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Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1031; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn380 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

editorials

J. Baselga and H.-J. Senn

The perspective and role of the medical oncologist in cancer prevention: A position paper by the European Society for Medical Oncology
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1033-1035; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn366 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. N. Hayes and H. L. McLeod

EGFR regulation by microRNA in lung cancer: a rose by any other name ... is an increasingly complicated rose
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1036-1037; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn357 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

reviews

Get checked abstract S. H. Yang, K. H. Yang, Y. P. Li, Y. C. Zhang, X. D. He, A. L. Song, J. H. Tian, L. Jiang, Z. G. Bai, L. F. He, Y. L. Liu, and B. Ma

Breast conservation therapy for stage I or stage II breast cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1039-1044; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. F. Aykan and E. Idelevich

The role of UFT in advanced gastric cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1045-1052; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

original articles

lung cancer

Get checked abstract G. J. Weiss, L. T. Bemis, E. Nakajima, M. Sugita, D. K. Birks, W. A. Robinson, M. Varella-Garcia, P. A. Bunn, Jr, J. Haney, B. A. Helfrich, H. Kato, F. R. Hirsch, and W. A. Franklin

EGFR regulation by microRNA in lung cancer: correlation with clinical response and survival to gefitinib and EGFR expression in cell lines
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1053-1059; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Yada, M. Yazawa, S. Ishida, H. Yoshida, K. Ichikawa, S. Kurakata, and K. Fujiwara

A novel humanized anti-human death receptor 5 antibody CS-1008 induces apoptosis in tumor cells without toxicity in hepatocytes
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1060-1067; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

breast cancer

Get checked abstract H. J. Burstein, A. M. Storniolo, S. Franco, J. Forster, S. Stein, S. Rubin, V. M. Salazar, and K. L. Blackwell

A phase II study of lapatinib monotherapy in chemotherapy-refractory HER2-positive and HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 17, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1068-1074; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm601 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. M. McGowan, E. McKiernan, F. Bolster, B. M. Ryan, A. D. K. Hill, E. W. McDermott, D. Evoy, N. O'Higgins, J. Crown, and M. J. Duffy

ADAM-17 predicts adverse outcome in patients with breast cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 30, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1075-1081; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm609 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. R. Zander, C. Schmoor, N. Kröger, W. Krüger, V. Möbus, N. Frickhofen, B. Metzner, W. E. Berdel, M. Koenigsmann, E. Thiel, H. Wandt, K. Possinger, R. Kreienberg, M. Schumacher, and W. Jonat

Randomized trial of high-dose adjuvant chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem-cell support versus standard-dose chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with 10 or more positive lymph nodes: overall survival after 6 years of follow-up
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1082-1089; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Untch, R. D. Gelber, C. Jackisch, M. Procter, J. Baselga, R. Bell, D. Cameron, M. Bari, I. Smith, B. Leyland-Jones, E. de Azambuja, P. Wermuth, R. Khasanov, F. Feng-yi, C. Constantin, J. I. Mayordomo, C.-H. Su, S.-Y. Yu, A. Lluch, E. Senkus-Konefka, C. Price, F. Haslbauer, T. Suarez Sahui, V. Srimuninnimit, M. Colleoni, A. S. Coates, M. J. Piccart-Gebhart, A. Goldhirsch, and for the HERA Study Team

Estimating the magnitude of trastuzumab effects within patient subgroups in the HERA trial
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 21, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1090-1096; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Vazquez-Martin, C. Oliveras-Ferraros, R. Colomer, J. Brunet, and J. A. Menendez

Low-scale phosphoproteome analyses identify the mTOR effector p70 S6 kinase 1 as a specific biomarker of the dual-HER1/HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor lapatinib (Tykerb®) in human breast carcinoma cells
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 17, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1097-1109; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Y. Belkacémi, J. Gligorov, M. Ozsahin, H. Marsiglia, B. De Lafontan, H. Laharie-Mineur, L. Aimard, E.-C. Antoine, B. Cutuli, M. Namer, and D. Azria

Concurrent trastuzumab with adjuvant radiotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer patients: acute toxicity analyses from the French multicentric study
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 15, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1110-1116; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

gastrointestinal tumors

Get checked abstract S. Collette, F. Bonnetain, X. Paoletti, M. Doffoel, O. Bouché, J. L. Raoul, P. Rougier, F. Masskouri, L. Bedenne, and J. C. Barbare

Prognosis of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of three staging systems in two French clinical trials
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1117-1126; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. B. J. van Iersel, H. Gelderblom, A. L. Vahrmeijer, E. L. van Persijn van Meerten, F. G. J. Tijl, H. Putter, H. H. Hartgrink, P. J. K. Kuppen, J. W. R. Nortier, R. A. E. M. Tollenaar, and C. J. H. van de Velde

