EDITORIALS

Intravesical Therapy for Superficial Bladder Cancer: Slow but Steady Progress

Donald L. Lamm

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4259–4260. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.08.099. [Full Text] [PDF]

Bisphosphonates for Men With Prostate Cancer: Sifting Through the Rubble

William Kevin Kelly and Gunnar Steineck

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4261–4262. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.078. [Full Text] [PDF]

Is Relative Risk Reduction a Useful Measure for Patients or Families Who Must Choose a Method of Treatment?

H. Sam Wieand

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4263–4264. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.08.998. [Full Text] [PDF]

Liver Transplantation and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Biology: Beginning of the End of the Era of Educated Guesses

Jean-Nicolas Vauthey and Jaffer A. Ajani

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4265–4267. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.979. [Full Text] [PDF]

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Overexpression: The Importance of Context

David P. Carbone

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4268–4269. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.05.988. [Full Text] [PDF]

GENITOURINARY CANCER
	Multicentric Study Comparing Intravesical Chemotherapy Alone and With Local Microwave Hyperthermia for Prophylaxis of Recurrence of Superficial Transitional Cell Carcinoma
	Renzo Colombo, Luigi Filippo Da Pozzo, Andrea Salonia, Patrizio Rigatti, Zvi Leib, Jack Baniel, Emanuele Caldarera, and Michele Pavone-Macaluso
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4270–4276. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.01.089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Combined Analysis of Two Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies of Pamidronate Disodium for the Palliation of Bone Pain in Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
	Eric J. Small, Matthew R. Smith, John J. Seaman, Stephanie Petrone, and Mildred Ortu Kowalski
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4277–4284. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.05.147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Chemotherapy for Teratoma With Malignant Transformation
	Alessia C. Donadio, Robert J. Motzer, Dean F. Bajorin, Philip W. Kantoff, Joel Sheinfeld, Jane Houldsworth, Raju S.K. Chaganti, and George J. Bosl
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4285–4291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Fully Synthetic Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines in Biochemically Relapsed Prostate Cancer: Clinical Trial Results With -N-Acetylgalactosamine-O-Serine/Threonine Conjugate Vaccine
	Susan F. Slovin, Govindaswami Ragupathi, Cristina Musselli, Krystyna Olkiewicz, David Verbel, Scott D. Kuduk, Jacob B. Schwarz, Dalibor Sames, Samuel Danishefsky, Philip O. Livingston, and Howard I. Scher
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4292–4298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Breast Cancer
	Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: How Presentation of Recurrence Risk Influences Decision-Making
	Celia Chao, Jamie L. Studts, Troy Abell, Terence Hadley, Lynne Roetzer, Sean Dineen, Doug Lorenz, Ahmed YoussefAgha, and Kelly M. McMasters
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4299–4305. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Minichromosome Maintenance Protein 2 Is a Strong Independent Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer
	Michael A. Gonzalez, Sarah E. Pinder, Grace Callagy, Sarah L. Vowler, Lesley S. Morris, Kate Bird, Jane A. Bell, Ronald A. Laskey, and Nicholas Coleman
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4306–4313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prognostic Characteristics of Breast Cancer Among Postmenopausal Hormone Users in a Screened Population
	Karla Kerlikowske, Diana L. Miglioretti, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Donald L. Weaver, Diana S.M. Buist, William E. Barlow, Gary Cutter, Berta M. Geller, Bonnie Yankaskas, Stephen H. Taplin, and Patricia A. Carney
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4314–4321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Tamoxifen As Chemoprevention in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers With Breast Cancer: A Pilot Survey of Physicians
	Beth N. Peshkin, Claudine Isaacs, Clinton Finch, Sheryl Kent, and Marc D. Schwartz
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4322–4328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	The Outcome of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States Between 1988 and 2001: 5-Year Survival Has Improved Significantly With Time
	Hwan Y. Yoo, Cary H. Patt, Jean-Francois Geschwind, and Paul J. Thuluvath
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4329–4335. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.11.137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Risk of Second Primary Malignancy After Esophagectomy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus
	Toshiki Matsubara, Kazuhiko Yamada, and Aya Nakagawa
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4336–4341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Kinase Mutations and Imatinib Response in Patients With Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
	Michael C. Heinrich, Christopher L. Corless, George D. Demetri, Charles D. Blanke, Margaret von Mehren, Heikki Joensuu, Laura S. McGreevey, Chang-Jie Chen, Annick D. Van den Abbeele, Brian J. Druker, Beate Kiese, Burton Eisenberg, Peter J. Roberts, Samuel Singer, Christopher D.M. Fletcher, Sandra Silberman, Sasa Dimitrijevic, and Jonathan A. Fletcher
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4342–4349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gynecologic Cancer
	Adjuvant Treatment for Early Ovarian Cancer: A Randomized Phase III Trial of Intraperitoneal 32P or Intravenous Cyclophosphamide and Cisplatin—A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study
	Robert C. Young, Mark F. Brady, Roberta K. Nieberg, Harry J. Long, Allan R. Mayer, Samuel S. Lentz, Jean Hurteau, and David S. Alberts
