EDITORIALS

Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Priority Malignancy for Development and Study of Novel Therapies

Robert J. Motzer

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1193–1194. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Breast Cancer
	Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome After Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide Adjuvant Therapy for Operable Breast Cancer: The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Experience
	Roy E. Smith, John Bryant, Arthur DeCillis, and Stewart Anderson
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1195–1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Risk Factors for Locoregional Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Patients: Results From International Breast Cancer Study Group Trials I Through VII
	A. Wallgren, M. Bonetti, R.D. Gelber, A. Goldhirsch, M. Castiglione-Gertsch, S.B. Holmberg, J. Lindtner, B. Thürlimann, M. Fey, I.D. Werner, J.F. Forbes, K. Price, A.S. Coates, and J. Collins
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1205–1213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer
	Phase III Study of Interferon Alfa-NL as Adjuvant Treatment for Resectable Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group/Intergroup Trial
	Edward M. Messing, Judith Manola, George Wilding, Kathleen Propert, Jonathan Fleischmann, E. David Crawford, J. Edson Pontes, Richard Hahn, and Donald Trump
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1214–1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection of Clinically Significant, Occult Prostate Cancer Metastases in Lymph Nodes Using a Splice Variant-Specific RT-PCR Assay for Human Glandular Kallikrein
	Shahrokh F. Shariat, Michael W. Kattan, Sibel Erdamar, Cuong Nguyen, Peter T. Scardino, David M. Spencer, Thomas M. Wheeler, and Kevin M. Slawin
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1223–1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prognostic Model for Predicting Survival in Men With Hormone-Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer
	Susan Halabi, Eric J. Small, Philip W. Kantoff, Michael W. Kattan, Ellen B. Kaplan, Nancy A. Dawson, Ellis G. Levine, Brent A. Blumenstein, and Nicholas J. Vogelzang
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1232–1237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prostate Cancer DNA Ploidy and Response to Salvage Hormone Therapy After Radiotherapy With or Without Short-Term Total Androgen Blockade: An Analysis of RTOG 8610
	A. Pollack, D.J. Grignon, K.H. Heydon, E.H. Hammond, C.A. Lawton, J.B. Mesic, K.K. Fu, A.T. Porter, R.A. Abrams, and W.U. Shipley
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1238–1248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression in Long-Term Survivors of Testicular Cancer
	Sophie D. Fosså, Alv A. Dahl, and Jon H. Loge
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1249–1254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Early Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation Versus Conventional Chemotherapy as Front-Line Therapy in High-Risk, Aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: An Italian Multicenter Randomized Trial
	Maurizio Martelli, Filippo Gherlinzoni, Amalia De Renzo, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Antonio De Vivo, Maria Cantonetti, Brunangelo Falini, Sergio Storti, Giovanna Meloni, Manuela Rizzo, Anna Lia Molinari, Francesco Lauria, Luciano Moretti, Vito Michele Lauta, Patrizio Mazza, Luciano Guardigni, E. Pescarmona, S.A. Pileri, Franco Mandelli, and Sante Tura
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1255–1262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Safety of Yttrium-90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Radioimmunotherapy for Relapsed Low-Grade, Follicular, or Transformed Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
	Thomas E. Witzig, Christine A. White, Leo I. Gordon, Gregory A. Wiseman, Christos Emmanouilides, James L. Murray, John Lister, and Pratik S. Multani
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1263–1270. First published on Feb 20 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.08.043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	T-Cell/Histiocyte-Rich Large B-Cell Lymphomas and Classical Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphomas Have Similar Outcome After Chemotherapy: A Matched-Control Analysis
	R. Bouabdallah, N. Mounier, C. Guettier, T. Molina, V. Ribrag, C. Thieblemont, A. Sonet, A. Delmer, K. Belhadj, P. Gaulard, C. Gisselbrecht, and L. Xerri
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1271–1277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Pentostatin and Cyclophosphamide: An Effective New Regimen in Previously Treated Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
	Mark A. Weiss, Peter G. Maslak, Joseph G. Jurcic, David A. Scheinberg, Timothy B. Aliff, Nicole Lamanna, Stanley R. Frankel, Steven E. Kossman, and Denise Horgan
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1278–1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lung Cancer
	Positron Emission Tomography Is Superior to Computed Tomography Scanning for Response-Assessment After Radical Radiotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
	Michael P. Mac Manus, Rodney J. Hicks, Jane P. Matthews, Allan McKenzie, Danny Rischin, Eeva K. Salminen, and David L. Ball
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1285–1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Use of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Colorectal Cancer in a Population-Based Cohort
	John Z. Ayanian, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Charles S. Fuchs, Edward Guadagnoli, Cynthia M. Creech, Rosemary D. Cress, Lilia C. O’Connor, Dee W. West, Mark E. Allen, Robert E. Wolf, and William E. Wright
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1293–1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase II and Pharmacodynamic Study of the Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor R115777 as Initial Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
	Steven J. Cohen, Linus Ho, Sulabha Ranganathan, James L. Abbruzzese, R. Katherine Alpaugh, Mary Beard, Nancy L. Lewis, Susan McLaughlin, André Rogatko, Juan J. Perez-Ruixo, Amanda M. Thistle, Tom Verhaeghe, Hao Wang, Louis M. Weiner, John J. Wright, Gary R. Hudes, and Neal J. Meropol
