Annals of Oncology

News:

RNA interference, a way ahead, not only to change the colour of flowers?
Ann Oncol 13: 1513-1514; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf340
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Editorial:

J.-C. Soria and T. Le Chevalier

Is cisplatin still the best platinum compound in non-small-cell lung cancer?
Ann Oncol 13: 1515-1517; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf331
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Reviews:

V. C. G. Tjan-Heijnen, D. J. T. Wagener, and P. E. Postmus

An analysis of chemotherapy dose and dose-intensity in small-cell lung cancer: lessons to be drawn
Ann Oncol 13: 1519-1530; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf249
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J. Bonnema and C. J. H. van de Velde

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1531-1537; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf319
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Original articles:

Lung cancer:

R. Rosell, U. Gatzemeier, D. C. Betticher, U. Keppler, H. N. Macha, R. Pirker, P. Berthet, J. L. Breau, P. Lianes, M. Nicholson, A. Ardizzoni, A. Chemaissani, J. Bogaerts, and G. Gallant

Phase III randomised trial comparing paclitaxel/carboplatin with paclitaxel/cisplatin in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a cooperative multinational trial
Ann Oncol 13: 1539-1549; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf332
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E. Laack, A. Köhler, C. Kugler, T. Dierlamm, C. Knuffmann, G. Vohwinkel, A. Niestroy, N. Dahlmann, A. Peters, J. Berger, W. Fiedler, and D. K. Hossfeld

Pretreatment serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and vascular endothelial growth factor in non-small-cell lung cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1550-1557; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf270
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Gastrointestinal tumors:

P. Rougier, D. Lepille, J. Bennouna, A. Marre, M. Ducreux, L. Mignot, A. Hua, and D. Méry-Mignard

Antitumour activity of three second-line treatment combinations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after optimal 5-FU regimen failure: a randomised, multicentre phase II study
Ann Oncol 13: 1558-1567; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf259
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N. C. Tebbutt, A. Norman, D. Cunningham, T. Iveson, M. Seymour, T. Hickish, P. Harper, N. Maisey, K. Mochlinski, Y. Prior, and M. Hill

A multicentre, randomised phase III trial comparing protracted venous infusion (PVI) 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with PVI 5-FU plus mitomycin C in patients with inoperable oesophago-gastric cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1568-1575; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf273
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M. L. Rothenberg, J. K. Benedetti, J. S. Macdonald, T. E. Seay, M. A. Neubauer, C. S. George, M. S. Tanaka, J. K. Giguere, B. T. Pruitt, and J. L. Abbruzzese

Phase II trial of 5-fluorouracil plus eniluracil in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a Southwest Oncology Group study
Ann Oncol 13: 1576-1582; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf274
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W. Scheithauer, G. V. Kornek, M. Raderer, B. Schüll, K. Schmid, F. Längle, and H. Huber

Intermittent weekly high-dose capecitabine in combination with oxaliplatin: a phase I/II study in first-line treatment of patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1583-1589; doi:10.1093/annonc/dkf281
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Gynecologic tumors:

D. H. Smith, J. R. Adams, S. R. D. Johnston, A. Gordon, M. F. Drummond, and C. L. Bennett

A comparative economic analysis of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin versus topotecan in ovarian cancer in the USA and the UK
Ann Oncol 13: 1590-1597; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf275
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J. Fujimoto, I. Aoki, H. Toyoki, S. Khatun, and T. Tamaya

Clinical implications of expression of ETS-1 related to angiogenesis in uterine cervical cancers
Ann Oncol 13: 1598-1604; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf248
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J. Fujimoto, I. Aoki, H. Toyoki, S. Khatun, and T. Tamaya

Clinical implications of expression of ETS-1 related to angiogenesis in uterine endometrial cancers
Ann Oncol 13: 1605-1611; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf334
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Breast cancer:

S. E. Soule, K. D. Miller, P. Porcu, R. Ansari, F. Fata, J. W. McClean, R. Zon, G. W. Sledge, and L. H. Einhorn

Combined anti-microtubule therapy: a phase II study of weekly docetaxel plus estramustine in patients with metastatic breast cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1612-1615; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf283
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Urogenital tumors:

J. A. Gietema, M. T. Meinardi, D. T. Sleijfer, H. J. Hoekstra, and W. T. A. van der Graaf

Routine chest X-rays have no additional value in the detection of relapse during routine follow-up of patients treated with chemotherapy for disseminated non-seminomatous testicular cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1616-1620; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf282
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Hematologic malignancies:

