Annals of Oncology

News:

P. H. B. Willemse

Reimbursement for taxoids in the Netherlands
Ann Oncol 8: 815.
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European Parliament changes its mind about biotech patents
Ann Oncol 8: 815-816.
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Air pollution: A major political topic?
Ann Oncol 8: 816.
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Privatization of JNCI prompts disagreement
Ann Oncol 8: 816-817.
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Awards, appointments
Ann Oncol 8: 817.
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Perhaps not everyone knows that...
Ann Oncol 8: 818-819.
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Book reviews:

P.-Y. Dietrich

Book Review
Ann Oncol 8: 820.
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Editorial:

S. Ahmedzai

The other information revolution
Ann Oncol 8: 821-824.
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Special articles:

J. Bernhard, C. Hürny, A. S. Coates, H. F. Peterson, M. Castiglione-Gertsch, R. D. Gelber, A. Goldhirsch, H.-J. Senn, and C.-M. Rudenstam for the International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG), Bern, Switzerland

Quality of life assessment in patients receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer: The IBCSG approach
Ann Oncol 8: 825-835.
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Review:

M. L. Rothenberg

Topoisomerase I inhibitors: Review and update
Ann Oncol 8: 837-855.
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Original articles:

P. N. Butow, M. Maclean, S. M. Dunn, M. H. N. Tattersall, and M. J. Boyer

The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support
Ann Oncol 8: 857-863.
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F. Nolè, F. de Braud, M. Aapro, I. Minchella, M. De Pas, M. G. Zampino, S. Monti, G. Andreoni, and A. Goldhirsch

Phase I–II study of vinorelbine in combination with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer: A regimen with a low subjective toxic burden
Ann Oncol 8: 865-870.
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A. Padiglione, D. Goldstein, M. G. Law, J. F. Hoy, J. M. Kaldor, and A. M. Mijch

Prognosis of Kaposi's sarcoma as an initial and later AIDS associated illness
Ann Oncol 8: 871-875.
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R. Brown, S. Dunn, and P. Butow

Meeting patient expectations in the cancer consultation
Ann Oncol 8: 877-882.
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P. L. Zinzani, M. Magagnoli, S. Ascani, P. Ricci, V. Poletti, F. Gherlinzoni, G. Frezza, M. Bendandi, C. Stefanetti, E. Merla, S. Pileri, and S. Tura

Nongastrointestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas: Clinical and therapeutic features of 24 localized patients
Ann Oncol 8: 883-886.
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B. Lebeau, A. Depierre, M. Giovannini, A. Rivière, L. Kaluzinski, B. Votan, M. Hédouin, H. d'Allens, and the French Ondansetron Study Group

The efficacy of a combination of ondansetron, methyiprednisolone and metopimazine in patients previously uncontrolled with a dual antiemetic treatment in cisplatin-based chemotherapy
Ann Oncol 8: 887-892.
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S. Advani, S. Pai, M. Adde, S. Vaidya, T. Vats, K. Naresh, P. A. Kurkure, C. N. Nair, D. Venzon, and I. Margrath

Preliminary report of an intensified, short duration chemotherapy protocol for the treatment of pediatric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in India
Ann Oncol 8: 893-897.
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P. Picci, L. Sangiorgi, L. Bahamonde, P. Aluigi, J. Bibiloni, M. Zavatta, M. Mercuri, A. Briccoli, and M. Campanacci

Risk factors for local recurrences after limb-salvage surgery for high-grade osteosarcoma of the extremities
Ann Oncol 8: 899-903.
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Clinical Case:

M. Drent, F. P. J. Peters, J. A. Jacobs, K. I. Maassen van de Brink, Sj. Sc. Wagenaar, and E. F. M. Wouters

Pulmonary infiltration associated with myelodysplasia
Ann Oncol 8: 905-909.
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Short reports:

X. Quantin, J.-L. Pujol, A. Paris, M. Reme-Saumon, F. Khial, P. Godard, and F.-B. Michel

Concomitant brain radiotherapy and high-dose ifosfamide in brain relapses of lung cancer
Ann Oncol 8: 911-913.
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P. Walker, S. Watanabe, P. Lawlor, J. Hanson, J. Pereira, and E. Bruera

Subcutaneous clodronate: A study evaluating efficacy in hypercalcemia of malignancy and local toxicity
Ann Oncol 8: 915-916.
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A. Harstrick, C. H. Köhne, W. Hiddemann, P. Preusser, D. Strumberg, T. Berns, S. Seeber, H. Wilke, and H. J. Schmoll

Modulation of 5-fluorouracil with methotrexate and low-dose N-(phosphon acetyl)-L-aspartate (PALA) is inactive in advanced pancreatic carcinoma
Ann Oncol 8: 917-918.
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Letters:

T. Petit, J. C. Janser, N. R. Achour, C. Borel, and P. Haegele

Paraneoplastic temporal lobe epilepsy and anti-Yo autoantibody
Ann Oncol 8: 919.
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C. Lebrun, R. M. Chichmanian, F. Peyrade, M. Chatel, and M. Frenay

Recurrent bowel occlusion with oral ondansetron with no side effects of the intravenous route: A previously unknown adverse event
Ann Oncol 8: 919-920.
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Instructions for authors:

Instructions to authors
Ann Oncol 8: 921-922.
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