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1301–1306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Randomized Multicenter Phase II Trial of Two Different Schedules of Capecitabine Plus Oxaliplatin as First-Line Treatment in Advanced Colorectal Cancer
	Werner Scheithauer, Gabriela V. Kornek, Markus Raderer, Birgit Schüll, Katharina Schmid, Erwin Kovats, Bruno Schneeweiss, Fritz Lang, Alfred Lenauer, and Dieter Depisch
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1307–1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gynecologic Cancer
	Combined Intraperitoneal and Intravenous Chemotherapy for Women With Optimally Debulked Ovarian Cancer: Results From an Intergroup Phase II Trial
	Mace L. Rothenberg, P.Y. Liu, Patricia S. Braly, Sharon P. Wilczynski, Edward V. Hannigan, Scott Wadler, Gavin Stuart, Caroline Jiang, Maurie Markman, and David S. Alberts
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1313–1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase mRNA Expression Assessed by Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Predicts Chemosensitivity in Patients With Ovarian Carcinoma
	Fiamma Buttitta, Caterina Pellegrini, Antonio Marchetti, Angiolo Gadducci, Stefania Cosio, Lara Felicioni, Fabio Barassi, Simona Salvatore, Carla Martella, Guido Coggi, and Silvano Bosari
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1320–1325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanoma
	Role of Sentinel Lymphadenectomy in Thin Invasive Cutaneous Melanomas
	Richard J. Bleicher, Richard Essner, Leland J. Foshag, Leslie A. Wanek, and Donald L. Morton
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1326–1331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Intensification of Mercaptopurine/Methotrexate Maintenance Chemotherapy May Increase the Risk of Relapse for Some Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
	Kjeld Schmiegelow, Olle Björk, Anders Glomstein, Göran Gustafsson, Niels Keiding, Jon Kristinsson, Anne Mäkipernaa, Susanne Rosthøj, Carol Szumlanski, Tine M Sørensen, and Richard Weinshilboum
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1332–1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oral Etoposide in Children With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
	Mathew J. Edick, Amar Gajjar, Hazem H. Mahmoud, Matthijs E.C. van de Poll, Patricia L. Harrison, John C. Panetta, Gaston K. Rivera, Raul C. Ribeiro, John T. Sandlund, James M. Boyett, Ching-Hon Pui, and Mary V. Relling
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1340–1346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Long-Term Neurological Outcome of Childhood Brain Tumors Treated by Surgery Only
	Signe Sønderkær, Marianne Schmiegelow, Henrik Carstensen, Lars Bøgeskov Nielsen, Jørn Müller, and Kjeld Schmiegelow
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1347–1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	New Malignancies After Blood or Marrow Stem-Cell Transplantation in Children and Adults: Incidence and Risk Factors
	K. Scott Baker, Todd E. DeFor, Linda J. Burns, Norma K.C. Ramsay, Joseph P. Neglia, and Leslie L. Robison
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1352–1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Obesity in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
	Kevin C. Oeffinger, Ann C. Mertens, Charles A. Sklar, Yutaka Yasui, Thomas Fears, Marilyn Stovall, Terry A. Vik, Peter D. Inskip, and Leslie L. Robison
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1359–1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Intervention to Reduce Intentions to Use Tobacco Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors
	Vida L. Tyc, Shesh N. Rai, Shelly Lensing, James L. Klosky, Deborah B. Stewart, and Jami Gattuso
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1366–1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Supportive Care and Quality of Life
	Improving the Care of Patients With Regard to Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Emesis: The Effect of Feedback to Clinicians on Adherence to Antiemetic Prescribing Guidelines
	Wilson C. Mertens, Donald J. Higby, David Brown, Regina Parisi, Janice Fitzgerald, Evan M. Benjamin, and Peter K. Lindenauer
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1373–1378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Importance of Faith on Medical Decisions Regarding Cancer Care
	Gerard A. Silvestri, Sommer Knittig, James S. Zoller, and Paul J. Nietert
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1379–1382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Trials
	Participation of Patients 65 Years of Age or Older in Cancer Clinical Trials
	Joy H. Lewis, Meredith L. Kilgore, Dana P. Goldman, Edward L. Trimble, Richard Kaplan, Michael J. Montello, Michael G. Housman, and José J. Escarce
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1383–1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgical Oncology
	Quality of Surgery and Outcome in Extra-Abdominal Aggressive Fibromatosis: A Series of Patients Surgically Treated at a Single Institution
	A. Gronchi, P.G. Casali, L. Mariani, S. Lo Vullo, M. Colecchia, L. Lozza, R. Bertulli, M. Fiore, P. Olmi, M. Santinami, and J. Rosai
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1390–1397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tumor Biology
	PCR-Detectable Nonneoplastic Bcl-2/IgH Rearrangements Are Common in Normal Subjects and Cancer Patients at Diagnosis but Rare in Subjects Treated With Chemotherapy
	Marco Ladetto, Daniela Drandi, Mara Compagno, Monica Astolfi, Federica Volpato, Claudia Voena, Anna Novarino, Berardino Pollio, Alfredo Addeo, Irene Ricca, Patrizia Falco, Federica Cavallo, Sonia Vallet, Paolo Corradini, Alessandro Pileri, Giacomo Tamponi, Antonio Palumbo, Oscar Bertetto, Mario Boccadoro, and Corrado Tarella
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1398–1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL ARTICLES
	End Points and United States Food and Drug Administration Approval of Oncology Drugs
	John R. Johnson, Grant Williams, and Richard Pazdur
	JCO Apr 1 2003: 1404–1411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

