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British Journal of Cancer
22 January 2008, Volume 98, Issue 2
Table of Contents
Reviews
245 Profiling influences of senescent and aged fibroblasts on
prostate carcinogenesis
J P Dean and P S Nelson
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmD80Ep
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250 Extracellular influences on tumour angiogenesis in the aged host
C C Sprenger, S R Plymate and M J Reed
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEA0Ez
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256 Nf2/Merlin: a coordinator of receptor signalling and
intercellular contact
M Curto and A I McClatchey
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEB0E1
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Clinical Studies
263 Detection of GD2-positive cells in bone marrow samples and
survival of patients with localised neuroblastoma
M V Corrias, S Parodi, R Haupt, L Lacitignola, F Negri, A
R Sementa, D Dau, F Scuderi, B Carlini, M Bianchi, F
Casale, L Faulkner and A Garaventa
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEC0E2
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270 The LLP risk model: an individual risk prediction model for
lung cancer
A Cassidy, J P Myles, M van Tongeren, R D Page, T
Liloglou, S W Duffy and J K Field
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmED0E3
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277 Early onset of breast cancer in a group of British black women
R L Bowen, S W Duffy, D A Ryan, I R Hart and J L Jones
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEE0E4
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282 Progesterone receptor variation and risk of ovarian cancer is
limited to the invasive endometrioid subtype: results from
the ovarian cancer association consortium pooled analysis
C L Pearce, A H Wu, S A Gayther, A E Bale, P A Beck, J
Beesley, S Chanock, D W Cramer, R DiCioccio, R Edwards, Z
S Fredericksen, M Garcia-Closas, E L Goode, A C Green, L C
Hartmann, E Hogdall, S K Kjær, J Lissowska, V McGuire, F
Modugno, K Moysich, R B Ness, S J Ramus, H A Risch, T A
Sellers, H Song, D O Stram, K L Terry, P M Webb, D C
Whiteman, A S Whittemore, W Zheng, P D P Pharoah, G
Chenevix-Trench, M C Pike, J Schildkraut and A Berchuck
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEF0E5
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289 Using MRI to plan breast-conserving surgery following
neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer
M Bhattacharyya, D Ryan, R Carpenter, S Vinnicombe and C J
Gallagher
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEG0E6
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294 Oxygen for relief of dyspnoea in mildly- or non-hypoxaemic
patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
H E Uronis, D C Currow, D C McCrory, G P Samsa and A P
Abernethy
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEH0E7
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300 Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of intravenous
ghrelin for cancer-related anorexia/cachexia: a
randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind,
double-crossover study
F Strasser, T A Lutz, M T Maeder, B Thuerlimann, D Bueche,
M Tschöp, K Kaufmann, B Holst, M Brändle, R von Moos, R
Demmer and T Cerny
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEI0E8
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309 Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin as first-line treatment in
patients with advanced biliary system adenocarcinoma: a
prospective multicentre phase II trial
O Nehls, H Oettle, J T Hartmann, R-D Hofheinz, H G Hass, M
S Horger, U Koppenhöfer, A Hochhaus, J Stieler, J Trojan,
M Gregor and B Klump
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEJ0EA
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316 A phase II study of paclitaxel and capecitabine as a first-line
combination chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer
H J Kang, H M Chang, T W Kim, M-H Ryu, H-J Sohn, J H Yook,
S T Oh, B S Kim, J-S Lee and Y-K Kang
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEK0EB
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323 The importance of anaemia in diagnosing colorectal cancer: a
case-control study using electronic primary care records
W Hamilton, R Lancashire, D Sharp, T J Peters, K K Cheng
and T Marshall
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEL0EC
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328 New insights into the role of age and carcinoembryonic antigen
in the prognosis of colorectal cancer
P G Gobbi, F Valentino, E Berardi, C Tronconi, S
Brugnatelli, O Luinetti, R Moratti and G R Corazza
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEM0ED
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Translational Therapeutics
335 Pharmacological targeting of NF-kappaB potentiates the effect
of the topoisomerase inhibitor CPT-11 on colon cancer cells
P Lagadec, E Griessinger, M P Nawrot, N Fenouille, P
Colosetti, V Imbert, M Mari, P Hofman, D Czerucka, D
Rousseau, E Berard, M Dreano and J F Peyron
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEN0EE
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345 Centrosome amplification induced by survivin suppression
enhances both chromosome instability and radiosensitivity
in glioma cells
T Saito, S Hama, H Izumi, F Yamasaki, Y Kajiwara, S
Matsuura, K Morishima, T Hidaka, P Shrestha, K Sugiyama
and K Kurisu
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEO0EF
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356 Enhanced progression of human prostate cancer PC3 cells induced
by the microenvironment of the seminal vesicle
M Kumano, H Miyake, T Kurahashi, K Yamanaka and M Fujisawa
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEP0EG
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363 Downregulated NM23-H1 expression is associated with
intracranial invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
S J Liu, Y M Sun, D F Tian, Y C He, L Zeng, Y He, C Q Ling
and S H Sun
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEQ0EH
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370 Effects of adiponectin on breast cancer cell growth and
signaling
M E Grossmann, K J Nkhata, N K Mizuno, A Ray and M P Cleary
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmER0EI
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380 Squamous cell cancers contain a side population of stem-like
