Table of contents
Volume 98, Issue 8
Published online 15 April 2008 (1301-1484)
Clinical Studies |
Translational Therapeutics |
Molecular Diagnostics |
Genetics and Genomics |
Letters to the Editor
Minireview
The role of S-1 in the treatment of gastric cancer
T Kubota
Br J Cancer 98: 1301-1304; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604332
Clinical Studies
Phase I/II study of S-1 combined with weekly docetaxel in patients with metastatic gastric carcinoma
S R Park, H K Kim, C G Kim, I J Choi, J S Lee, J H Lee, K W Ryu, Y-W Kim, J-M Bae and N K Kim
Br J Cancer 98: 1305-1311; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604312
A pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study on metronomic irinotecan in metastatic colorectal cancer patients
G Allegrini, A Falcone, A Fioravanti, M T Barletta, P Orlandi, F Loupakis, E Cerri, G Masi, A Di Paolo, R S Kerbel, R Danesi, M Del Tacca and G Bocci
Br J Cancer 98: 1312-1319; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604311
A dose-escalation study of indisulam in combination with capecitabine (Xeloda) in patients with solid tumours
W S Siegel-Lakhai, A S Zandvliet, A D R Huitema, M M Tibben, G Milano, V Girre, V Diéras, A King, E Richmond, J Wanders, J H Beijnen and J H M Schellens
Br J Cancer 98: 1320-1326; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604300
A phase II study of sequential neoadjuvant gemcitabine plus doxorubicin followed by gemcitabine plus cisplatin in patients with operable breast cancer: prediction of response using molecular profiling
P K Julka, R T Chacko, S Nag, R Parshad, A Nair, D S Oh, Z Hu, C B Koppiker, S Nair, R Dawar, N Dhindsa, I D Miller, D Ma, B Lin, B Awasthy and C M Perou
Br J Cancer 98: 1327-1335; advance online publication, April 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604322
Vaccination of metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients with autologous tumour-derived vitespen vaccine: clinical findings
E Jonasch, C Wood, P Tamboli, L C Pagliaro, S M Tu, J Kim, P Srivastava, C Perez, L Isakov and N Tannir
Br J Cancer 98: 1336-1341; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604266
Work ability and return-to-work in cancer patients
A G E M de Boer, J H A M Verbeek, E R Spelten, A L J Uitterhoeve, A C Ansink, T M de Reijke, M Kammeijer, M A G Sprangers and F J H van Dijk
Br J Cancer 98: 1342-1347; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604302
Translational Therapeutics
Phellinus linteus suppresses growth, angiogenesis and invasive behaviour of breast cancer cells through the inhibition of AKT signalling
D Sliva, A Jedinak, J Kawasaki, K Harvey and V Slivova
Br J Cancer 98: 1348-1356; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604319
Inhibition of ICAM2 induces radiosensitisation in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells
T Ishigami, K Uzawa, K Fushimi, K Saito, Y Kato, D Nakashima, M Higo, Y Kouzu, H Bukawa, T Kawata, H Ito and H Tanzawa
Br J Cancer 98: 1357-1365; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604290
VEGF165b, an antiangiogenic VEGF-A isoform, binds and inhibits bevacizumab treatment in experimental colorectal carcinoma: balance of pro- and antiangiogenic VEGF-A isoforms has implications for therapy
A H R Varey, E S Rennel, Y Qiu, H S Bevan, R M Perrin, S Raffy, A R Dixon, C Paraskeva, O Zaccheo, A B Hassan, S J Harper and D O Bates
Br J Cancer 98: 1366-1379; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604308
The rexinoid, bexarotene, prevents the development of premalignant lesions in MMTV-erbB2 mice
Y Li, Y Zhang, J Hill, H-T Kim, Q Shen, R P Bissonnette, W W Lamph and P H Brown
Br J Cancer 98: 1380-1388; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604320
Molecular Diagnostics
CD133 expression is correlated with lymph node metastasis and vascular endothelial growth factor-C expression in pancreatic cancer
S Maeda, H Shinchi, H Kurahara, Y Mataki, K Maemura, M Sato, S Natsugoe, T Aikou and S Takao
Br J Cancer 98: 1389-1397; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604307
ERCC1 mRNA levels and survival of advanced gastric cancer patients treated with a modified FOLFOX regimen
