Annals of Oncology

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Ann Oncol 2009 20: 971; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp299 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

editorial

Michele Gadd

Sentinel lymph node biopsy for staging early breast cancer: minimizing the trade-off by maximizing the accuracy
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 973-975; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

reviews

Get checked abstract A. J. Spillane, F. Noushi, R. A. Cooper, V. Gebski, and R. F. Uren

High-resolution lymphoscintigraphy is essential for recognition of the significance of internal mammary nodes in breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 977-984; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn725 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Nordlinger, E. Van Cutsem, T. Gruenberger, B. Glimelius, G. Poston, P. Rougier, A. Sobrero, and M. Ychou on behalf of the European Colorectal Metastases Treatment Group

Combination of surgery and chemotherapy and the role of targeted agents in the treatment of patients with colorectal liver metastases: recommendations from an expert panel
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 985-992; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn735 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. U. Buzdar

Role of biologic therapy and chemotherapy in hormone receptor- and HER2-positive breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 993-999; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn739 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

original articles

breast cancer

Get checked abstract G. Canavese, A. Catturich, C. Vecchio, D. Tomei, M. Gipponi, G. Villa, F. Carli, P. Bruzzi, and B. Dozin

Sentinel node biopsy compared with complete axillary dissection for staging early breast cancer with clinically negative lymph nodes: results of randomized trial
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1001-1007; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn746 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Botteri, N. Rotmensz, C. Sangalli, A. Toesca, N. Peradze, H. R. De Oliveira Filho, A. Sagona, M. Intra, P. Veronesi, V. Galimberti, A. Luini, U. Veronesi, and O. Gentilini

Unavoidable mastectomy for ipsilateral breast tumour recurrence after conservative surgery: patient outcome
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1008-1012; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn732 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. Cabioglu, A. A. Sahin, P. Morandi, F. Meric-Bernstam, R. Islam, H. Y. Lin, C. D. Bucana, A. M. Gonzalez-Angulo, G. N. Hortobagyi, and M. Cristofanilli

Chemokine receptors in advanced breast cancer: differential expression in metastatic disease sites with diagnostic and therapeutic implications
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 23, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1013-1019; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn740 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Kioulafa, L. Kaklamanis, E. Stathopoulos, D. Mavroudis, V. Georgoulias, and E. S. Lianidou

Kallikrein 10 (KLK10) methylation as a novel prognostic biomarker in early breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1020-1025; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn733 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. L. Blackwell, M. D. Pegram, E. Tan-Chiu, L. S. Schwartzberg, M. C. Arbushites, J. D. Maltzman, J. K. Forster, S. D. Rubin, S. H. Stein, and H. J. Burstein

Single-agent lapatinib for HER2-overexpressing advanced or metastatic breast cancer that progressed on first- or second-line trastuzumab-containing regimens
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 29, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1026-1031; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn759 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

gynecologic tumors

Get checked abstract S.-Y. Ryu, S.-I. Park, B.-H. Nam, I. Kim, C. W. Yoo, J.-H. Nam, K. H. Lee, C.-H. Cho, J.-H. Kim, S. Y. Park, B.-G. Kim, and S.-B. Kang

Prognostic significance of histological grade in clear-cell carcinoma of the ovary: a retrospective study of Korean Gynecologic Oncology Group
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 4, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1032-1036; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn764 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract W. Kildal, V. M. Abeler, G. B. Kristensen, M. Jenstad, S. Ø. Thoresen, and H. E. Danielsen

The prognostic value of DNA ploidy in a total population of uterine sarcomas
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 6, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1037-1041; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn765 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

gastrointestinal tumors

Get checked abstract F.-C. Bidard, C. Tournigand, T. André, M. Mabro, A. Figer, A. Cervantes, G. Lledo, L. Bengrine-Lefevre, F. Maindrault-Goebel, C. Louvet, and A. de Gramont

Efficacy of FOLFIRI-3 (irinotecan D1,D3 combined with LV5-FU) or other irinotecan-based regimens in oxaliplatin-pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer in the GERCOR OPTIMOX1 study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1042-1047; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn730 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Postma, M. Koopman, T. E. Buffart, P. P. Eijk, B. Carvalho, G. J. Peters, B. Ylstra, J. H. van Krieken, C. J. A. Punt, and G. A. Meijer

DNA copy number profiles of primary tumors as predictors of response to chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1048-1056; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn738 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Byström, Å. Berglund, U. Garske, H. Jacobsson, A. Sundin, P. Nygren, J.-E. Frödin, and B. Glimelius

Early prediction of response to first-line chemotherapy by sequential [¹⁸F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1057-1061; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn744 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Celio, C. N. Sternberg, R. Labianca, I. La Torre, V. Amoroso, C. Barone, G. Pinotti, S. Cascinu, F. Di Costanzo, G. L. Cetto, and E. Bajetta

Pemetrexed in combination with oxaliplatin as a first-line therapy for advanced gastric cancer: a multi-institutional phase II study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 13, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1062-1067; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn766 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

lung cancer

Get checked abstract M. A. Socinski, M. N. Saleh, D. F. Trent, T. W. Dobbs, L. M. Zehngebot, M. A. Levine, R. Bordoni, and P. J. Stella