cells that are made chemosensitive by ABC transporter
blockade
M R Loebinger, A Giangreco, K R Groot, L Prichard, K
Allen, C Simpson, L Bazley, N Navani, S Tibrewal, D Davies
and S M Janes
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmES0EJ
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388 Vascular disrupting action of electroporation and
electrochemotherapy with bleomycin in murine sarcoma
G Sersa, T Jarm, T Kotnik, A Coer, M Podkrajsek, M
Sentjurc, D Miklavcic, M Kadivec, S Kranjc, A Secerov and
M Cemazar
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmET0EK
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399 Antitumour effect of polyoxomolybdates: induction of apoptotic
cell death and autophagy in in vitro and in vivo models
A Ogata, H Yanagie, E Ishikawa, Y Morishita, S Mitsui, A
Yamashita, K Hasumi, S Takamoto, T Yamase and M Eriguchi
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEU0EL
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Molecular Diagnostics
410 Clinical significance of the reduced expression of G protein
gamma 7 (GNG7) in oesophageal cancer
M Ohta, K Mimori, Y Fukuyoshi, Y Kita, K Motoyama, K
Yamashita, H Ishii, H Inoue and M Mori
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEV0EM
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418 Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of EGFR, VEGF,
and HER2 expression in cholangiocarcinoma
D Yoshikawa, H Ojima, M Iwasaki, N Hiraoka, T Kosuge, S
Kasai, S Hirohashi and T Shibata
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEW0EN
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426 Characterisation and protein expression profiling of annexins
in colorectal cancer
R Duncan, B Carpenter, L C Main, C Telfer and G I Murray
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEX0EO
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434 Frequent deletion of the CDKN2A locus in chordoma: analysis of
chromosomal imbalances using array comparative genomic
hybridisation
K H Hallor, J Staaf, G Jönsson, M Heidenblad, F Vult von
Steyern, H C F Bauer, M IJszenga, P C W Hogendoorn, N
Mandahl, K Szuhai and F Mertens
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEY0EP
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443 Increased expression of phosphorylated forms of RNA-dependent
protein kinase and eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha may
signal skeletal muscle atrophy in weight-losing cancer
patients
H L Eley, R J E Skipworth, D A C Deans, K C H Fearon and M
J Tisdale
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEZ0EQ
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450 Combined analysis of VEGF and EGFR predicts complete tumour
response in rectal cancer treated with preoperative
radiotherapy
I Zlobec, T Vuong, C C Compton, A Lugli, R P Michel, S
Hayashi and J R Jass
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEa0EX
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457 Diagnostic potential of near-infrared Raman spectroscopy in the
stomach: differentiating dysplasia from normal tissue
S K Teh, W Zheng, K Y Ho, M Teh, K G Yeoh and Z Huang
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEb0EY
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466 Identification of DNA hypermethylation of SOX9 in association
with bladder cancer progression using CpG microarrays
A Aleman, L Adrien, L Lopez-Serra, C Cordon-Cardo, M
Esteller, T J Belbin and M Sanchez-Carbayo
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEc0EZ
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Genetics and Genomics
474 Long-term survival and transmission of INI1-mutation via
nonpenetrant males in a family with rhabdoid tumour
predisposition syndrome
A C J Ammerlaan, A Ararou, M P W A Houben, F Baas, C C
Tijssen, J L J M Teepen, P Wesseling and T J M Hulsebos
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEd0Ea
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480 Transcriptomal profiling of the cellular response to DNA damage
mediated by Slug (Snai2)
M Pérez-Caro, C Bermejo-Rodríguez, I González-Herrero, M
Sánchez-Beato, M A Piris and I Sánchez-García
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEe0Eb
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489 The E-cadherin repressor Snail is associated with lower overall
survival of ovarian cancer patients
K Blechschmidt, S Sassen, B Schmalfeldt, T Schuster, H
Höfler and K-F Becker
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEf0Ec
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496 Functional epigenomics approach to identify methylated
candidate tumour suppressor genes in renal cell carcinoma
M R Morris, D Gentle, M Abdulrahman, N Clarke, M Brown, T
Kishida, M Yao, B T Teh, F Latif and E R Maher
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEg0Ed
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502 Prostate cancer in male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers has a
more aggressive phenotype
A Mitra, C Fisher, C S Foster, C Jameson, Y Barbachanno, J
Bartlett, E Bancroft, R Doherty, Z Kote-Jarai, S Peock, D
Easton and R Eeles
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEh0Ee
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Letters to the Editor
508 Human breast cancer and sexual activities
N Akil, A Kassab, A Yasmeen, A D Darnel, T A Bismar and
A-E Al Moustafa
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEi0Ef
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510 Reply: Breast cancer, human papilloma virus and sexual
activities
J S Lawson, W K Glenn and N J Whitaker
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEj0Eg
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512 Carcinoembryonic antigen and cytokeratin 20 in peritoneal cells
of cancer patients: are we aware of what we are detecting
by mRNA examination?
M Kowalewska, M Chechlinska and R Nowak
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEk0Eh
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514 Reply: Identification of isolated tumour cells by detection of
CEA and CK mRNA in peritoneal lavage fluid of gastric
cancer patients
K Katsuragi, M Yashiro and K Hirakawa
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEl0Ei
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Book Review
515 Palliative care consultations in head and neck cancer
S Stewart
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eiqr0Xztnp0Hhi0BmEm0Ej
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