EDITORIALS

Toward Customized Trastuzumab in HER-2/neu-Overexpressing Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancers

Rafael Rosell

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1171–1173. First published on Feb 23 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.01.904. [Full Text] [PDF]

Better Survival With Interleukin-2-Based Regimens? Possibly Only in Highly Selected Patients

Sylvie Négrier

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1174–1176. First published on Feb 23 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.01.998. [Full Text] [PDF]

Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: An Important Incremental Step in the Battle Against Colorectal Cancer

Lee M. Ellis and Paulo M. Hoff

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1177–1179. First published on Mar 1 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.01.971. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Lung Cancer
	Trastuzumab in the Treatment of Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Is There a Role? Focus on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Study 2598
	Corey J. Langer, Patricia Stephenson, Ann Thor, Mark Vangel, and David H. Johnson
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1180–1187. First published on Feb 23 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.04.105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer
	Interleukin-2- and Interferon Alfa-2a-Based Immunochemotherapy in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Prospectively Randomized Trial of the German Cooperative Renal Carcinoma Chemoimmunotherapy Group (DGCIN)
	J. Atzpodien, H. Kirchner, U. Jonas, L. Bergmann, H. Schott, H. Heynemann, P. Fornara, S.A. Loening, J. Roigas, S.C. Müller, H. Bodenstein, S. Pomer, B. Metzner, U. Rebmann, R. Oberneder, M. Siebels, T. Wandert, T. Puchberger, and M. Reitz
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1188–1194. First published on Feb 23 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Outcome of Patients With Residual Germ Cell or Non-Germ Cell Malignancy After Resection of Primary Mediastinal Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Cancer
	Bryan P. Schneider, Kenneth A. Kesler, Jo Ann Brooks, Constantin Yiannoutsos, and Lawrence H. Einhorn
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1195–1200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Phase II Trial of Cetuximab in Patients With Refractory Colorectal Cancer That Expresses the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
	Leonard B. Saltz, Neal J. Meropol, Patrick J. Loehrer, Sr, Michael N. Needle, Justin Kopit, and Robert J. Mayer
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1201–1208. First published on Mar 1 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.10.182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Survival of Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Improves With the Availability of Fluorouracil-Leucovorin, Irinotecan, and Oxaliplatin in the Course of Treatment
	Axel Grothey, Daniel Sargent, Richard M. Goldberg, and Hans-Joachim Schmoll
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1209–1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Skeletal Morbidity in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
	Karen Mandel, Stephanie Atkinson, Ronald D. Barr, and Paul Pencharz
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1215–1221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Predictors of Viridans Streptococcal Shock Syndrome in Bacteremic Children With Cancer and Stem-Cell Transplant Recipients
	Adam Gassas, Ronald Grant, Susan Richardson, L. Lee Dupuis, John Doyle, Upton Allen, Oussama Abla, and Lillian Sung
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1222–1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thoracic Oncology
	Prospective Randomized Trial of Intrapleural Bleomycin Versus Interferon Alfa-2b via Ultrasound-Guided Small-Bore Chest Tube in the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions
	Sergio Sartori, Davide Tassinari, Piercarlo Ceccotti, Paola Tombesi, Ingrid Nielsen, Lucio Trevisani, and Vincenzo Abbasciano
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1228–1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gynecologic Cancer
	Outcome of High-Risk Stage IC, Grade 3, Compared With Stage I Endometrial Carcinoma Patients: The Postoperative Radiation Therapy in Endometrial Carcinoma Trial
	Carien L. Creutzberg, Wim L.J. van Putten, Carla C. Wárlám-Rodenhuis, Alfons C.M. van den Bergh, Karin A.J. De Winter, Peter C.M. Koper, Marnix L.M. Lybeert, Annerie Slot, Ludy C.H.W. Lutgens, Marika C. Stenfert Kroese, Henk Beerman, and Mat van Lent
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1234–1241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prognostic Impact of Alterations in P-Cadherin Expression and Related Cell Adhesion Markers in Endometrial Cancer
	Ingunn M. Stefansson, Helga B. Salvesen, and Lars A. Akslen
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1242–1252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Cancer
	18F-2-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography in Staging of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
	Jacobus J.M. van der Hoeven, Nanda C. Krak, Otto S. Hoekstra, Emile F.I. Comans, Robert P.A. Boom, Dick van Geldere, Sybren Meijer, Elsken van der Wall, Jan Buter, Herbert M. Pinedo, Gerrit J.J. Teule, and Adriaan A. Lammertsma
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1253–1259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Efficacy and Safety of Oral Fludarabine Phosphate in Previously Untreated Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
	J.-F. Rossi, A. Van Hoof, K. De Boeck, S.A. Johnson, D. Bron, C. Foussard, T.A. Lister, C. Berthou, M.H.H. Kramer, T.J. Littlewood, R.E. Marcus, E. Deconinck, M. Montillo, O. Guibon, and S.M. Tollerfield
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1260–1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Predictors of Oral Mucositis in Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Cell Transplants for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
	Kim Robien, Mark M. Schubert, Barbara Bruemmer, Michele E. Lloid, John D. Potter, and Cornelia M. Ulrich
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1268–1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Acute Monocytic Leukemia (French-American-British classification M5) Does Not Have a Worse Prognosis Than Other Subtypes of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report From the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
	Martin S. Tallman, Haesook T. Kim, Elisabeth Paietta, John M. Bennett, Gordon Dewald, Peter A. Cassileth, Peter H. Wiernik, and Jacob M. Rowe
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1276–1286. First published on Feb 17 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.08.060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase II Study of R115777, a Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitor, in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
	Razelle Kurzrock, Maher Albitar, Jorge E. Cortes, Elihu H. Estey, Stefan H. Faderl, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Deborah A. Thomas, Francis J. Giles, Mary Ellen Ryback, Alain Thibault, P. De Porre, and Hagop M. Kantarjian
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1287–1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanoma
	Determinants of Outcome in Melanoma Patients With Cerebral Metastases
	K.M. Fife, M.H. Colman, G.N. Stevens, I.C. Firth, D. Moon, K.F. Shannon, R. Harman, K. Petersen-Schaefer, A.C. Zacest, M. Besser, G.W. Milton, W.H. McCarthy, and J.F. Thompson
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1293–1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Supportive Care and Quality of Life
	Intravenous Iron Optimizes the Response to Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Cancer Patients With Chemotherapy-Related Anemia: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Trial
	Michael Auerbach, Harold Ballard, J. Richard Trout, Marilyn McIlwain, Alan Ackerman, Huzefa Bahrain, Stefan Balan, Lance Barker, and Jeevindra Rana
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1301–1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology
	Using Patients As Their Own Controls for Cost Evaluation of Phase I Clinical Trials
	Eric J. Sherman, David M. Rubin, Ennapadam Venkatraman, Gary K. Schwartz, Vincent A. Miller, Mark H. Radzyner, Hirsch S. Ruchlin, David Spriggs, and David G. Pfister
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1308–1314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE
	Biology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Implications for Screening Women at High Genetic Risk
	Russell Hogg and Michael Friedlander
	JCO Apr 1 2004: 1315–1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Unusual Presentations of Hematologic Malignancies: CASE 1. Solitary Bone Plasmacytoma: Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography

