Annals of Oncology

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Create your own organ?
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 989-990; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf296 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

R. Amato

Development of a prognostic model for patients with extragonadal germ-cell tumors
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 991-992; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf267 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Leyland-Jones

Trastuzumab therapy for the metastatic patient: does the primary match?
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 993-994; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf295 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract C. Monnerat, S. Faivre, S. Temam, J. Bourhis, and E. Raymond

End points for new agents in induction chemotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancers
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 995-1006; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. T. C. Chan, P. M. L. Teo, and P. J. Johnson

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1007-1015; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf179 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Urogenital tumors

Get checked abstract J. T. Hartmann, C. R. Nichols, J.-P. Droz, A. Horwich, A. Gerl, S. D. Fossa, J. Beyer, J. Pont, L. Kanz, L. Einhorn, and C. Bokemeyer

Prognostic variables for response and outcome in patients with extragonadal germ-cell tumors
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1017-1028; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Escudier, N. Lassau, D. Couanet, E. Angevin, F. Mesrati, S. Leborgne, A. Garofano, C. Leboulaire, N. Dupouy, and A. Laplanche

Phase II trial of thalidomide in renal-cell carcinoma
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1029-1035; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Breast cancer

Get checked abstract D. Gancberg, A. Di Leo, F. Cardoso, G. Rouas, M. Pedrocchi, M. Paesmans, A. Verhest, C. Bernard-Marty, M. J. Piccart, and D. Larsimont

Comparison of HER-2 status between primary breast cancer and corresponding distant metastatic sites
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1036-1043; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf252 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. M. Kirchner, R. Gerhards, and R. Voigtmann

Sequential immunochemotherapy and edrecolomab in the adjuvant therapy of breast cancer: reduction of 17-1A-positive disseminated tumour cells
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1044-1048; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Bonadonna, M. Zambetti, C. Bumma, M. Donadio, A. Bolognesi, G. Robustelli della Cuna, G. Ambrosini, G. Lelli, M. Mansutti, P. Verderio, and P. Valagussa

Multimodal treatment with primary single-agent epirubicin in operable breast cancer: 5-year experience of the Michelangelo Cooperative Group
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1049-1058; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Bajetta, A. Martinetti, N. Zilembo, P. Pozzi, I. La Torre, L. Ferrari, E. Seregni, R. Longarini, G. Salvucci, and E. Bombardieri

Biological activity of anastrozole in postmenopausal patients with advanced breast cancer: effects on estrogens and bone metabolism
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1059-1066; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf083 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gastrointestinal tumors

Get checked abstract S. Sharma, N. Kemeny, D. P. Kelsen, D. Ilson, E. O’Reilly, S. Zaknoen, C. Baum, P. Statkevich, E. Hollywood, Y. Zhu, and L. B. Saltz

A phase II trial of farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor SCH 66336, given by twice-daily oral administration, in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer refractory to 5-fluorouracil and irinotecan
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1067-1071; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf173 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.-F. Seitz, J. Bennouna, B. Paillot, E. Gamelin, E. François, T. Conroy, J.-L. Raoul, Y. Becouarn, F. Bertheault-Cvitkovic, M. Ychou, S. Nasca, A. Fandi, P. Barthelemy, and J.-Y. Douillard

Multicenter non-randomized phase II study of raltitrexed (Tomudex) and oxaliplatin in non-pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer patients
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1072-1079; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer

Get checked abstract H. Soto Parra, R. Cavina, F. Latteri, A. Sala, M. Dambrosio, G. Antonelli, E. Morenghi, M. Alloisio, G. Ravasi, and A. Santoro

Three-week versus four-week schedule of cisplatin and gemcitabine: results of a randomized phase II study
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1080-1086; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf186 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Radzikowska, P. Glaz, and K. Roszkowski

Lung cancer in women: age, smoking, histology, performance status, stage, initial treatment and survival. Population-based study of 20 561 cases
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1087-1093; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf187 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hematological malignancies

Get checked abstract M. Raderer, A. Chott, J. Drach, C. Montalban, B. Dragosics, U. Jäger, A. Püspök, C. Österreicher, and C. C. Zielinski

Chemotherapy for management of localised high-grade gastric B-cell lymphoma: how much is necessary?
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1094-1098; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Hollender, S. Kvaloy, O. Nome, E. Skovlund, K. Lote, and H. Holte

Central nervous system involvement following diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a risk model
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1099-1107; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Leroy, C. Haioun, E. Lepage, N. Le Métayer, F. Berger, E. Labouyrie, V. Meignin, B. Petit, C. Bastard, G. Salles, C. Gisselbrecht, F. Reyes, and Ph. Gaulard

p53 gene mutations are associated with poor survival in low and low-intermediate risk diffuse large B-cell lymphomas
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1108-1115; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf185 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Alexanian, D. Weber, S. Giralt, and K. Delasalle

Consolidation therapy of multiple myeloma with thalidomide–dexamethasone after intensive chemotherapy
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1116-1119; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf188 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology

Get checked abstract A. Ullrich, W. Fischbach, and M. Blettner

Incidence of gastric B-cell lymphomas: a population-based study in Germany
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1120-1127; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Verdecchia, A. Micheli, M. Colonna, V. Moreno, M. I. Izarzugaza, and E. Paci

A comparative analysis of cancer prevalence in cancer registry areas of France, Italy and Spain
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1128-1139; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf160 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phase I and pharmacokinetics

Get checked abstract C. Sessa, C. Cuvier, S. Caldiera, J. Bauer, S. Van den Bosch, C. Monnerat, D. Semiond, D. Pérard, A. Lebecq, M. Besenval, and M. Marty

Phase I clinical and pharmacokinetic studies of the taxoid derivative RPR 109881A administered as a 1-hour or a 3-hour infusion in patients with advanced solid tumors
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1140-1150; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf174 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical cases

Get checked abstract K.-D. Lee, T.-W. Liu, C.-W. Wu, C.-M. Tiu, J. M. Liu, T.-R. Chung, J.-Y. Chang, J. Whang-Peng, and L.-T. Chen

Non-surgical treatment for afferent loop syndrome in recurrent gastric cancer complicated by peritoneal carcinomatosis: percutaneous transhepatic duodenal drainage followed by 24-hour infusion of high-dose fluorouracil and leucovorin
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1151-1155; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

G. Apolone, P. Mosconi, G. Cattaneo, L. Pomodoro, and S. Garattini

Oncologists’ opinion of ethics committees functioning in Italy
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1157-1158; doi:NULL [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Gastaldi, P. Martino, G. Gentile, V. Picardi, M. S. De Propris, M. F. Pirillo, A. De Vellis, and F. Mandelli

Hodgkin’s disease in HIV-infected patients: report of eight cases usefully treated with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (ABVD) plus granulocyte colony- stimulating factor
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 1158-1160; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf239 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews

C. J. A. Punt

D.P. Kelsen, J.M. Daly, S.E. Kern, B. Levin, J.E. Tepper (eds). Gastrointestinal Oncology, Principles and Practice
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