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Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1517; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn600 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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P. Boyle, B. O. Anderson, L. C. Andersson, Y. Ariyaratne, G.-R. Auleley, M. Barbacid, H. Bartelink, J. Baselga, K. Behbehani, F. Belardelli, A. Berns, J. Bishop, O. Brawley, H. Burns, M. Clanton, B. Cox, D. Currow, J.-M. Dangou, D. de Valeriola, K. Dinshaw, A. Eggermont, J. Fitzpatrick, M. Forstmane, E. Garaci, A. T. Gavin, T. Kakizoe, M. Kasler, N. Keita, D. Kerr, D. Khayat, S. Khleif, T. Khuhaprema, T. Knezevic, R. Kubinova, M. Mallath, J. Martin-Moreno, D. McCance, J. G. McVie, A. Merriman, T. Ngoma, M. Nowacki, J. Orgelbrand, J.-G. Park, M. Pierotti, L. P. Ashton, P. Puska, C. V. R. Escobar, B. Rajan, T. Rajkumar, U. Ringborg, C. Robertson, A. Rodger, L. Roovali, L. A. Santini, M. Sarhan, J. Seffrin, V. Semiglazov, B. M. Shrestha, K. C. Soo, V. Stamenic, C. Tamblyn, R. Thomas, M. Tuncer, T. Tursz, R. Vaitkiene, C. Vallejos, U. Veronesi, A. Wojtyla, D. Yach, K.-Y. Yoo, W. Zatonski, D. Zaridze, Y.-X. Zeng, P. Zhao, and T. Zheng
Need for global action for cancer control
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1519-1521; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn426 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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C. Gravalos and A. Jimeno
HER2 in gastric cancer: a new prognostic factor and a novel therapeutic target
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 25, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1523-1529; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn169 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Rayson, D. Richel, S. Chia, C. Jackisch, S. van der Vegt, and T. Suter
Anthracycline–trastuzumab regimens for HER2/neu-overexpressing breast cancer: current experience and future strategies
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1530-1539; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn292 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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F. Puglisi, G. G. Cardellino, D. Crivellari, C. Di Loreto, M. D. Magri, A. M. Minisini, M. Mansutti, C. Andreetta, S. Russo, D. Lombardi, T. Perin, G. Damante, and A. Veronesi
Thymidine phosphorylase expression is associated with time to progression in patients receiving low-dose, docetaxel-modulated capecitabine for metastatic breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 25, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1541-1546; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

