Annals of Oncology

Editorials:

R. W. Childs

Evolving trends in hematopoietic cell transplantation for solid tumors: tempering enthusiasm with clinical reality
Ann Oncol 15: 543-544; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh159
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Reviews:

A. Di Leo, M. Buyse, and H. Bleiberg

Is overall survival a realistic primary end point in advanced colorectal cancer studies? A critical assessment based on four clinical trials comparing fluorouracil plus leucovorin with the same treatment combined either with oxaliplatin or with CPT-11
Ann Oncol 15: 545-549; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh127
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C. I. Chen

Treatment for Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
Ann Oncol 15: 550-558; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh128
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Original articles:

Gastrointestinal tumors:

E. Aranda, A. Carrato, A. Cervantes, J. Sastre, M. A. Gómez, A. Abad, B. Masutti, F. Ribera, E. Marcuello, L. Pronk, M. Balcells, and E. Díaz-Rubio

Phase I/II trial of irinotecan plus high-dose 5-fluorouracil (TTD regimen) as first-line chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer
Ann Oncol 15: 559-567; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh158
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K. Patel, D. A. Anthoney, A. M. Crellin, D. Sebag-Montefiore, J. Messruther, and M. T. Seymour

Weekly 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin: achieving lower toxicity with higher dose-intensity in adjuvant chemotherapy after colorectal cancer resection
Ann Oncol 15: 568-573; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh134
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Y. H. Kim, H. S. Lee, H.-J. Lee, K. Hur, W. H. Kim, Y.-J. Bang, S.-J. Kim, K. U. Lee, K. J. Choe, and H.-K. Yang

Prognostic significance of the expression of Smad4 and Smad7 in human gastric carcinomas
Ann Oncol 15: 574-580; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh131
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L. S. A. Augustin, S. Gallus, E. Negri, and C. La Vecchia

Glycemic index, glycemic load and risk of gastric cancer
Ann Oncol 15: 581-584; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh130
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Breast cancer:

P. L. R. Mitchell, R. Basser, M. Chipman, A. Grigg, R. Mansfield, J. Cebon, I. D. Davis, F. Appia, and M. Green

A phase II study of escalated-dose docetaxel with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support in patients with advanced breast cancer
Ann Oncol 15: 585-589; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh144
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M. Mandalà, G. Curigliano, P. Bucciarelli, G. Ferretti, P. M. Mannucci, M. Colleoni, A. Ventura, G. Peruzzotti, G. Severi, P. G. Pelicci, R. Biffi, F. Orsi, S. Cinieri, and A. Goldhirsch

Factor V Leiden and G20210A prothrombin mutation and the risk of subclavian vein thrombosis in patients with breast cancer and a central venous catheter
Ann Oncol 15: 590-593; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh146
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Gynecologic tumors:

M. R. Raspollini, G. Amunni, A. Villanucci, G. Baroni, A. Taddei, and G. L. Taddei

c-KIT expression and correlation with chemotherapy resistance in ovarian carcinoma: an immunocytochemical study
Ann Oncol 15: 594-597; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh139
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J. Lorenzo Bermejo, F. L. Büchner, and K. Hemminki

Familial risk of endometrial cancer after exclusion of families that fulfilled Amsterdam, Japanese or Bethesda criteria for HNPCC
Ann Oncol 15: 598-604; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh135
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S. Camatte, P. Morice, D. Atallah, A. Thoury, P. Pautier, C. Lhommé, P. Duvillard, and D. Castaigne

Clinical outcome after laparoscopic pure management of borderline ovarian tumors: results of a series of 34 patients
Ann Oncol 15: 605-609; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh149
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Urogenital tumors:

O. Merimsky, E. Gez, R. Weitzen, H. Nehushtan, R. Rubinov, H. Hayat, T. Peretz, M. Ben-Shahar, H. Biran, R. Katsenelson, V. Mermershtein, D. Loven, N. Karminsky, A. Neumann, D. Matcejevsky, and M. Inbar

Targeting pulmonary metastases of renal cell carcinoma by inhalation of interleukin-2
Ann Oncol 15: 610-612; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh137
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Lung cancer:

J.-P. Spano, F. Andre, L. Morat, L. Sabatier, B. Besse, C. Combadiere, P. Deterre, A. Martin, J. Azorin, D. Valeyre, D. Khayat, T. Le Chevalier, and J.-C. Soria

Chemokine receptor CXCR4 and early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: pattern of expression and correlation with outcome
Ann Oncol 15: 613-617; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh136
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Hematologic malignancies:

J.-Y. You, K.-H. Chi, M.-H. Yang, C.-C. Chen, C.-H. Ho, W.-K. Chau, H.-C. Hsu, J.-P. Gau, C.-H. Tzeng, J.-H. Liu, P.-M. Chen, and T.-J. Chiou

