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Contents: Volume 24, Issue 18
June 20, 2006
 

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  Down Neurooncology
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EDITORIALS Back
Anaplastic Oligodendroglial Tumors: A Tale of Two Trials
Mark R. Gilbert and Frederick F. Lang
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2689–2690. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Cyclooxygenase-2 Selective Inhibitors and Prostate Cancer: What Is the Clinical Benefit?
Raymond N. DuBois
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2691–2693. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Surgery of the Primary Tumor in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Closing the Barn Door After the Horse Has Bolted?
Monica Morrow and Lori Goldstein
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2694–2696. First published on May 15 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2006.05.9824. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use and Outcomes in Older Women With Breast Cancer: What Have We Learned?
Rebecca A. Silliman and Patricia A. Ganz
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2697–2699. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Oral Second-Line Chemotherapy for Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Bottom Line
David R. Gandara and Angela M. Davies
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2700–2701. First published on May 8 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.1432. [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
COMMENTS AND CONTROVERSIES Back
Downstaging or Downsizing: Time for a New Staging System in Advanced Colorectal Cancer?
Graeme Poston, Rene Adam, and Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2702–2706. [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
ORIGINAL REPORTS Back

Neurooncology Back

Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy Plus Radiotherapy Compared With Radiotherapy Alone for Pure and Mixed Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma: Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9402
  Gregory Cairncross, Brian Berkey, Edward Shaw, Robert Jenkins, Bernd Scheithauer, David Brachman, Jan Buckner, Karen Fink, Luis Souhami, Normand Laperierre, Minesh Mehta, and Walter Curran
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2707–2714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Adjuvant Procarbazine, Lomustine, and Vincristine Improves Progression-Free Survival but Not Overall Survival in Newly Diagnosed Anaplastic Oligodendrogliomas and Oligoastrocytomas: A Randomized European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Phase III Trial
  Martin J. van den Bent, Antoine F. Carpentier, Alba A. Brandes, Marc Sanson, Martin J.B. Taphoorn, Hans J.J.A. Bernsen, Marc Frenay, Cees C. Tijssen, Wolfgang Grisold, Laslo Sipos, Hanny Haaxma-Reiche, Johannes M. Kros, Mathilde C.M. van Kouwenhoven, Charles J. Vecht, Anouk Allgeier, Denis Lacombe, and Thierry Gorlia
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2715–2722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]  

Genitourinary Cancer Back

Celecoxib Versus Placebo for Men With Prostate Cancer and a Rising Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen After Radical Prostatectomy and/or Radiation Therapy
  Matthew R. Smith, Judith Manola, Donald S. Kaufman, William K. Oh, Glenn J. Bubley, and Philip W. Kantoff
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2723–2728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Phase II Trial of Intravesical Gemcitabine in Bacille Calmette-Guérin–Refractory Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder
  Guido Dalbagni, Paul Russo, Bernard Bochner, Leah Ben-Porat, Joel Sheinfeld, Pramod Sogani, Machelle S. Donat, Harry W. Herr, and Dean Bajorin
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2729–2734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Detection of Occult Lymph Node Metastases in Locally Advanced Node-Negative Prostate Cancer
  Vincenzo Pagliarulo, Debra Hawes, Frank H. Brands, Susan Groshen, Jie Cai, John P. Stein, Gary Lieskovsky, Donald G. Skinner, and Richard J. Cote
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2735–2742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Breast Cancer Back