Isolated hepatic melphalan perfusion of colorectal liver metastases: outcome and prognostic factors in 154 patients
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1127-1134; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Jeong, H.-C. Jeung, S. Y. Rha, C. K. Im, S. J. Shin, J. B. Ahn, S. H. Noh, J. K. Roh, and H. C. Chung

Phase II study of combination chemotherapy of 5-fluorouracil, low-dose leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FLOX regimen) in pretreated advanced gastric cancer
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1135-1140; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Pfeiffer, D. Nielsen, J. Bjerregaard, C. Qvortrup, M. Yilmaz, and B. Jensen

Biweekly cetuximab and irinotecan as third-line therapy in patients with advanced colorectal cancer after failure to irinotecan, oxaliplatin and 5-fluorouracil
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1141-1145; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. H. Cheon, S. Y. Rha, H.-C. Jeung, C.-K. Im, S. H. Kim, H. R. Kim, J. B. Ahn, J. K. Roh, S. H. Noh, and H. C. Chung

Survival benefit of combined curative resection of the stomach (D2 resection) and liver in gastric cancer patients with liver metastases
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1146-1153; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Qvortrup, M. Yilmaz, D. Ogreid, A. Berglund, L. Balteskard, J. Ploen, T. Fokstuen, H. Starkhammar, H. Sørbye, K. Tveit, and P. Pfeiffer

Chronomodulated capecitabine in combination with short-time oxaliplatin: a Nordic phase II study of second-line therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after failure to irinotecan and 5-flourouracil
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1154-1159; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

hematologic malignancies

Get checked abstract A. Palumbo, F. Gay, S. Bringhen, A. Falcone, N. Pescosta, V. Callea, T. Caravita, F. Morabito, V. Magarotto, M. Ruggeri, I. Avonto, P. Musto, N. Cascavilla, B. Bruno, and M. Boccadoro

Bortezomib, doxorubicin and dexamethasone in advanced multiple myeloma
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1160-1165; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Hosing, R. M. Saliba, G.-J. Okoroji, U. Popat, D. Couriel, T. Ali, L. De Padua Silva, P. Kebriaei, A. Alousi, M. De Lima, M. Qazilbash, P. Anderlini, S. Giralt, R. E. Champlin, and I. Khouri

High-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in patients >65 years of age
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1166-1171; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm608 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. O. Abdalla, P. Kokhaei, L. Hansson, H. Mellstedt, and A. Österborg

Idiotype vaccination in patients with myeloma reduced circulating myeloma cells (CMC)
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1172-1179; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

epidemiology

Get checked abstract M.-C. Chen, I.-J. Feng, C.-H. Lu, C.-C. Chen, J.-T. Lin, S.-H. Huang, and K.-D. Lee

The incidence and risk of second primary cancers in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a population-based study in Taiwan over a 25-year period (1979–2003)
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on January 30, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1180-1186; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Héry, J. Ferlay, M. Boniol, and P. Autier

Quantification of changes in breast cancer incidence and mortality since 1990 in 35 countries with Caucasian-majority populations
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 5, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1187-1194; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

melanoma

Get checked abstract C. Garbe, P. Radny, R. Linse, R. Dummer, R. Gutzmer, J. Ulrich, R. Stadler, M. Weichenthal, TK. Eigentler, U. Ellwanger, and A. Hauschild

Adjuvant low-dose interferon 2a with or without dacarbazine compared with surgery alone: a prospective-randomized phase III DeCOG trial in melanoma patients with regional lymph node metastasis
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1195-1201; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

letters

H. Harputluoglu and K. Altundag

How can we use anthracylines in the management of newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer patients overexpressing HER-2?
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on March 28, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1203; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn152 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. M. J. Beckers, J. F. Verzijlbergen, M. M. C. van Buul, M. H. Prins, and D. H. Biesma

The potential role of positron emission tomography in the detection of occult cancer in 25 patients with venous thromboembolism
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1203-1204; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn156 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Spoormans, S. Altintas, J. Van den Brande, A. Luijks, and J. B. Vermorken

Purpura in a patient with disseminated breast cancer: a rapidly progressive cancer-related thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 11, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1204-1207; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn160 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Lacalamita, M. Schirone, and A. Paradiso

ISO 9001:2000 applied to a research oncology laboratory: which problems? The experience of National Cancer Institute-Bari
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 25, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1207-1208; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn175 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. van Schoor, M. J. M. Broeders, E. Paap, J. D. M. Otten, G. J. den Heeten, and A. L. M. Verbeek

A rationale for starting breast cancer screening under age 50
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on April 29, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1208-1209; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Milella, G. Metro, A. Gelibter, S. M. Pino, F. Cognetti, and A. Fabi

COX-2 targeting in cancer: a new beginning?
Annals of Oncology Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
Ann Oncol 2008 19: 1209-1210; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn286 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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