Y. Chelghoum, C. Danaïla, A. Belhabri, C. Charrin, Q.-H. Le, M. Michallet, D. Fiere, and X. Thomas

Influence of cigarette smoking on the presentation and course of acute myeloid leukemia
Ann Oncol 13: 1621-1627; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf269
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A. Josting, C. Rudolph, M. Reiser, M. Mapara, M. Sieber, H. H. Kirchner, B. Dörken, D. K. Hossfeld, V. Diehl, and A. Engert

Time-intensified dexamethasone/cisplatin/cytarabine: an effective salvage therapy with low toxicity in patients with relapsed and refractory Hodgkin’s disease
Ann Oncol 13: 1628-1635; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf221
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J. K. Grover, G. Uppal, and V. Raina

The adverse effects of thalidomide in relapsed and refractory patients of multiple myeloma
Ann Oncol 13: 1636-1640; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf258
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A. von Rohr, S.-F. H. Schmitz, A. Tichelli, U. Hess, D. Piguet, M. Wernli, N. Frickhofen, G. Konwalinka, G. Zulian, M. Ghielmini, B. Rufener, C. Racine, M. F. Fey, T. Cerny, D. Betticher, and A. Tobler

Treatment of hairy cell leukemia with cladribine (2-chlorodeoxyadenosine) by subcutaneous bolus injection: a phase II study
Ann Oncol 13: 1641-1649; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf272
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I. Radman, N. Basic, B. Labar, J. Kovacevic, I. Aurer, V. Bogdanic, S. Zupancic-Salek, D. Nemet, J. Jakic-Razumovic, M. Mrsic, F. Santek, L. Grgic-Markulin, and D. Boban

Long-term results of conventional-dose salvage chemotherapy in patients with refractory and relapsed Hodgkin’s disease (Croatian experience)
Ann Oncol 13: 1650-1655; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf271
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Sarcomas:

T. Ozaki, K.-L. Schaefer, D. Wai, R. Yokoyama, S. Ahrens, R. Diallo, T. Hasegawa, T. Shimoda, S. Hirohashi, A. Kawai, N. Naito, Y. Morimoto, H. Inoue, W. Boecker, H. Juergens, W. Winkelmann, B. Dockhorn-Dworniczak, and C. Poremba

Population-based genetic alterations in Ewing’s tumors from Japanese and European Caucasian patients
Ann Oncol 13: 1656-1664; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf218
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Head and neck cancer:

R. Hitt, L. Paz-Ares, A. Brandáriz, D. Castellano, C. Peña, J. M. Millán, F. Calvo, D. Ortiz de Urbina, E. López, J. J. Álvarez-Vicent, and H. Cortés-Funes

Induction chemotherapy with paclitaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: long-term results of a phase II trial
Ann Oncol 13: 1665-1673; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf268
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Phase I:

R. M. Goldberg, S. H. Kaufmann, P. Atherton, J. A. Sloan, A. A. Adjei, H. C. Pitot, S. R. Alberts, J. Rubin, L. L. Miller, and C. Erlichman

A phase I study of sequential irinotecan and 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin
Ann Oncol 13: 1674-1680; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf260
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Clinical case:

T. Fietz, E. Thiel, C. Baldus, I. W. Blau, G. Stoltenburg, and W. U. Knauf

Successful treatment of extracranially metastasized pineal gland germinoma with high-dose methotrexate
Ann Oncol 13: 1681-1685; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf276
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Letters to the Editor:

M. Cantore, C. Rabbi, S. Guadagni, D. Zamagni, and E. Aitini

Intra-arterial hepatic chemotherapy combined with continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil in patients with metastatic cholangiocarcinoma
Ann Oncol 13: 1687-1688; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf262
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F. Levi, C. Pasche, F. Lucchini, C. Bosetti, and C. La Vecchia

Glycaemic index, breast and colorectal cancer
Ann Oncol 13: 1688-1689; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf261
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R. Salgado, I. Benoy, E. van Marck, P. Vermeulen, and L. Dirix

The importance of the VEGF-load in platelets in cancer patients
Ann Oncol 13: 1689-1690; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf320
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Book reviews:

M. J. van den Bent

J. Hildebrand, M. Brada (eds). Differential Diagnosis in Neuro-oncology
Ann Oncol 13: 1691; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf251
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E. Raymond

E. Chu, V.T. DeVita Jr (eds). Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual 2001
Ann Oncol 13: 1691-1692; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf265
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