Annals of Oncology

News:

News: A new structure for ESMO
Ann Oncol 8: 1055.
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News: Bernard Fisher receives apologies and a financial settlement
Ann Oncol 8: 1055.
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News: K. Sikora to lead WHO cancer control programme
Ann Oncol 8: 1055-1056.
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News: French Report that diesel fuel increases cancers
Ann Oncol 8: 1056-1057.
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News: Perhaps not everyone knows that...
Ann Oncol 8: 1057.
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Book reviews:

C. N. Sternberg

Book-review
Ann Oncol 8: 1058.
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E. zucca

Book-review
Ann Oncol 8: 1062.
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D. C. Betticher

Book review
Ann Oncol 8: 1170.
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Editorial:

Assessing the effectiveness of follow-up care for colorectal cancer: A great conceptual and methodological challenge for clinical oncology
Ann Oncol 8: 1059-1062.
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Review:

S. Sharma, E. Raymond, H. Soda, D. Sun, S. G. Hilsenbeck, A. Sharma, E. Izbicka, B. Windle, and D. D. Von Hoff

Preclinical and clinical strategies for development of telomerase and telomere inhibitors^*
Ann Oncol 8: 1063-1074.
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Arena:

R. Demicheli, M. W. Retsky, D. E. Swartzendruber, and G. Bonadonna

Proposal for a new model of breast cancer metastatic development
Ann Oncol 8: 1075-1080.
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Original articles:

J. Norum and J. A. Olsen

A cost-effectiveness approach to the Norwegian follow-up programme in colorectal cancer
Ann Oncol 8: 1081-1087.
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J.-C. Soria, K. Fizazi, D. Piron, A. Kramar, A. Gerbaulet, C. Haie-Meder, J.-L. Perrin, B. Court, P. Wibault, and C. Théodore

Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis: Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors and natural history in a monocentric study with a conservative policy^*
Ann Oncol 8: 1089-1098.
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M. W. Verrill, I. R. Judson, E. Wiltshaw, J. M. Thomas, C. L. Harmer, and C. Fisher

The use of paediatric chemotherapy protocols at full dose is both a rational and feasible treatment strategy in adults with Ewing's family tumours
Ann Oncol 8: 1099-1105.
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P. Picci, G. Bacci, S. Ferrari, and M. Mercuri

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone and in osteosarcoma located in the extremities: Analogies and differences between the two tumors
Ann Oncol 8: 1107-1115.
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J. Crawford, H. Kreisman, H. Garewal, S. E. Jones, D. Shoemaker, M. R. Pupa, S. Armstrong, D. Tomita, and G. Dziem

The impact of Filgrastim schedule variation on hematopoietic recovery post-chemotherapy
Ann Oncol 8: 1117-1124.
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P. J. Hoskins, N. Le, R. D. Gascoyne, R. Klasa, T. Shenkier, S. O'Reilly, and J. M. Connors

Advanced diffuse large-cell lymphoma treated with 12-week combination chemotherapy: Natural history of relapse after initial complete response and prognostic variables defining outcome after relapse
Ann Oncol 8: 1125-1132.
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S. Ascani, M. Piccioli, S. Poggi, A. Briskomatis, G. B. Bolis, F. Liberati, R. Frongillo, C. Caramatti, G. Fraternali-Orcioni, B. Gamberi, P. L. Zinzani, S. Lazzi, L. Leoncini, J. O'Leary, P. P. Piccaluga, and S. A. Pileri

Pyothorax-associated lymphoma: Description of the first two cases detected in Italy
Ann Oncol 8: 1133-1138.
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M. S. Highley, D. Schrijvers, A. T. Van Oosterom, P. G. Harper, G. Momerency, K. Van Cauwenberghe, R. A. A. Maes, E. A. De Bruijn, and M. B. Edelstein

Activated oxazaphosphorines are transported predominantly by erythrocytes
Ann Oncol 8: 1139-1144.
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A. I. de Vos, K. Nooter, J. Verweij, W. J. Loos, E. Brouwer, P. de Bruijn, E. J. Ruijgrok, M. E. L. van der Burg, G. Stoter, and A. Sparreboom

Differential modulation of cisplatin accumulation in leukocytes and tumor cell lines by the paclitaxel vehicle Cremophor EL
Ann Oncol 8: 1145-1150.
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Clinical case:

S. O'Reilly, K. A. Johnson, J. D. Brensinger, and F. M. Giardiello

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
Ann Oncol 8: 1151-1156.
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Short report:

L. Licitra, G. Capri, F. Fulfaro, C. Grandi, E. Tarenzi, R. Cavina, and L. Gianni

Biweekly paclitaxel and cisplatin in patients with advanced head and neck carcinoma
Ann Oncol 8: 1157-1158.
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R. Palumbo, S. Palmeri, M. Antimi, C. Gatti, P. Raffo, G. Villani, and S. Toma

Phase II study of continuous-infusion high-dose ifosfamide in advanced and/or metastatic pretreated soft tissue sarcomas
Ann Oncol 8: 1159-1162.
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M. Streit, U. Jaehde, S. Stremetzne, K. Ridwelski, H. Kerz, F. Strohbach, P. Hohenberger, F. M. Zwiebel, H. Hebart, R. Böthig, M. Kairies, D. Zillig, S. Schuchmann, S. Warnecke, E. Thiel, and E. D. Kreuser

Five-day continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and pulsed folinic acid in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma: An effective second-line regimen
Ann Oncol 8: 1163-1165.
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Letters:

U. Dührsen, V. Heinrichs, W.-D. Beecken, K. Herbst, K. Mross, and D. K. Hossfeld

Letters to the editor: Local and systemic sequelae of mediastinal daunorubicin extravasation in a patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia
Ann Oncol 8: 1167-1168.
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O. Giannini and R. Schonenberger-Berzins

Letters to the editor: Fulminant cardiac tamponade in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Ann Oncol 8: 1168-1169.
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Ann Oncol 8: 1171.
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Ann Oncol 8: 1172.
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ESMO applications for membership
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