J Wei, Z Zou, X Qian, Y Ding, L Xie, J J Sanchez, Y Zhao, J Feng, Y Ling, Y Liu, L Yu, R Rosell and B Liu
Br J Cancer 98: 1398-1402; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604317
Acquisition of biologically relevant gene expression data by Affymetrix microarray analysis of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumours
K M Linton, Y Hey, E Saunders, M Jeziorska, J Denton, C L Wilson, R Swindell, S Dibben, C J Miller, S D Pepper, J A Radford and A J Freemont
Br J Cancer 98: 1403-1414; advance online publication, April 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604316
An immunohistochemical perspective of PPAR
and one of its putative targets PDK1 in normal ovaries, benign and malignant ovarian tumours
N Ahmed, C Riley and M A Quinn
Br J Cancer 98: 1415-1424; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604306
Gene expression profiling may improve diagnosis in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary
J Bridgewater, R van Laar, A Floore and L Van'T Veer
Br J Cancer 98: 1425-1430; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604315
Genetics and Genomics
Elimination of wild-type P53 mRNA in glioblastomas showing heterozygous mutations of P53
M Szybka, I Zawlik, D Kulczycka, E Golanska, E Jesien, D Kupnicka, R Stawski, S Piaskowski, E Bieniek, M Zakrzewska, R Kordek, P P Liberski and P Rieske
Br J Cancer 98: 1431-1433; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604258
CASP8 variants D302H and -652 6N ins/del do not influence the risk of colorectal cancer in the United Kingdom population
A M Pittman, P Broderick, K Sullivan, S Fielding, E Webb, S Penegar, I Tomlinson and R S Houlston
Br J Cancer 98: 1434-1436; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604314
Reorganisation of Wnt-response pathways in colorectal tumorigenesis
G M Caldwell, C E Jones, Y Soon, R Warrack, D G Morton and G M Matthews
Br J Cancer 98: 1437-1442; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604327
Tumour-necrosis factor-A polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis
F Gorouhi, F Islami, H Bahrami and F Kamangar
Br J Cancer 98: 1443-1451; advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604277
Promoter hypermethylation of FANCF and outcome in advanced ovarian cancer
S L Lim, P Smith, N Syed, C Coens, H Wong, M van der Burg, P Szlosarek, T Crook and J A Green
Br J Cancer 98: 1452-1456; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604325
The BOADICEA model of genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancers: updates and extensions
A C Antoniou, A P Cunningham, J Peto, D G Evans, F Lalloo, S A Narod, H A Risch, J E Eyfjord, J L Hopper, M C Southey, H Olsson, O Johannsson, A Borg, B Passini, P Radice, S Manoukian, D M Eccles, N Tang, E Olah, H Anton-Culver, E Warner, J Lubinski, J Gronwald, B Gorski, L Tryggvadottir, K Syrjakoski, O-P Kallioniemi, H Eerola, H Nevanlinna, P D P Pharoah and D F Easton
Br J Cancer 98: 1457-1466; advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604305
High level of telomerase RNA gene expression is associated with chromatin modification, the ALT phenotype and poor prognosis in liposarcoma
C J Cairney, S F Hoare, M-G Daidone, N Zaffaroni and W N Keith
Br J Cancer 98: 1467-1474; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604328
Does smoking among friends explain apparent genetic effects on current smoking in adolescence and young adulthood?
V M White, G B Byrnes, B Webster and J L Hopper
Br J Cancer 98: 1475-1481; advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604250
Letters to the Editor
Early onset breast cancer in black British women: a letter to the editor of British Journal of Cancer regarding early onset of breast cancer in a group of British black women
S Dindyal, M J Ramdass and V Naraynsingh
Br J Cancer 98: 1482; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604336
Reply: Early onset breast cancer in black British women: a letter to the editor of British Journal of Cancer regarding early onset of breast cancer in a group of British black women
R Bowen, S Duffy, D Ryan, I Hart and L Jones
Br J Cancer 98: 1483-1484; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604337
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