Annals of Oncology

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in this issue
Ann Oncol 17: 1473; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl356
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editorial:

S Aebi and M Castiglione

The enigma of young age
Ann Oncol 17: 1475-1477; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl330
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reviews:

P Pedrazzoli, JA Ledermann, J-P Lotz, S Leyvraz, M Aglietta, G Rosti, KM Champion, S Secondino, F Selle, N Ketterer, G Grignani, S Siena, and T Demirer On behalf of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Solid Tumors Working Party

High dose chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell support for solid tumors other than breast cancer in adults
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1479-1488; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl044
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D Pectasides, M Pectasides, and T Economopoulos

Merkel cell cancer of the skin
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 24, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1489-1495; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl050
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original articles:

breast cancer:

M Colleoni, N Rotmensz, G Peruzzotti, P Maisonneuve, L Orlando, R Ghisini, G Viale, G Pruneri, P Veronesi, A Luini, M Intra, A Cardillo, R Torrisi, A Rocca, and A Goldhirsch

Role of endocrine responsiveness and adjuvant therapy in very young women (below 35 years) with operable breast cancer and node negative disease
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on June 23, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1497-1503; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl145
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V Malamou-Mitsi, H Gogas, U Dafni, A Bourli, T Fillipidis, M Sotiropoulou, D Vlachodimitropoulos, S Papadopoulos, O Tzaida, G Kafiri, V Kyriakou, S Markaki, I Papaspyrou, E Karagianni, K Pavlakis, T Toliou, CD Scopa, P Papakostas, D Bafaloukos, C Christodoulou, and G Fountzilas

Evaluation of the prognostic and predictive value of p53 and Bcl-2 in breast cancer patients participating in a randomized study with dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1504-1511; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl147
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G Sanna, L Preda, R Bruschini, M Cossu Rocca, S Ferretti, L Adamoli, E Verri, L Franceschelli, A Goldhirsch, and F Nolè

Bisphosphonates and jaw osteonecrosis in patients with advanced breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1512-1516; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl163
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L Wang, L Peng, B Dong, L Kong, L Meng, L Yan, Y Xie, and C Shou

Overexpression of phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 in breast cancer: association with a poor clinical outcome
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1517-1522; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl159
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gastrointestinal tumors:

M Koopman, NF Antonini, J Douma, J Wals, AH Honkoop, FLG Erdkamp, RS de Jong, CJ Rodenburg, G Vreugdenhil, JM Akkermans-Vogelaar, and CJA Punt

Randomised study of sequential versus combination chemotherapy with capecitabine, irinotecan and oxaliplatin in advanced colorectal cancer, an interim safety analysis. A Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group (DCCG) phase III study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1523-1528; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl179
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M Orditura, E Martinelli, G Galizia, C Carlomagno, G Aurilio, L Vecchione, Eva Lieto, S De Placido, G Catalano, F Ciardiello, and F De Vita

Weekly docetaxel and capecitabine is not effective in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer: a phase II study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1529-1532; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl168
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urogenital tumors:

H von der Maase, J Lehmann, G Gravis, H Joensuu, PF Geertsen, J Gough, G Chen, and M Kania

A phase II trial of pemetrexed plus gemcitabine in locally advanced and/or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1533-1538; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl154
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hematologic malignancies:

E Giné, S Montoto, F Bosch, L Arenillas, S Mercadal, N Villamor, A Martínez, L Colomo, E Campo, E Montserrat, and A López-Guillermo

The Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) and the histological subtype are the most important factors to predict histological transformation in follicular lymphoma
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on August 28, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1539-1545; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl162
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DC Betticher, G Martinelli, JA Radford, M Kaufmann, MJS Dyer, U Kaiser, WE Aulitzky, J Beck, A von Rohr, T Kovascovics, SB Cogliatti, S Cina, R Maibach, T Cerny, and DC Linch

Sequential high dose chemotherapy as initial treatment for aggressive sub-types of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: results of the international randomized phase III trial (MISTRAL)
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1546-1552; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl153
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SH Ghaffari, S Rostami, D Bashash, K Alimoghaddam, and A Ghavamzadeh