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4350–4355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase II Trial of Carboxyamidotriazole in Patients With Relapsed Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
	Mahrukh M. Hussain, Herbert Kotz, Lori Minasian, Ahalya Premkumar, Gisele Sarosy, Eddie Reed, Suoping Zhai, Seth M. Steinberg, Miranda Raggio, Vyta Kulpa Oliver, William D. Figg, and Elise C. Kohn
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4356–4363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Toward New Strategies to Select Young Endometrial Cancer Patients for Mismatch Repair Gene Mutation Analysis
	Maran J.W. Berends, Ying Wu, Rolf H. Sijmons, Tineke van der Sluis, Wietske Boersmavan Ek, Marjolijn J.L. Ligtenberg, Neeltje J.W. Arts, Klaske A. ten Hoor, Jan H. Kleibeuker, Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, Marian J.E. Mourits, Harry Hollema, Charles H.C.M. Buys, Robert M.W. Hofstra, and Ate G.J. van der Zee
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4364–4370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Radiation Oncology
	High-Risk Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Skin Treated With Synchronous Carboplatin/Etoposide and Radiation: A Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Study—TROG 96:07
	Michael Poulsen, Danny Rischin, Euan Walpole, Jennifer Harvey, John Mackintosh, Jill Ainslie, Chris Hamilton, Jacqui Keller, and Lee Tripcony
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4371–4376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Outcome in Children With Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Initial Treatment With the French Leucémie Aiquë Myéloïde Enfant (LAME) 89/91 Protocol of the French Society of Pediatric Hematology and Immunology
	Nathalie Aladjidi, Anne Auvrignon, Thierry Leblanc, Yves Perel, Antoine Bénard, Pierre Bordigoni, Virginie Gandemer, Isabelle Thuret, Jean Hugues Dalle, Christophe Piguet, Brigitte Pautard, André Baruchel, and Guy Leverger
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4377–4385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	High Risk of Subsequent Neoplasms Continues With Extended Follow-Up of Childhood Hodgkin’s Disease: Report From the Late Effects Study Group
	Smita Bhatia, Yutaka Yasui, Leslie L. Robison, Jillian M. Birch, Monica K. Bogue, Lisa Diller, Cyndi DeLaat, Franca Fossati-Bellani, Elaine Morgan, Odile Oberlin, Gregory Reaman, Frederick B. Ruymann, Jean Tersak, and Anna T. Meadows
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4386–4394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Impact of CNS Treatment on Mood in Adult Survivors of Childhood Leukemia: A Report From the Children’s Cancer Group
	Dorie A. Glover, Julianne Byrne, James L. Mills, Leslie L. Robison, H. Stacy Nicholson, Anna Meadows, and Lonnie K. Zeltzer
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4395–4401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Efficacy and Safety of Rasburicase (recombinant urate oxidase) for the Prevention and Treatment of Hyperuricemia During Induction Chemotherapy of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Results of the GRAAL1 (Groupe d’Etude des Lymphomes de l’Adulte Trial on Rasburicase Activity in Adult Lymphoma) Study
	Bertrand Coiffier, Nicolas Mounier, Serge Bologna, Christophe Fermé, Hervé Tilly, Anne Sonet, Bernard Christian, Olivier Casasnovas, Eric Jourdan, Karim Belhadj, and Raoul Herbrecht
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4402–4406. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.04.115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Nonablative Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Advanced/Recurrent Mantle-Cell Lymphoma
	Issa F. Khouri, Ming-S. Lee, Rima M. Saliba, Gu Jun, Luis Fayad, Anas Younes, Barbara Pro, Sandra Acholonu, Peter McLaughlin, Ruth L. Katz, and Richard E. Champlin
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4407–4412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prognostic Value of Minimal Residual Disease Quantification by Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction in Patients With Core Binding Factor Leukemias
	Jürgen Krauter, Kerstin Görlich, Oliver Ottmann, Michael Lübbert, Hartmut Döhner, Wolfgang Heit, Lothar Kanz, Arnold Ganser, and Gerhard Heil
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4413–4422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	High-Dose Therapy and Autologous Peripheral-Blood Stem-Cell Transplantation As Salvage Treatment for HIV-Associated Lymphoma in Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
	Alessandro Re, Chiara Cattaneo, Mariagrazia Michieli, Salvatore Casari, Michele Spina, Maurizio Rupolo, Bernardino Allione, Annamaria Nosari, Clara Schiantarelli, Mariagrazia Viganò, Immacolata Izzi, Piero Ferremi, Arnalda Lanfranchi, Maurizio Mazzuccato, Gianpiero Carosi, Umberto Tirelli, and Giuseppe Rossi
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4423–4427. First published on Oct 27 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology
	Phase I Trial of the Antivascular Agent Combretastatin A4 Phosphate on a 5-Day Schedule to Patients With Cancer: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence for Altered Tumor Blood Flow
	James P. Stevenson, Mark Rosen, Weijing Sun, Maryann Gallagher, Daniel G. Haller, David Vaughn, Bruce Giantonio, Ross Zimmer, William P. Petros, Michael Stratford, David Chaplin, Scott L. Young, Mitchell Schnall, and Peter J. O’Dwyer
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4428–4438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Supportive Care and Quality of Life
	Patient-Controlled Methylphenidate for the Management of Fatigue in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Preliminary Report
	Eduardo Bruera, Larry Driver, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Jie Willey, Loren Shen, J. Lynn Palmer, and Carmelita Escalante
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4439–4443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE
	Treatment of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias With Thalidomide and Its Derivatives
	Meletios A. Dimopoulos, Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, and Donna Weber
	JCO Dec 1 2003: 4444–4454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Common Malignancies With Uncommon Sites of Presentation: CASE 1. ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA

