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Editorial board
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Editorial board
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Ten most popular EJC papers
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Miscellaneous
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In this issue
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Miscellaneous
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page xi
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Forthcoming papers
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page xii
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EJC news, issue 14, 2005
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News
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pages 2033-2037
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Sunbeds – do they increase risk of melanoma or not?
Epidemiologic studies conducted over the past 15 years have tended to show increased risk of melanoma in individuals using sunbeds for tanning purposes. A recent meta-analysis has confirmed the impre...
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Richard Gallagher
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pages 2038-2039
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Meta-analysis of risk factors for cutaneous melanoma: III. Family history, actinic damage and phenotypic factors
Abstract: A systematic meta-analysis of observational studies of melanoma and family history, actinic damage and phenotypic factors was conducted as part of a comprehensive meta-analysis of all major ...
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Sara Gandini,
Francesco Sera,
Maria Sofia Cattaruzza,
Paolo Pasquini,
Roberto Zanetti,
Cinzia Masini,
Peter Boyle,
Carmelo Francesco Melchi
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pages 2040-2059
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between chromosome 18q genotype, DCC status and colorectal cancer prognosis
Abstract: Results from studies investigating the relationship between colorectal cancer survival and chromosome 18q allelic imbalance (AI)/loss of DCC expression (LOE) have been inconsistent. We have ...
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Sanjay Popat,
Richard S. Houlston
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Review article
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pages 2060-2070
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| Clinical Oncology |
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Cancer staging and survival in colon cancer is dependent on the quality of the pathologists’ specimen examination
Abstract: Correct staging of colon cancer is decisive regarding further oncological treatment, surveillance and prediction of long-term survival. This study investigated the variability in accuracy of...
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P. Jestin,
L. Påhlman,
B. Glimelius,
U. Gunnarsson
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pages 2071-2078
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Grade of chemotherapy-induced necrosis as a predictor of local and systemic control in 881 patients with non-metastatic osteosarcoma of the extremities treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a single institution
Abstract: To determine whether necrosis induced by pre-operative chemotherapy correlates with the rate of systemic and local relapse, may change the pattern of relapse and/or may modify the chance of ...
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Gaetano Bacci,
Mario Mercuri,
Alessandra Longhi,
Stefano Ferrari,
Franco Bertoni,
Michela Versari,
Piero Picci
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pages 2079-2085
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Role of positron emission tomography in pretreatment lymph node staging of uterine cervical cancer: A prospective surgicopathologic correlation study
Abstract: We evaluated the accuracy of FDG-PET in diagnosing metastatic para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer by comparing this noninvasive imaging technique with surgico...
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Ju-Won Roh,
Sang Soo Seo,
Sun Lee,
Keon Wook Kang,
Suk-Ki Kim,
Jung Suk Sim,
Joo-Young Kim,
Eun Kyoung Hong,
Dae-Soon Cho,
Jin Soo Lee,
Sang-Yoon Park
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pages 2086-2092
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Multivariate prognostic evaluation of the mitotic activity index and fibrotic focus in node-negative invasive breast cancers
Abstract: We validated with univariate and multivariate (Cox) analysis, the prognostic value of the mitotic activity index (MAI), the fibrotic focus (FF) and other prognosticators in 448 patients with...
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Jan P.A. Baak,
Cecile G.A. Colpaert,
Paul J. van Diest,
Emiel Janssen,
Bianca van Diermen,
Eliza Albernaz,
Peter B. Vermeulen,
Eric A. Van Marck
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pages 2093-2101
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Costs of treatment intensification for head and neck cancer: Concomitant chemoradiation randomised for radioprotection with amifostine
Abstract: This study presents an overview of costs of a chemoradiation protocol in head and neck cancer patients and an analysis of whether prevention of acute toxicity with amifostine results in a re...
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Marijel Braaksma,
Michel van Agthoven,
Wideke Nijdam,
Carin Uyl-de Groot,
Peter Levendag
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pages 2102-2111
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Assessing abnormal gene promoter methylation in paraffin-embedded sputum from patients with NSCLC
Abstract: Aberrant methylation of CpG islands is an important pathway for regulation of gene expression. Recent data suggest that epigenetic abnormalities may occur very early in lung carcinogenesis. ...
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K.A. Olaussen,
J.-C. Soria,
Y.W. Park,
H.J. Kim,
S.H. Kim,
J.Y. Ro,
F. André,
S.J. Jang
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pages 2112-2119
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An international prospective study of the EORTC cancer in-patient satisfaction with care measure (EORTC IN-PATSAT32)
Abstract: Little is known about patients’ satisfaction with care in oncology hospitals across cultural contexts. Within the EORTC, we developed a 32-item satisfaction with care questionnaire to measur...