Radiation therapy versus chemotherapy as initial treatment for localized nasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma: a single institute survey in Taiwan
Ann Oncol 15: 618-625; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh143
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W. Y. Au, R. D. Gascoyne, R. E. Gallagher, N. Le, R. D. Klasa, R. H. S. Liang, C. Choy, W. Foo, and J. M. Connors

Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Chinese migrants to British Columbia: a 25-year survey
Ann Oncol 15: 626-630; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh132
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J. J. Turner, A. M. Hughes, A. Kricker, S. Milliken, A. Grulich, J. Kaldor, and B. Armstrong

Use of the WHO lymphoma classification in a population-based epidemiological study
Ann Oncol 15: 631-637; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh140
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Head and neck cancer:

D. Schrijvers, C. Van Herpen, J. Kerger, E. Joosens, C. Van Laer, A. Awada, D. Van den Weyngaert, H. Nguyen, C. Le Bouder, J. A. Castelijns, J. Kaanders, P. De Mulder, and J. B. Vermorken

Docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil in patients with locally advanced unresectable head and neck cancer: a phase I–II feasibility study
Ann Oncol 15: 638-645; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh145
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M. Benasso, R. Corvò, A. Ponzanelli, G. Sanguineti, I. Ricci, E. Pallestrini, A. Santelli, V. Vitale, and R. Rosso

Alternating gemcitabine and cisplatin with gemcitabine and radiation in stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Ann Oncol 15: 646-652; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh138
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Miscellaneous tumors:

A. Gratwohl, H. Baldomero, T. Demirer, G. Rosti, G. Dini, R. Ladenstein, and A. Urbano-Ispizua

Hematopoetic stem cell transplantation for solid tumors in Europe
Ann Oncol 15: 653-660; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh142
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T. Südhoff, M.-D. Enderle, M. Pahlke, C. Petz, C. Teschendorf, U. Graeven, and W. Schmiegel

5-Fluorouracil induces arterial vasocontractions
Ann Oncol 15: 661-664; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh150
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Phase I and pharmacokinetics:

M. J. MacKenzie, H. W. Hirte, L. L. Siu, K. Gelmon, M. Ptaszynski, B. Fisher, and E. Eisenhauer

A phase I study of OSI-211 and cisplatin as intravenous infusions given on days 1, 2 and 3 every 3 weeks in patients with solid cancers
Ann Oncol 15: 665-670; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh133
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P. Schöffski, B. Thate, G. Beutel, O. Bolte, D. Otto, M. Hofmann, A. Ganser, A. Jenner, P. Cheverton, J. Wanders, T. Oguma, R. Atsumi, and M. Satomi

Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of TZT-1027, a novel synthetic dolastatin 10 derivative, administered as a 1-hour intravenous infusion every 3 weeks in patients with advanced refractory cancer
Ann Oncol 15: 671-679; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh141
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Epidemiology:

M. G. Valsecchi, G. Tognoni, M. Bonilla, N. Moreno, F. Baez, C. Pacheco, A. P. Hernandez, F. Antillon-Klussmann, S. Machin, R. Cabanas, M. Navarrete, R. Nieves, P. De Lorenzo, and G. Masera

Clinical epidemiology of childhood cancer in Central America and Caribbean countries
Ann Oncol 15: 680-685; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh148
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A. Cayuela, S. Rodríguez-Domínguez, M. Ruiz-Borrego, and M. Gili

Age–period–cohort analysis of breast cancer mortality rates in Andalucia (Spain)
Ann Oncol 15: 686-688; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh147
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Letters to the Editor:

E. Ozyar and M. Cengiz

With regard to "Induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer" by Oh et al. (AnnOnc 2003; 14: 564–569)
Ann Oncol 15: 689; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh151
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J. L. Oh, D. J. Haraf, and E. E. Vokes

Reply to With regard to "Induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer", by Oh et al. (Ann Oncol 2003; 14: 564–569)
Ann Oncol 15: 689-690; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh152
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A. C. Voogd and G. van Tienhoven

Breast conservation in patients of 35 years or younger
Ann Oncol 15: 690-691; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh153
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M. Mandala, C. Ciano, M. Ghilardi, M. Cremonesi, M. Cazzaniga, and S. Barni

Acute dyspnea due to right phrenic palsy during infusional chemotherapy
Ann Oncol 15: 691-692; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh154
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A. Evoli, C. Punzi, F. Marsili, C. Di Schino, A. Cesario, D. Galetta, S. Margaritora, and P. Granone

Extrathymic malignancies in patients with thymoma
Ann Oncol 15: 692-693; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh155
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Book reviews:

L. G. Walker

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Cancer
Ann Oncol 15: 695; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh156
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