X. Pivot, P. Koralewski, J. L. Hidalgo, A. Chan, A. Gonçalves, G. Schwartsmann, S. Assadourian, and J. P. Lotz
A multicenter phase II study of XRP6258 administered as a 1-h i.v. infusion every 3 weeks in taxane-resistant metastatic breast cancer patients
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 23, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1547-1552; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Veronesi, P. Arnone, P. Veronesi, V. Galimberti, A. Luini, N. Rotmensz, E. Botteri, G. B. Ivaldi, M. C. Leonardi, G. Viale, A. Sagona, G. Paganelli, R. Panzeri, and R. Orecchia
The value of radiotherapy on metastatic internal mammary nodes in breast cancer. Results on a large series
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1553-1560; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. L. Hines, L. A. Vallow, W. W. Tan, R. B. McNeil, E. A. Perez, and A. Jain
Clinical outcomes after a diagnosis of brain metastases in patients with estrogen- and/or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive versus triple-negative breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on June 5, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1561-1565; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn283 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. M. McGowan and M. J. Duffy
Matrix metalloproteinase expression and outcome in patients with breast cancer: analysis of a published database
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 23, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1566-1572; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Emmering, N. C. Krak, J. J. M. Van der Hoeven, M. D. Spreeuwenberg, J. W. R. Twisk, S. Meijer, H. M. Pinedo, and O. S. Hoekstra
Preoperative [18F] FDG–PET after chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer: prognostic value as compared with histopathology
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1573-1577; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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J. Wang, D. Short, N. J. Sebire, I. Lindsay, E. S. Newlands, P. Schmid, P. M. Savage, and M. J. Seckl
Salvage chemotherapy of relapsed or high-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) with paclitaxel/cisplatin alternating with paclitaxel/etoposide (TP/TE)
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1578-1583; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn181 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q. Zhong, Y.-J. Wen, H.-S. Yang, H. Luo, A.-F. Fu, F. Yang, L.-J. Chen, X. Chen, X.-R. Qi, H.-G. Lin, Y. Wan, X.-C. Chen, Y.-Q. Wei, and X. Zhao
Efficient inhibition of cisplatin-resistant human ovarian cancer growth and prolonged survival by gene transferred vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein in nude mice
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 23, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1584-1591; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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B. Chauffert, F. Mornex, F. Bonnetain, P. Rougier, C. Mariette, O. Bouché, J. F. Bosset, T. Aparicio, L. Mineur, A. Azzedine, P. Hammel, J. Butel, N. Stremsdoerfer, P. Maingon, and L. Bedenne
Phase III trial comparing intensive induction chemoradiotherapy (60 Gy, infusional 5-FU and intermittent cisplatin) followed by maintenance gemcitabine with gemcitabine alone for locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer. Definitive results of the 2000–01 FFCD/SFRO study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1592-1599; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn281 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. J. Meulenbeld, L. N. van Steenbergen, M. L. G. Janssen-Heijnen, V. E. P. P. Lemmens, and G. J. Creemers
Significant improvement in survival of patients presenting with metastatic colon cancer in the south of The Netherlands from 1990 to 2004
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1600-1604; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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P. A. Zucali, M. G. Ruiz, E. Giovannetti, A. Destro, M. Varella-Garcia, K. Floor, G. L. Ceresoli, J. A. Rodriguez, I. Garassino, P. Comoglio, M. Roncalli, A. Santoro, and G. Giaccone
Role of cMET expression in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1605-1612; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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M. L. Telli, R. M. Witteles, G. A. Fisher, and S. Srinivas
Cardiotoxicity associated with the cancer therapeutic agent sunitinib malate
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 23, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1613-1618; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. de Wit, W. Brenner, M. Hartmann, J. Kotzerke, D. Hellwig, J. Lehmann, C. Franzius, S. Kliesch, M. Schlemmer, K. Tatsch, R. Heicappell, L. Geworski, H. Amthauer, B. M. Dohmen, H. Schirrmeister, U. Cremerius, C. Bokemeyer, and R. Bares
[18F]-FDG–PET in clinical stage I/II non-seminomatous germ cell tumours: results of the German multicentre trial
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1619-1623; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Gravis, F. Bladou, N. Salem, A. Gonçalves, B. Esterni, J. Walz, S. Bagattini, M. Marcy, S. Brunelle, and P. Viens
Results from a monocentric phase II trial of erlotinib in patients with metastatic prostate cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1624-1628; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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M. J. Bishton, M. F. Leahy, R. J. Hicks, J. H. Turner, A. D. McQuillan, and J. F. Seymour
Repeat treatment with iodine-131-rituximab is safe and effective in patients with relapsed indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who had previously responded to iodine-131-rituximab
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on June 2, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1629-1633; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Shivakumar, W. Tan, G. E. Wilding, E. S. Wang, and M. Wetzler
Biologic features and treatment outcome of secondary acute lymphoblastic leukemia—a review of 101 cases
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1634-1638; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

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D. E. Heron, A. Brufsky, S. Beriwal, and M. Kurman
Myelotoxicity of samarium Sm 153 lexidronam in patients receiving prior treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1639-1643; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Schmidt, N. H. Thoennissen, A. Rudat, R. Bieker, C. Schliemann, R. M. Mesters, M. Zühlsdorf, C. Müller-Tidow, and W. E. Berdel
Use of palifermin for the prevention of high-dose methotrexate-induced oral mucositis
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1644-1649; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

head and neck cancer Back

B. R. Knab, J. K. Salama, A. Solanki, K. M. Stenson, E. E. Cohen, M. E. Witt, D. J. Haraf, and E. E. Vokes
Functional organ preservation with definitive chemoradiotherapy for T4 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1650-1654; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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M. Mego, Z. Sycova-Mila, K. Rejlekova, B. Rychly, J. Obertova, J. Rajec, O. Hes, and J. Mardiak
Sunitinib in the treatment of tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney. A case report
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 8, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1655-1656; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn408 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. Horacek, M. Tichy, R. Pudil, and L. Jebavy
Glycogen phosphorylase BB could be a new circulating biomarker for detection of anthracycline cardiotoxicity
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1656-1657; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn414 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Levy, C. Massard, M. Gross-Goupil, and K. Fizazi
Carcinomas of an unknown primary site: a curable disease?
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 22, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1657-1658; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn430 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Loulergue, O. Mir, J. Alexandre, S. Ropert, F. Goldwasser, and O. Launay
Low influenza vaccination rate among patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1658; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn531 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Ardavanis, D. Doufexis, P. Kountourakis, and G. Rigatos
A Kaposi's sarcoma complete clinical response after sorafenib administration
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on July 22, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1658-1659; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn528 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. Cacheux, T. Boisserie, L. Staudacher, O. Vignaux, B. Dousset, O. Soubrane, B. Terris, C. Mateus, S. Chaussade, and F. Goldwasser
Reversible tumor growth acceleration following bevacizumab interruption in metastatic colorectal cancer patients scheduled for surgery
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1659-1661; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn540 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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