D. Bruce Panasuk, Thomas L. Bauer, Allen L. Davies, Charles Schneider, and Cynthia Flynn

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4455–4456. [Full Text] [PDF]

Common Malignancies With Uncommon Sites of Presentation: CASE 2. MANTLE-CELL LYMPHOMA OF THE PROSTATE GLAND

C.S. Chim, F. Loong, T. Yau, G.C. Ooi, and R. Liang

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4456–4458. [Full Text] [PDF]

Common Malignancies With Uncommon Sites of Presentation: CASE 3. EPIGASTRIC DISTRESS CAUSED BY A DUODENAL POLYP: A RARE PRESENTATION OF ACUTE LEUKEMIA

Odelia Goor, Yoav Goor, Fred Konikoff, Leonor Trejo, and Ella Naparstak

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4458–4459. [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

Spirituality and Religion in the "Art of Dying"

Lois M. Ramondetta and Deborah Sills

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4460–4462. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

CORRESPONDENCE

When the Tumor Is Not the Target: A Title Whose Time Is Up?

Raymond P. Abratt

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4463. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Charles Loprinzi

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4463-a. [Full Text] [PDF]

Importance of Minimal Residual Disease Testing During the Second Year of Disease: Still No Answer?

Maurizio Aricò, Valentino Conter, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, and Giuseppe Masera

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4463-b–4464. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Glenn Marshall, Murray Norris, and Michelle Haber

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4464–4465. [Full Text] [PDF]

Benefit of Paclitaxel in Estrogen Receptor-Negative Versus Estrogen Receptor-Positive Early Breast Cancer

Cicely Bryce, Hagen Kennecke, Stephen Chia, and Joseph Ragaz

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4465. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

I. Craig Henderson, Larry Norton, and Donald A. Berry

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4465-a–4466. [Full Text] [PDF]

Carcinoembryonic Antigen Surge in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Responding to Oxaliplatin Combination Chemotherapy: Implications for Tumor Marker Monitoring and Guidelines

Halfdan Sørbye and Olav Dahl

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4466–4467. [Full Text] [PDF]

Staging Reclassification Affects Breast Cancer Survival

Ivo A. Olivotto, Pauline T. Truong, and Caroline H. Speers

JCO Dec 1 2003: 4467–4468. [Full Text] [PDF]

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