, J Moody, P Finnon, E Levine, D Scott and S Bouffler

Br J Cancer 98: 1845-1851; advance online publication, May 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604381

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Epidemiology

Diagnostic radiation procedures and risk of prostate cancer

P Myles, S Evans, A Lophatananon, P Dimitropoulou, D Easton, T Key, R Pocock, D Dearnaley, M Guy, S Edwards, L O'Brien, B Gehr-Swain, A Hall, R Wilkinson, R Eeles and K Muir

Br J Cancer 98: 1852-1856; advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604370

Opium, tobacco, and alcohol use in relation to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk area of Iran

D Nasrollahzadeh, F Kamangar, K Aghcheli, M Sotoudeh, F Islami, C C Abnet, R Shakeri, A Pourshams, H A Marjani, M Nouraie, M Khatibian, S Semnani, W Ye, P Boffetta, S M Dawsey and R Malekzadeh

Br J Cancer 98: 1857-1863; advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604369

Association of physical activity with cancer incidence, mortality, and survival: a population-based study of men

N Orsini, C S Mantzoros and A Wolk

Br J Cancer 98: 1864-1869; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604354

Incidence of interstitial pneumonitis among breast cancer patients: a 10-year Danish population-based cohort study

S Christensen, L Pedersen, M Grijota, J B Kornum, A Beiderbeck and H T Sørensen

Br J Cancer 98: 1870-1875; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604393

Lower breast cancer survival in mothers of children with a malignancy: a national study

H Olsson, S Magnusson and A Bladström

Br J Cancer 98: 1876-1878; advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604350

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Letter to the Editor

Japanese mobile phone study

B Hocking

Br J Cancer 98: 1879; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604397

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Corrigendum

The E3 ubiquitin ligase EDD is an adverse prognostic factor for serous epithelial ovarian cancer and modulates cisplatin resistance in vitro  FREE

P M O'Brien, M J Davies, J P Scurry, A N Smith, C A Barton, M J Henderson, D N Saunders, B S Gloss, K I Patterson, J L Clancy, V A Heinzelmann-Schwarz, R Murali, R A Scolyer, Y Zeng, E D Williams, L Scurr, A DeFazio, Di Quinn, C K W Watts, N F Hacker, S M Henshall and R L Sutherland

Br J Cancer 98: 1880; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604419

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