Table of contents
Volume 99, Issue 1
Published online 1 July 2008 (1-223)
Minireview
EGFR-targeting drugs in combination with cytotoxic agents: from bench to bedside, a contrasted reality FREE
G Milano, J-P Spano and B Leyland-Jones
Br J Cancer 99: 1-5; advance online publication, May 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604373
Clinical Studies
Meta-analyses of chemotherapy for locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer: results of secondary end points analyses FREE
A Sultana, C Tudur Smith, D Cunningham, N Starling, J P Neoptolemos and P Ghaneh
Br J Cancer 99: 6-13; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604436
Effect of treatment with epoetin-
on survival, tumour progression and thromboembolic events in patients with cancer: an updated meta-analysis of 12 randomised controlled studies including 2301 patients FREE
M Aapro, A Scherhag and H U Burger
Br J Cancer 99: 14-22; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604408
Clinical factors associated with fatigue over time in paediatric oncology patients receiving chemotherapy FREE
C-H Yeh, Y-C Chiang, L Lin, C-P Yang, L-C Chien, M A Weaver and H-L Chuang
Br J Cancer 99: 23-29; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604434
Long-term follow-up after cancer rehabilitation using high-intensity resistance training: persistent improvement of physical performance and quality of life FREE
I C De Backer, G Vreugdenhil, M R Nijziel, A D Kester, E van Breda and G Schep
Br J Cancer 99: 30-36; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604433
Psychological distress in cancer patients assessed with an expert rating scale FREE
P Herschbach, K Book, T Brandl, M Keller, G Lindena, K Neuwöhner and B Marten-Mittag
Br J Cancer 99: 37-43; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604420
Cisplatin and vinorelbine first-line chemotherapy in non-resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma FREE
J B Sørensen, H Frank and T Palshof
Br J Cancer 99: 44-50; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604421
Pemetrexed plus carboplatin in elderly patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: combined analysis of two phase II trials FREE
G L Ceresoli, B Castagneto, P A Zucali, A Favaretto, M Mencoboni, F Grossi, D Cortinovis, G Del Conte, A Ceribelli, A Bearz, S Salamina, F De Vincenzo, F Cappuzzo, M Marangolo, V Torri and A Santoro
Br J Cancer 99: 51-56; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604442
Sequential induction chemotherapy followed by radical chemo-radiation in the treatment of locoregionally advanced head-and-neck cancer FREE
S A Bhide, M Ahmed, Y Barbachano, K Newbold, K J Harrington and C M Nutting
Br J Cancer 99: 57-62; advance online publication, June 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604444
Cancer of the breast: 5-year survival in a tertiary hospital in Uganda FREE
A Gakwaya, J B Kigula-Mugambe, A Kavuma, A Luwaga, J Fualal, J Jombwe, M Galukande and D Kanyike
Br J Cancer 99: 63-67; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604435
Collagen IV levels are elevated in the serum of patients with primary breast cancer compared to healthy volunteers FREE
C Mazouni, B Arun, F André, M Ayers, S Krishnamurthy, B Wang, G N Hortobagyi, A U Buzdar and L Pusztai
Br J Cancer 99: 68-71; advance online publication, June 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604443
-Fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotrophin- as prognostic markers in neuroendocrine tumour patients FREE
T Shah, R Srirajaskanthan, M Bhogal, C Toubanakis, T Meyer, A Noonan, C Witney-Smith, T Amin, P Bhogal, N Sivathasan, B Warner, D Hochhauser and M E Caplin
Br J Cancer 99: 72-77; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604428
Mdm2-SNP309 polymorphism in prostate cancer: no evidence for association with increased risk or histopathological tumour characteristics FREE
R Stoehr, F Hitzenbichler, B Kneitz, C G Hammerschmied, M Burger, A Tannapfel and A Hartmann
Br J Cancer 99: 78-82; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604441
Primary resistance to cetuximab therapy in EGFR FISH-positive colorectal cancer patients FREE
F Cappuzzo, M Varella-Garcia, G Finocchiaro, M Skokan, S Gajapathy, C Carnaghi, L Rimassa, E Rossi, C Ligorio, L Di Tommaso, A J Holmes, L Toschi, G Tallini, A Destro, M Roncalli, A Santoro and P A Jänne
Br J Cancer 99: 83-89; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604439
Translational Therapeutics
Detection of drug-sensitizing EGFR exon 19 deletion mutations in salivary gland carcinoma FREE
R Dahse and H Kosmehl
Br J Cancer 99: 90-92; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604430
Combined effects of bevacizumab with erlotinib and irradiation: a preclinical study on a head and neck cancer orthotopic model FREE
A Bozec, A Sudaka, J-L Fischel, M-C Brunstein, M-C Etienne-Grimaldi and G Milano
Br J Cancer 99: 93-99; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604429
CD133/prominin-1 is a potential therapeutic target for antibody-drug conjugates in hepatocellular and gastric cancers FREE
L M Smith, A Nesterova, M C Ryan, S Duniho, M Jonas, M Anderson, R F Zabinski, M K Sutherland, H-P Gerber, K L Van Orden, P A Moore, S M Ruben and P J Carter
Br J Cancer 99: 100-109; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604437
Inducible re-expression of p16 in an orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer inhibits lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis FREE
P Schulz, A Scholz, A Rexin, P Hauff, M Schirner, B Wiedenmann and K Detjen