Real-time PCR analysis of PML-RAR in newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukaemia patients treated with arsenic trioxide as a front-line therapy
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 10, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1553-1559; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl150
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head and neck cancer:

G Fountzilas, P Papakostas, U Dafni, T Makatsoris, M Karina, A Kalogera-Fountzila, N Maniadakis, G Aravantinos, K Syrigos, A Bamias, C Christodoulou, T Economopoulos, HP Kalofonos, A Nikolaou, N Angouridakis, G Stathopoulos, D Bafaloukos, N Pavlidis, and J Daniilidis

Paclitaxel and gemcitabine vs. paclitaxel and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in advanced non–nasopharyngeal head and neck cancer. An efficacy and cost analysis randomized study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on June 21, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1560-1567; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl151
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phase I and pharmacokinetics:

J Pfisterer, A du Bois, J Sehouli, S Loibl, S Reinartz, A Reuß, U Canzler, A Belau, C Jackisch, R Kimmig, K Wollschlaeger, V Heilmann, and F Hilpert On behalf of the AGO-OVAR

The anti-idiotypic antibody abagovomab in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer. A phase I trial of the AGO-OVAR
Ann Oncol 17: 1568-1577; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl357
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sarcomas and melanoma:

ACJ van Akkooi, JHW de Wilt, C Verhoef, PIM Schmitz, AN van Geel, AMM Eggermont, and M Kliffen

Clinical relevance of melanoma micrometastases (<0.1 mm) in sentinel nodes: are these nodes to be considered negative?
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1578-1585; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl176
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CAJ Brouwer, JA Gietema, MP van den Berg, MTE Bink-Boelkens, NJ Elzenga, J Haaksma, WA Kamps, JM Vonk, EGE de Vries, and A Postma

Long-term cardiac follow-up in survivors of a malignant bone tumour
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 20, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1586-1591; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl156
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D Schadendorf, A Hauschild, S Ugurel, A Thoelke, F Egberts, M Kreissig, R Linse, U Trefzer, T Vogt, W Tilgen, P Mohr, and C Garbe

Dose-intensified bi-weekly temozolomide in patients with asymptomatic brain metastases from malignant melanoma: a phase II DeCOG/ADO study
Ann Oncol 17: 1592-1597; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl148
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pediatric malignancies:

SO Ekenze, NEN Agugua-Obianyo, and OA Odetunde

The challenge of nephroblastoma in a developing country
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1598-1600; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl167
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letters to the editor:

G Gravante, G Esposito, M Marianetti, D Delogu, A Montone, and G Sconocchia

Toxic epidermal necrolysis in patients with malignancies
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 9, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1601; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl089
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G Curigliano, G Spitaleri, F de Braud, and A Goldhirsch

Reply to Letter to the Editor: ‘Toxic epidermal necrolysis in patients with malignancies’, by G. Gravante, G. Esposito, M. Marianetti, D. Delogu, G. Sconocchia & A. Montone (doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl089)
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 9, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1601-1602; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl088
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E Romagnani, E Gallerani, and F Cavalli

Mediastinal mature teratoma with an immature component—what about the treatment?
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 25, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1602-1604; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl091
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G Ferretti, E Bria, D Giannarelli, P Carlini, A Felici, M Mandalà, P Papaldo, A Fabi, M Ciccarese, and F Cognetti

Does low-molecular-weight heparin influence cancer-related mortality?
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 2, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1604-1606; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl092
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M Berretta, A Bearz, S Frustaci, A Buonadonna, N La Mura, M Malaguarnera, A Fulvi, I Shehu, and U Tirelli

FOLFOX2 regimen in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer: a comparison between elderly and young patients
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 25, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1606-1607; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl098
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E Bria, M Di Maio, C Nisticò, F Cuppone, E Terzoli, F Cognetti, and D Giannarelli

Factorial design for randomized clinical trials
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
Ann Oncol 17: 1607-1608; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl106
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