Table of contents
Volume 98, Issue 2
Published online 24 January 2008 (245-515)
Clinical Studies |
Translational Therapeutics |
Molecular Diagnostics |
Genetics and Genomics |
Letters to the Editor |
Book Review
Minireviews
Profiling influences of senescent and aged fibroblasts on prostate carcinogenesis FREE
J P Dean and P S Nelson
Br J Cancer 98: 245-249; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604087
Extracellular influences on tumour angiogenesis in the aged host FREE
C C Sprenger, S R Plymate and M J Reed
Br J Cancer 98: 250-255; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604144
Nf2/Merlin: a coordinator of receptor signalling and intercellular contact FREE
M Curto and A I McClatchey
Br J Cancer 98: 256-262; advance online publication, October 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604002
Clinical Studies
Detection of GD2-positive cells in bone marrow samples and survival of patients with localised neuroblastoma FREE
M V Corrias, S Parodi, R Haupt, L Lacitignola, F Negri, A R Sementa, D Dau, F Scuderi, B Carlini, M Bianchi, F Casale, L Faulkner and A Garaventa
Br J Cancer 98: 263-269; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604179
The LLP risk model: an individual risk prediction model for lung cancer FREE
A Cassidy, J P Myles, M van Tongeren, R D Page, T Liloglou, S W Duffy and J K Field
Br J Cancer 98: 270-276; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604158
Early onset of breast cancer in a group of British black women FREE
R L Bowen, S W Duffy, D A Ryan, I R Hart and J L Jones
Br J Cancer 98: 277-281; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604174
Progesterone receptor variation and risk of ovarian cancer is limited to the invasive endometrioid subtype: results from the ovarian cancer association consortium pooled analysis FREE
C L Pearce, A H Wu, S A Gayther, A E Bale Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer) and Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, P A Beck, J Beesley, S Chanock, D W Cramer, R DiCioccio, R Edwards, Z S Fredericksen, M Garcia-Closas, E L Goode, A C Green, L C Hartmann, E Hogdall, S K Kjær, J Lissowska, V McGuire, F Modugno, K Moysich, R B Ness, S J Ramus, H A Risch, T A Sellers, H Song, D O Stram, K L Terry, P M Webb, D C Whiteman, A S Whittemore, W Zheng, P D P Pharoah, G Chenevix-Trench, M C Pike, J Schildkraut and A Berchuck on behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC)
Br J Cancer 98: 282-288; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604170
Using MRI to plan breast-conserving surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer FREE
M Bhattacharyya, D Ryan, R Carpenter, S Vinnicombe and C J Gallagher
Br J Cancer 98: 289-293; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604171
Oxygen for relief of dyspnoea in mildly- or non-hypoxaemic patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis FREE
H E Uronis, D C Currow, D C McCrory, G P Samsa and A P Abernethy
Br J Cancer 98: 294-299; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604161
Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of intravenous ghrelin for cancer-related anorexia/cachexia: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, double-crossover study FREE
F Strasser, T A Lutz, M T Maeder, B Thuerlimann, D Bueche, M Tschöp, K Kaufmann, B Holst, M Brändle, R von Moos, R Demmer and T Cerny
Br J Cancer 98: 300-308; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604148
Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin as first-line treatment in patients with advanced biliary system adenocarcinoma: a prospective multicentre phase II trial FREE
O Nehls, H Oettle, J T Hartmann, R-D Hofheinz, H G Hass, M S Horger, U Koppenhöfer, A Hochhaus, J Stieler, J Trojan, M Gregor and B Klump
Br J Cancer 98: 309-315; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604178
A phase II study of paclitaxel and capecitabine as a first-line combination chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer FREE
H J Kang, H M Chang, T W Kim, M-H Ryu, H-J Sohn, J H Yook, S T Oh, B S Kim, J-S Lee and Y-K Kang