Br J Cancer 99: 110-117; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604457
Attenuated p53 activation in tumour-associated stromal cells accompanies decreased sensitivity to etoposide and vincristine FREE
A C Dudley, S-C Shih, A R Cliffe, K Hida and M Klagsbrun
Br J Cancer 99: 118-125; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604465
Variation in dermcidin expression in a range of primary human tumours and in hypoxic/oxidatively stressed human cell lines FREE
G D Stewart, R J E Skipworth, C J Pennington, A G Lowrie, D A C Deans, D R Edwards, F K Habib, A C P Riddick, K C H Fearon and J A Ross
Br J Cancer 99: 126-132; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604458
Molecular Diagnostics
Sensitivity and specificity of faecal tumour M2 pyruvate kinase for detection of colorectal adenomas in a large screening study FREE
U Haug, S Hundt and H Brenner
Br J Cancer 99: 133-135; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604427
Profiling CpG island field methylation in both morphologically normal and neoplastic human colonic mucosa FREE
N J Belshaw, G O Elliott, R J Foxall, J R Dainty, N Pal, A Coupe, D Garg, D M Bradburn, J C Mathers and I T Johnson
Br J Cancer 99: 136-142; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604432
Common dysregulation of Wnt/Frizzled receptor elements in human hepatocellular carcinoma FREE
A Bengochea, M M de Souza, L Lefrançois, E Le Roux, O Galy, I Chemin, M Kim, J R Wands, C Trepo, P Hainaut, J-Y Scoazec, L Vitvitski and P Merle
Br J Cancer 99: 143-150; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604422
New cellular tools reveal complex epithelial–mesenchymal interactions in hepatocarcinogenesis FREE
S Sagmeister, M Eisenbauer, C Pirker, T Mohr, K Holzmann, H Zwickl, C Bichler, D Kandioler, F Wrba, W Mikulits, C Gerner, M Shehata, O Majdic, B Streubel, W Berger, M Micksche, K Zatloukal, R Schulte-Hermann and B Grasl-Kraupp
Br J Cancer 99: 151-159; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604440
Expression of AT1 and AT2 angiotensin receptors in astrocytomas is associated with poor prognosis FREE
O Arrieta, B Pineda-Olvera, P Guevara-Salazar, N Hernández-Pedro, D Morales-Espinosa, T L Cerón-Lizarraga, C H González-De la Rosa, D Rembao, B Segura-Pacheco and J Sotelo
Br J Cancer 99: 160-166; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604431
ERCC1 expression as a predictive marker of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with cisplatin-based concurrent chemoradiation FREE
H J Jun, M J Ahn, H S Kim, S Y Yi, J Han, S K Lee, Y C Ahn, H-S Jeong, Y-I Son, J-H Baek and K Park
Br J Cancer 99: 167-172; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604464
Epidemiology
Magnitude of asbestos-related lung cancer mortality in Italy FREE
A Marinaccio, A Scarselli, A Binazzi, M Mastrantonio, P Ferrante and S Iavicoli
Br J Cancer 99: 173-175; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604450
Sleep duration and the risk of prostate cancer: the Ohsaki Cohort Study FREE
M Kakizaki, K Inoue, S Kuriyama, T Sone, K Matsuda-Ohmori, N Nakaya, S Fukudo and I Tsuji
Br J Cancer 99: 176-178; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604425
Fetal growth and the risk of childhood non-CNS solid tumours in Western Australia FREE
C L Laurvick, E Milne, E Blair, N de Klerk, A K Charles and C Bower
Br J Cancer 99: 179-181; advance online publication, June 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604424
Is the incidence of meningiomas underestimated? A regional survey FREE
S Larjavaara, H Haapasalo, R Sankila, P Helén and A Auvinen
Br J Cancer 99: 182-184; advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604438
Lifestyle factors and primary glioma and meningioma tumours in the Million Women Study cohort FREE
V S Benson, K Pirie, J Green, D Casabonne and V Beral for the Million Women Study Collaborators
Br J Cancer 99: 185-190; advance online publication, June 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604445
Conformity to traditional Mediterranean diet and cancer incidence: the Greek EPIC cohort FREE
V Benetou, A Trichopoulou, P Orfanos, A Naska, P Lagiou, P Boffetta and D Trichopoulos
Br J Cancer 99: 191-195; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604418
Soy intake and breast cancer risk in Singapore Chinese Health Study FREE
A H Wu, W-P Koh, R Wang, H-P Lee and M C Yu
Br J Cancer 99: 196-200; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604448
Association of size at birth with adolescent hormone levels, body size and age at menarche: relevance for breast cancer risk FREE
S Opdahl, T I L Nilsen, P R Romundstad, E Vanky, S M Carlsen and L J Vatten
Br J Cancer 99: 201-206; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604449
Anthropometric factors and breast cancer risk among urban and rural women in South India: a multicentric case–control study FREE
A Mathew, V Gajalakshmi, B Rajan, V Kanimozhi, P Brennan, B S Mathew and P Boffetta
Br J Cancer 99: 207-213; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604423
Prevalence of human papillomavirus in Indonesia: a population-based study in three regions FREE
J N I Vet, M A de Boer, B E W M van den Akker, B Siregar, Lisnawati, S Budiningsih, D Tyasmorowati, Moestikaningsih, S Cornain, A A W Peters and G J Fleuren
Br J Cancer 99: 214-218; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604417
Childhood leukaemia: long-term excess mortality and the proportion 'cured' FREE
A Shah, C A Stiller, M G Kenward, T Vincent, T O B Eden and M P Coleman
Br J Cancer 99: 219-223; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604466
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