Annals of Oncology

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Ann Oncol 2: 449.
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Ann Oncol 2: 449.
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News:

Pergamon sold to Elsevier
Ann Oncol 2: 450.
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Medenica continues to create furore
Ann Oncol 2: 450-451.
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European ban on tobacco advertisement
Ann Oncol 2: 451.
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International Council for Coordinating Cancer Research still poorly known
Ann Oncol 2: 451-452.
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Perhaps not everyone knows that...
Ann Oncol 2: 452-453.
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Editorial:

Jean Klastersky

Empiric therapy for febrile granulocytopenic patients: No longer a challenge?
Ann Oncol 2: 454-455.
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Gerald Rosen

Zurich experience in osteogenic sarcoma: State of the art—past, present or future?
Ann Oncol 2: 456-459.
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Special articles:

R. D. Gelber and A. Goldhirsch

Meta-analysis: The fashion of summing-up evidence: Part I. Rationale and Conduct
Ann Oncol 2: 461-468.
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Review:

G. J. Peter and C. J. van Groeningen

Clinical relevance of biochemical modulation of 5-fluorouracil
Ann Oncol 2: 469-480.
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Arena:

V. C. Jordan

Prolonged adjuvant tamoxifen: A beginning not the end
Ann Oncol 2: 481-484.
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Original articles:

M. Gardembas-Pain, B. Desablens, L. Sensebe, Th. Lamy, Ch. Ghandour, and M. Boasson

Home treatment of febrile neutropenia: An empirical oral antibiotic regimen
Ann Oncol 2: 485-487.
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H. P. Honegger, M. D. Cserhati, G. U. Exner, A. von Hochstetter, and P. Groscurth

Zürich experience with preoperative, high dose methotrexate-containing chemotherapy in patients with extremity osteosarcomas (OSA)
Ann Oncol 2: 489-494.
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M. Beltrán, M. C. Alonso, M. B. Ojeda, A. Izquierdo, J. Ferrer, C. Picó, L. Anglada, G. Catalán, E. Batiste-Alentorn, I. Tusquets, J. Rifá, and A. M. Balil

Alternating sequential endocrine therapy: Tamoxifen and medroxyprogesterone acetate versus tamoxifen in postmenopausal advanced breast cancer patients
Ann Oncol 2: 495-499.
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G. M. Jeffery, P. F. Golding, and G. M. Mead

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in skeletal muscle
Ann Oncol 2: 501-504.
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J. A. Radford and D. Crowter

Treatment of relapsed Hodgkin's disease using a weekly chemotherapy of short duration: Results of a pilot study in 20 patients
Ann Oncol 2: 505-509.
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K. Siegel, V. H. Raveis, V. Mor, and P. Houts

The relationship of spousal caregiver burden to patient disease and treatment-related conditions
Ann Oncol 2: 511-516.
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Book reviews:

A. Goldhirsch

Book review
Ann Oncol 2: 488.
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K. Höffken

Book review
Ann Oncol 2: 499.
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K. Höffken

Book review
Ann Oncol 2: 499.
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Fiammetta Bornatico-Valsangiacomo

Book review
Ann Oncol 2: 510.
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Short report:

M. S. Al-Ghamdi, E. M. Ibrahim, V. Mor, A. A. Al-Khatti, and A. Al-Faraj

Antiemetic efficacy of cimetidine randomized, double-blind, crossover study with dexamethasone in cancer patients receiving emetogenic chemotherapy
Ann Oncol 2: 517-518.
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M. N. Raber, J. Faintuch, J. L. Abbruzzese, C. Sumrall, and P. Frost

Continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil, etoposide and cis-diamminedichloro platinum in patients with metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary origin
Ann Oncol 2: 519-520.
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Letters to the editor:

I. Palacio, J. M. Buesa, F. J. Barón, R. López, J. F. Cueva, E. Esteban, E. Estrada, J. M. Gracia, and A. J. Lacave

Inefficiency of cisplatin plus 5-FU as second-or third line treatment in advanced breast cancer
Ann Oncol 2: 521.
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W. Stock, S. Lichtman, M. J. Ratain, S. O'Brein, N. J. Vogelzang, and D. A. Van Echo

Ewing's sarcoma in the second cervical vertebra
Ann Oncol 2: 521-523.
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R. Love

Reply to the reviewer of the ‘Manual of Clinical Oncology’
Ann Oncol 2: 523.
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