Simultaneous Care: Disease Treatment and Palliative Care Throughout Illness

Frederick J. Meyers and John Linder

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1412–1415. [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Challenging and Unusual Cases: CASE 1. SIMULTANEOUS PRESENTATION OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Hassan Pervez, Anil Potti, and Syed A. Mehdi

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1416–1417. [Full Text] [PDF]

Challenging and Unusual Cases: CASE 2. CONCURRENT GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR AND BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA

W.Y. Au, W.M. Wong, U.S. Khoo, and R. Liang

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1417–1418. [Full Text] [PDF]

Challenging and Unusual Cases: CASE 3. PERITONEAL CYSTIC MESOTHELIOMA

Faheez Mohamed, Kaiumarz Sethna, Dominique Elias, and Paul H. Sugarbaker

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1419–1420. [Full Text] [PDF]

Challenging and Unusual Cases: CASE 4. MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA PRESENTING AS AN ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS

C. Featherstone, R. Scolyer, G. Hruby, M. Tin, E.J. Wills, and P.N. Hendel

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1420–1421. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

CORRESPONDENCE

Quality-of-Life Meta-Analysis: Why Treat It Differently?

Jeff A. Sloan

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1422. [Full Text] [PDF]

Confusion Caused by Similarity in Manuscript Titles

Jaap Verweij

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1423. [Full Text] [PDF]

ERRATA

ERRATUM

JCO Apr 1 2003: 1424. [Full Text] [PDF]

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