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A. Brédart,
A. Bottomley,
J.M. Blazeby,
T. Conroy,
C. Coens,
S. D’Haese,
Wei-Chu Chie,
E. Hammerlid,
J.I. Arraras,
F. Efficace,
C. Rodary,
S. Schraub,
M. Costantini,
A. Costantini,
F. Joly,
O. Sezer,
D. Razavi,
M. Mehlitz,
M. Bielska-Lasota,
N.K. Aaronson,
On behalf of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group and Quality of Life Unit
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pages 2120-2131
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A prospective study of septicaemia on a paediatric oncology unit: A three-year experience at The Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, UK
Abstract: Septicaemia in neutropaenic patients is predominantly due to gut translocation [endogenous septicaemia] and contamination of the central venous catheter by microorganisms not carried by the ...
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S.C. Paulus,
H.K.F. van Saene,
S. Hemsworth,
J. Hughes,
A. Ng,
B.L. Pizer
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pages 2132-2140
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| Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention |
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A multicentre epidemiological study on sunbed use and cutaneous melanoma in Europe
Abstract: A large European case–control study investigated the association between sunbed use and cutaneous melanoma in an adult population aged between 18 and 49 years. Between 1999 and 2001 sun and ...
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Véronique Bataille,
Mathieu Boniol,
Esther De Vries,
Gianluca Severi,
Yvonne Brandberg,
Peter Sasieni,
Jack Cuzick,
Alexander Eggermont,
Ulrik Ringborg,
André-Robert Grivegnée,
Jan Willem Coebergh,
Marie Christine Chignol,
Jean-François Doré,
Philippe Autier
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pages 2141-2149
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Public awareness about risk factors could pose problems for case-control studies: The example of sunbed use and cutaneous melanoma
Abstract: In a large case-control study we found no association between sunbed use and melanoma risk, but indications for potential recall and recruitment biases made the interpretation of the results...
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E. de Vries,
M. Boniol,
G. Severi,
A.M.M. Eggermont,
P. Autier,
V. Bataille,
J.F. Doré,
J.W.W. Coebergh
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pages 2150-2154
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Endometrial cancer: Population attributable risks from reproductive, familial and socioeconomic factors
Abstract: In this study, based on the Swedish Family-Cancer Database, risk factors and their population attributable fractions (PAFs) for endometrial cancer were studied. Over 700000 women at ages 51–...
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Kari Hemminki,
Justo Lorenzo Bermejo,
Charlotta Granström
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pages 2155-2159
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Ursodeoxycholic acid inhibits translocation of protein kinase C in human colonic cancer cell lines
Abstract: Deoxycholic acid (DCA) has been implicated in colonic carcinogenesis through effects mediated by protein kinase C (PKC) activation. By contrast, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is reported to re...
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Syed A. Shah,
Eileen Looby,
Yuri Volkov,
Aideen Long,
Dermot Kelleher
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pages 2160-2169
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Retroviral expression screening of oncogenes in pancreatic ductal carcinoma
Abstract: Pancreatic ductal carcinoma (PDC) remains one of the most intractable malignancies in humans. In order to clarify the molecular events underlying the carcinogenesis in PDC, we constructed a ...
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Hiroyuki Kisanuki,
Young Lim Choi,
Tomoaki Wada,
Ryozo Moriuchi,
Shin-ichiro Fujiwara,
Ruri Kaneda,
Koji Koinuma,
Madoka Ishikawa,
Shuji Takada,
Yoshihiro Yamashita,
Hiroyuki Mano
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pages 2170-2175
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Relationships between promoter polymorphisms in the thymidylate synthase gene and mRNA levels in colorectal cancers
Abstract: Thymidylate synthase (TS) intratumoural expression may be a prognostic marker and predict outcome of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients. The TS gene promo...
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Maria Morganti,
Monica Ciantelli,
Beatrice Giglioni,
Anna L. Putignano,
Stefania Nobili,
Laura Papi,
Ida Landini,
Cristina Napoli,
Rosa Valanzano,
Fabio Cianchi,
Vieri Boddi,
Francesco Tonelli,
Camillo Cortesini,
Teresita Mazzei,
Maurizio Genuardi,
Enrico Mini
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pages 2176-2183
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4-Demethoxy-3′-deamino-3′-aziridinyl-4′-methylsulphonyl-daunorubicin (PNU-159548): A promising new candidate for chemotherapeutic treatment of osteosarcoma patients
Abstract: The effectiveness of the alkycycline 4-demethoxy-3′-deamino-3′-aziridinyl-4′-methylsulphonyl-daunorubicin (PNU-159548, ladirubicin), a new drug with high antitumour activity against a broad ...
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Michela Pasello,
Claudia Maria Hattinger,
Giuseppina Stoico,
Maria Cristina Manara,
Stefania Benini,
Cristina Geroni,
Mario Mercuri,
Katia Scotlandi,
Piero Picci,
Massimo Serra
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pages 2184-2195
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Receptors for luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) expressed in human non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas can be targeted for therapy with the cytotoxic LHRH analogue AN-207
Abstract: We determined by immunohistochemistry the presence of LHRH receptors in surgical specimens of human non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL) and investigated the expression of LHRH receptors in two hum...
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Gunhild Keller,
Andrew V. Schally,
Timo Gaiser,
Attila Nagy,
Benjamin Baker,
Gabor Halmos,
Jörg B. Engel
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pages 2196-2202
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