Br J Cancer 98: 316-322; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604186
The importance of anaemia in diagnosing colorectal cancer: a case–control study using electronic primary care records FREE
W Hamilton, R Lancashire, D Sharp, T J Peters, K K Cheng and T Marshall
Br J Cancer 98: 323-327; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604165
New insights into the role of age and carcinoembryonic antigen in the prognosis of colorectal cancer FREE
P G Gobbi, F Valentino, E Berardi, C Tronconi, S Brugnatelli, O Luinetti, R Moratti and G R Corazza
Br J Cancer 98: 328-334; advance online publication, November 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604114
Translational Therapeutics
Pharmacological targeting of NF-
B potentiates the effect of the topoisomerase inhibitor CPT-11 on colon cancer cells FREE
P Lagadec, E Griessinger, M P Nawrot, N Fenouille, P Colosetti, V Imbert, M Mari, P Hofman, D Czerucka, D Rousseau, E Berard, M Dreano and J F Peyron
Br J Cancer 98: 335-344; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604082
Centrosome amplification induced by survivin suppression enhances both chromosome instability and radiosensitivity in glioma cells FREE
T Saito, S Hama, H Izumi, F Yamasaki, Y Kajiwara, S Matsuura, K Morishima, T Hidaka, P Shrestha, K Sugiyama and K Kurisu
Br J Cancer 98: 345-355; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604160
Enhanced progression of human prostate cancer PC3 cells induced by the microenvironment of the seminal vesicle FREE
M Kumano, H Miyake, T Kurahashi, K Yamanaka and M Fujisawa
Br J Cancer 98: 356-362; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604169
Downregulated NM23-H1 expression is associated with intracranial invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma FREE
S J Liu, Y M Sun, D F Tian, Y C He, L Zeng, Y He, C Q Ling and S H Sun
Br J Cancer 98: 363-369; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604167
Effects of adiponectin on breast cancer cell growth and signaling FREE
M E Grossmann, K J Nkhata, N K Mizuno, A Ray and M P Cleary
Br J Cancer 98: 370-379; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604166
Squamous cell cancers contain a side population of stem-like cells that are made chemosensitive by ABC transporter blockade FREE
M R Loebinger, A Giangreco, K R Groot, L Prichard, K Allen, C Simpson, L Bazley, N Navani, S Tibrewal, D Davies and S M Janes
Br J Cancer 98: 380-387; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604185
Vascular disrupting action of electroporation and electrochemotherapy with bleomycin in murine sarcoma FREE
G Sersa, T Jarm, T Kotnik, A Coer, M Podkrajsek, M Sentjurc, D Miklavcic, M Kadivec, S Kranjc, A Secerov and M Cemazar
Br J Cancer 98: 388-398; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604168
Antitumour effect of polyoxomolybdates: induction of apoptotic cell death and autophagy in in vitro and in vivo models FREE
A Ogata, H Yanagie, E Ishikawa, Y Morishita, S Mitsui, A Yamashita, K Hasumi, S Takamoto, T Yamase and M Eriguchi
Br J Cancer 98: 399-409; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604133
Molecular Diagnostics
Clinical significance of the reduced expression of G protein gamma 7 (GNG7) in oesophageal cancer FREE
M Ohta, K Mimori, Y Fukuyoshi, Y Kita, K Motoyama, K Yamashita, H Ishii, H Inoue and M Mori
Br J Cancer 98: 410-417; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604124
Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of EGFR, VEGF, and HER2 expression in cholangiocarcinoma FREE
D Yoshikawa, H Ojima, M Iwasaki, N Hiraoka, T Kosuge, S Kasai, S Hirohashi and T Shibata
Br J Cancer 98: 418-425; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604129
Characterisation and protein expression profiling of annexins in colorectal cancer FREE
R Duncan, B Carpenter, L C Main, C Telfer and G I Murray
Br J Cancer 98: 426-433; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604128
Frequent deletion of the CDKN2A locus in chordoma: analysis of chromosomal imbalances using array comparative genomic hybridisation FREE
