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A rise in our impact factor
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 123. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

UK needs more cancer specialists
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Free movements of patients soon reality in the EU?
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Kyoto: Only a small step
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 123-124. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Notwithstanding motor racing, Europe agrees to ban tobacco advertising
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Cancer co-op
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 124-125. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Economics and cancer
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 125. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Italian furor over Di Bella
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 125-126. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Awards, appointments
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 126-127. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cooperation sought for gastric-MALT-lymphoma trial
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 127. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perhaps not everyone knows that...
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 127-128. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials Back

R. Zittoun, A. Delmer, and B. Rio
Understanding and overcoming resistance to chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 129-130. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. F. Khouri and M. J. Keating
High-dose chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Eligibility, timing, and benefit?
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 131-132. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special articles Back

M. J. Piccart
The changing landscape of breast cancer clinical research ESMO-Award lecture, ECCO-9 Hamburg, 18 September 1997
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 133-138. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Back

P. Baas, H. Schouwink, and F. A. N. Zoetmulder
Malignant pleural mesothelioma
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 139-149. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles Back

S. Pavlovsky, I. Fernández, G. Milone, J. Martinez Rolón, C. Corrado, P. Desmery, C. Dignani, M. Michelet, and M. Juni
Autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation mobilized with high-dose cytarabine in acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 151-157. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Karakas, U. Maurer, E. Weidmann, C. C. Miething, D. Hoelzer, and L. Bergmann
High expression of bcl-2 mRNA as a determinant of poor prognosis acute myeloid leukemia
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 159-165. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Esteve, N. Villamor, D. Colomer, F. Bosch, A. López-Guillermo, M. Rovira, A. Urbano-Ispizua, J. Sierra, E. Carreras, and E. Montserrat
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A report of 12 patients from a single institution
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 167-172. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. K. Rowinsky, S. D. Baker, K. Burks, S. O'Reilly, R. C. Donehower, and L. B. Grochow
High-dose topotecan with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in fluoropyrimidine-refractory colorectal cancer: A phase II and pharmacodynamic study
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 173-180. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Pasini, G. Pelosi, G. Verlato, G. Guidi, F. Pavanel, D. Tummarello, A. Masotti, and G. L. Cetto
Positive immunostaining with MLuCl of bone marrow aspirate predicts poor outcome in patients with small-cell lung cancer
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 181-185. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Dini, L. Del Mastro, A. Gozza, R. Lionetto, O. Garrone, G. Forno, G. Vidili, G. Bertelli, and M. Venturini
The role of pneumatic compression in the treatment of postmastectomy lymphedema. A randomized phase III study
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 187-190. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. M. J. Bos, W. L. J. van Putten, B. van der Holt, M. van den Bent, L. F. Verdonck, and A. Hagenbeek Dutch HOVON group
For which patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is prophylaxis for central nervous system disease mandatory?
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 191-194. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.-M. Andrieu, J.-P. Jais, P. Colonna, B. Desablens, J. Brière, S. François, J.-L. Harousseau, P. Casassus, A. Lemevel, P.-Y. Le Prisé, C. Ghandour, F. Guilhot, and F. Lejeune
Ten-year results of a strategy combining three cycles of ABVD and high-dose extended irradiation for treating Hodgkin's disease at advanced stages
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 195-203. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Boylan, H. W. van den Berg, and M. Lynch
The anti-proliferative effect of suramin towards tamoxifen-sensitive and resistant human breast cancer cell lines in relation to expression of receptors for epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor-I: Growth stimulation in the presence of tamoxifen
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 205-211. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical case Back

R. Lenzi, E. E. Kim, M. N. Raber, and J. L. Abbruzzese
Detection of primary breast cancer presenting as metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary origin by 111 In-pentetreotide scan
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 213-216. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report Back

P. Ruff, M. R. Chasen, J. E. H. Long, and C. E. J. van Rensburg
A phase II study of oral clofazimine in unresectable and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 217-219. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Staib, B. Lathan, S. Knöppel-Schwark, H. Tesch, D. Voliotis, H. T. Steinmetz, M. Schwonzen, P. D. Wickramanayake, and V. Diehl
Cytosine arabinoside, etoposide and aclarubicin (AVA) for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in elderly patients
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 221-223. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. lop, G. Cartei, and A. Isaia
Vinorelbine, bleomycin and methotrexate as a salvage therapy for patients with head and neck squamous carcinoma in relapse after cisplatin/fluorouracil
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 225-227. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews Back

A. Costa and S. Lowe
Book review
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 228. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Krauseneck
Book review
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 232. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the editor Back

H. E. Lambert and G. J. S. Rustin
Consolidation therapy for advanced ovarian cancer
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 229. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. E. L. van der Berg
Consolidation therapy for advanced ovarian cancer
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 229-230. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Herrmann
5-Fluorouracil and mitomycin-C in colorectal cancer: Unacceptable conclusion
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 230. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Ross, A. Norman, and D. Cunningham
5-Fluorouracil and mitomycin-C in colorectal cancer: Unacceptable conclusion: This letter was referred to the author who respond as follows:
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 230. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Obermair, M. Binder, M. Barrada, D. Bancher-Todesca, E. Asseryanis, and E. Kubista
Onycholysis in patients treated with docetaxel
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 230-231. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Bernhard
Quality of life assessment in patients receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer: The IBCSG approach
Ann Oncol 1998 9: 231. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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