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

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1328–1330. [Full Text] [PDF]

Unusual Presentations of Hematologic Malignancies: CASE 2. Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Presenting As Spinal Cord Compression

Imran Khalid, Jan Rival, Mohamed E. Salama, P.K. Banghar, and Nalini Janakiraman

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1331–1333. [Full Text] [PDF]

Unusual Presentations of Hematologic Malignancies: CASE 3. Primary Central Nervous System B-Cell Lymphoma of Marginal Zone B-Cell Type in a Neurosyphilis Patient

Basir Haque, Vladimir Gotlib, S. Bolla, Kimberly Bloomfield, and Arun Patel

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1333–1335. [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

Dignity and the Eye of the Beholder

Harvey Max Chochinov

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1336–1340. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence

Impact on Outcome of Delay in Starting Radiotherapy

Abram Recht

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1341–1342. [Full Text] [PDF]

Delay of Postoperative Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Emmanuel Blot, Emilie Astruc, and Laurent Bastit

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1342. [Full Text] [PDF]

Delay of Radiation Therapy and Outcomes of Breast Cancer

Nicole Hébert-Croteau, Carolyn Freeman, Jean Latreille, and Jacques Brisson

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1342-a–1343. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

W.J. MacKillop, J. Huang, L. Barbera, M. Brouwers, and G. Browman

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1343–1344. [Full Text] [PDF]

Potential Confounding Features in p53 Gene Therapy of Recurrent Glioma

Robert J. Weil

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1344–1345. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Frederick F. Lang and W.K. Alfred Yung

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1345. [Full Text] [PDF]

Should We Discard Vinorelbine Plus Cisplatin From the First-Line Therapy of Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer?

Mircea Dediu

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1345-a–1347. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Peter Harper, Tim Plunkett, and David Khayat

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1347. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reasons for a Deficit of Breast Cancer Among HIV-Infected Patients

Liron Pantanowitz and Bruce J. Dezube

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1347-a–1348. [Full Text] [PDF]

HIV and the Risk of Lung Cancer

Thomas Powles and Mark Bower

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1348–1349. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Murielle Mary-Krause, Magid Herida, Dominique Costagliola, Armelle Lavolé, and Jacques Cadranel

JCO Apr 1 2004: 1349–1350. [Full Text] [PDF]

Errata

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