A randomized, phase II trial of two dose schedules of carboplatin/paclitaxel/cetuximab in stage IIIB/IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 2, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1068-1073; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn745 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

urogenital tumors

Get checked abstract G. K. Philips, S. Halabi, B. L. Sanford, D. Bajorin, E. J. Small, and for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B

A phase II trial of cisplatin (C), gemcitabine (G) and gefitinib for advanced urothelial tract carcinoma: results of Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 90102
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 23, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1074-1079; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn749 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

hematologic malignancies

Get checked abstract G. S. Falchook, F. Vega, N. H. Dang, F. Samaniego, M. A. Rodriguez, R. E. Champlin, C. Hosing, S. Verstovsek, and B. Pro

Hepatosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma: clinicopathological features and treatment
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 23, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1080-1085; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn751 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Stathis, C. Chini, F. Bertoni, I. Proserpio, C. Capella, L. Mazzucchelli, E. Pedrinis, F. Cavalli, G. Pinotti, and E. Zucca

Long-term outcome following Helicobacter pylori eradication in a retrospective study of 105 patients with localized gastric marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 4, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1086-1093; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn760 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

head and neck cancer

Get checked abstract G. F. Lehnerdt, P. Franz, A. Bankfalvi, S. Grehl, A. Kelava, H. Nückel, S. Lang, K. W. Schmid, W. Siffert, and H. S. Bachmann

The regulatory BCL2 promoter polymorphism (–938C>A) is associated with relapse and survival of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 5, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1094-1099; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn763 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

quality of life/supportive care/palliative care

Get checked abstract C.-Y. Chen, C.-H. Tai, W. Tsay, P.-Y. Chen, and H.-F. Tien

Prediction of fatal intracranial hemorrhage in patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 8, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1100-1104; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn755 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract I. Ray-Coquard, S. Dussart, C. Goillot, D. Mayeur, P. Debourdeau, H. Ghesquieres, T. Bachelot, A. Le Cesne, B. Anglaret, C. Agostini, J.-P. Guastalla, L. Lancry, P. Biron, F. Desseigne, and J.-Y. Blay

A risk model for severe anemia to select cancer patients for primary prophylaxis with epoetin : a prospective randomized controlled trial of the ELYPSE study group
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1105-1112; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn750 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

epidemiology

Get checked abstract A. M. Strasak, R. M. Pfeiffer, L. J. Brant, K. Rapp, W. Hilbe, W. Oberaigner, S. Lang, W. Borena, H. Concin, G. Diem, E. Ruttmann, B. Glodny, K. P. Pfeiffer, H. Ulmer, and the VHM&PP Study Group

Time-dependent association of total serum cholesterol and cancer incidence in a cohort of 172 210 men and women: a prospective 19-year follow-up study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1113-1120; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn736 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Ji, X. Shu, X. Li, K. Sundquist, J. Sundquist, and K. Hemminki

Cancer risk in hospitalized sarcoidosis patients: a follow-up study in Sweden
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 11, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1121-1126; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn767 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

sarcomas and melanoma

Get checked abstract S. Salas, B. Bui, E. Stoeckle, P. Terrier, D. Ranchere-Vince, F. Collin, A. Leroux, L. Guillou, J. J. Michels, M. Trassard, I. Valo, Y.-M. Robin, B. Marques, V. Brouste, and J.-M. Coindre

Soft tissue sarcomas of the trunk wall (STS-TW): a study of 343 patients from the French Sarcoma Group (FSG) database
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 29, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1127-1135; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn757 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. H. Aljubran, A. Griffin, M. Pintilie, and M. Blackstein

Osteosarcoma in adolescents and adults: survival analysis with and without lung metastases
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1136-1141; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn731 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

letters to the editor

M. Colombo, C. B. Ripamonti, V. Pensotti, C. Foglia, B. Peissel, M. A. Pierotti, S. Manoukian, and P. Radice

An unusual BRCA2 allele carrying two splice site mutations
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1143-1144; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp241 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. A. Rothermundt, A. Omlin, and S. Gillessen

‘Sunitinib withdrawal phenomenon’ or spontaneous regression in renal cell cancer
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1144-1146; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp239 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Errante, C. De Chirico, and L. Salvagno

Comment on ‘Older cancer patients in an Italian hospice’
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 7, 2009
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1146-1147; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp240 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Younes and F. Wong

Experience with ⁹⁰Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan for relapsed classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1147-1148; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp277 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Tonini, M. E. Fratto, B. Vincenzi, and D. Santini

Classification of biliary tract cancer (BTC): evaluation of all entities
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1148-1149; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp275 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Randi, M. Malvezzi, F. Levi, J. Ferlay, E. Negri, S. Franceschi, and C. La Vecchia

Reply to Classification of biliary tract cancer (BTC): evaluation of all entities
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1149; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp276 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Arslan and S. Kilickap

FDG–PET: for early prediction of response to the first-line chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer?
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1149-1150; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Byström and B. Glimelius

Reply to FDG–PET: for early prediction of response to the first-line chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer?
Ann Oncol 2009 20: 1150; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp279 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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