K H Hallor, J Staaf, G Jönsson, M Heidenblad, F Vult von Steyern, H C F Bauer, M IJszenga, P C W Hogendoorn, N Mandahl, K Szuhai and F Mertens
Br J Cancer 98: 434-442; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604130
Increased expression of phosphorylated forms of RNA-dependent protein kinase and eukaryotic initiation factor 2
may signal skeletal muscle atrophy in weight-losing cancer patients FREE
H L Eley, R J E Skipworth, D A C Deans, K C H Fearon and M J Tisdale
Br J Cancer 98: 443-449; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604150
Combined analysis of VEGF and EGFR predicts complete tumour response in rectal cancer treated with preoperative radiotherapy FREE
I Zlobec, T Vuong, C C Compton, A Lugli, R P Michel, S Hayashi and J R Jass
Br J Cancer 98: 450-456; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604172
Diagnostic potential of near-infrared Raman spectroscopy in the stomach: differentiating dysplasia from normal tissue FREE
S K Teh, W Zheng, K Y Ho, M Teh, K G Yeoh and Z Huang
Br J Cancer 98: 457-465; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604176
Identification of DNA hypermethylation of SOX9 in association with bladder cancer progression using CpG microarrays FREE
A Aleman, L Adrien, L Lopez-Serra, C Cordon-Cardo, M Esteller, T J Belbin and M Sanchez-Carbayo
Br J Cancer 98: 466-473; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604143
Genetics and Genomics
Long-term survival and transmission of INI1-mutation via nonpenetrant males in a family with rhabdoid tumour predisposition syndrome FREE
A C J Ammerlaan, A Ararou, M P W A Houben, F Baas, C C Tijssen, J L J M Teepen, P Wesseling and T J M Hulsebos
Br J Cancer 98: 474-479; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604156
Transcriptomal profiling of the cellular response to DNA damage mediated by Slug (Snai2) FREE
M Pérez-Caro, C Bermejo-Rodríguez, I González-Herrero, M Sánchez-Beato, M A Piris and I Sánchez-García
Br J Cancer 98: 480-488; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604084
The E-cadherin repressor Snail is associated with lower overall survival of ovarian cancer patients FREE
K Blechschmidt, S Sassen, B Schmalfeldt, T Schuster, H Höfler and K-F Becker
Br J Cancer 98: 489-495; advance online publication, November 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604115
Functional epigenomics approach to identify methylated candidate tumour suppressor genes in renal cell carcinoma FREE
M R Morris, D Gentle, M Abdulrahman, N Clarke, M Brown, T Kishida, M Yao, B T Teh, F Latif and E R Maher
Br J Cancer 98: 496-501; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604180
Prostate cancer in male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers has a more aggressive phenotype FREE
A Mitra, C Fisher, C S Foster, C Jameson, Y Barbachanno, J Bartlett, E Bancroft, R Doherty, Z Kote-Jarai, S Peock, D Easton, The IMPACT and EMBRACE CollaboratorsR Eeles
Br J Cancer 98: 502-507; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604132
Letters to the Editor
Human breast cancer and sexual activities FREE
N Akil, A Kassab, A Yasmeen, A D Darnel, T A Bismar and A-E Al Moustafa
Br J Cancer 98: 508-509; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604103
Reply: Breast cancer, human papilloma virus and sexual activities FREE
J S Lawson, W K Glenn and N J Whitaker
Br J Cancer 98: 510-511; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604104
Carcinoembryonic antigen and cytokeratin 20 in peritoneal cells of cancer patients: are we aware of what we are detecting by mRNA examination? FREE
M Kowalewska, M Chechlinska and R Nowak
Br J Cancer 98: 512-513; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604189
Reply: Identification of isolated tumour cells by detection of CEA and CK mRNA in peritoneal lavage fluid of gastric cancer patients FREE
K Katsuragi, M Yashiro and K Hirakawa
Br J Cancer 98: 514; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604190
Book Review
Palliative care consultations in head and neck cancer FREE
S Stewart
Br J Cancer 98: 515; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604086
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