Complete Excision of Primary Breast Tumor Improves Survival of Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer at Diagnosis
  Elisabetta Rapiti, Helena M. Verkooijen, Georges Vlastos, Gerald Fioretta, Isabelle Neyroud-Caspar, André Pascal Sappino, Pierre O. Chappuis, and Christine Bouchardy
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2743–2749. First published on May 15 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Russian PDF]  
Use and Outcomes of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Women With Breast Cancer
  Sharon H. Giordano, Zhigang Duan, Yong-Fang Kuo, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, and James S. Goodwin
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2750–2756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival in Older Women With Hormone Receptor–Negative Breast Cancer: Assessing Outcome in a Population-Based, Observational Cohort
  Elena B. Elkin, Arti Hurria, Nandita Mitra, Deborah Schrag, and Katherine S. Panageas
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2757–2764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Randomized Controlled Trial of Weight Training and Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Survivors
  Rehana L. Ahmed, William Thomas, Douglas Yee, and Kathryn H. Schmitz
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2765–2772. First published on May 15 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.6749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]  
Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin and Trastuzumab in HER-2 Overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Multicenter Phase II Trial
  Stephen Chia, Mark Clemons, Lee-Ann Martin, Angela Rodgers, Karen Gelmon, Gregory R. Pond, and Lawrence Panasci
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2773–2778. First published on May 8 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.8331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Stroke Rates and Risk Factors in Patients Treated With Radiation Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
  Reshma Jagsi, Kent A. Griffith, Todd Koelling, Rachel Roberts, and Lori J. Pierce
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2779–2785. First published on May 15 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.0014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Randomized Phase III Study of Trastuzumab, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin Compared With Trastuzumab and Paclitaxel in Women With HER-2–Overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer
  Nicholas Robert, Brian Leyland-Jones, Lina Asmar, Robert Belt, Des Ilegbodu, David Loesch, Robert Raju, Elizabeth Valentine, Robert Sayre, Melody Cobleigh, Kathy Albain, Cecelia McCullough, Lea Fuchs, and Dennis Slamon
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2786–2792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Quantitative Fluoroestradiol Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Predicts Response to Endocrine Treatment in Breast Cancer
  Hannah M. Linden, Svetlana A. Stekhova, Jeanne M. Link, Julie R. Gralow, Robert B. Livingston, Georgiana K. Ellis, Philip H. Petra, Lanell M. Peterson, Erin K. Schubert, Lisa K. Dunnwald, Kenneth A. Krohn, and David A. Mankoff
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2793–2799. First published on May 8 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.3810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]  

Lung Cancer Back

Phase III Study Comparing Oral Topotecan to Intravenous Docetaxel in Patients With Pretreated Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
  Rodryg Ramlau, Radj Gervais, Maciej Krzakowski, Joachim von Pawel, Eckhard Kaukel, Raymond P. Abratt, Bernie Dharan, Kelly M. Grotzinger, Graham Ross, Graham Dane, and Frances A. Shepherd
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2800–2807. First published on May 8 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.6491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
The "Big Dog" Effect: Variability Assessing the Causes of Error in Diagnoses of Patients With Lung Cancer
  Stephen S. Raab, Frederick A. Meier, Richard J. Zarbo, D. Chris Jensen, Kim R. Geisinger, Christine N. Booth, Uma Krishnamurti, Chad H. Stone, Janine E. Janosky, and Dana M. Grzybicki
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2808–2814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Supportive Care And Quality Of Life Back

Sexual Problems in Younger Women After Breast Cancer Surgery
  Stephanie R. Burwell, L. Douglas Case, Carolyn Kaelin, and Nancy E. Avis
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2815–2821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Prospective Changes in Quality of Life After Ductal Carcinoma-in-Situ: Results From the Nurses' Health Study
  Larissa Nekhlyudov, Candyce H. Kroenke, Inkyung Jung, Michelle D. Holmes, and Graham A. Colditz
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2822–2827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Quality of Life and Pain in Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer: Results of a Southwest Oncology Group Randomized Trial Comparing Docetaxel and Estramustine to Mitoxantrone and Prednisone
  Donna L. Berry, Carol M. Moinpour, Caroline S. Jiang, Donna Pauler Ankerst, Daniel P. Petrylak, Lynne V. Vinson, Primo N. Lara, Sharon Jones, Mary E. Taplin, Patrick A. Burch, Maha H.A. Hussain, and E. David Crawford
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2828–2835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Phase III Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of Black Cohosh in the Management of Hot Flashes: NCCTG Trial N01CC1
  Barbara A. Pockaj, James G. Gallagher, Charles L. Loprinzi, Philip J. Stella, Debra L. Barton, Jeff A. Sloan, Beth I. Lavasseur, Radha M. Rao, Tom R. Fitch, Kendrith M. Rowland, Paul J. Novotny, Patrick J. Flynn, Elliott Richelson, and Abdul H. Fauq
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2836–2841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Supportive Care and Quality of Life Back

End-of-Life Decisions Among Cancer Patients Compared With Noncancer Patients in Flanders, Belgium
  Lieve Van den Block, Johan Bilsen, Reginald Deschepper, Greta Van Der Kelen, Jan L. Bernheim, and Luc Deliens
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2842–2848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melanoma Back

Prospective Multi-Institutional Study of Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction for Molecular Staging of Melanoma
  Charles R. Scoggins, Merrick I. Ross, Douglas S. Reintgen, R. Dirk Noyes, James S. Goydos, Peter D. Beitsch, Marshall M. Urist, Stephan Ariyan, B. Scott Davidson, Jeffrey J. Sussman, Michael J. Edwards, Robert C.G. Martin, Angela M. Lewis, Arnold J. Stromberg, Andrew J. Conrad, Lee Hagendoorn, Jeffrey Albrecht, and Kelly M. McMasters
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2849–2857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Utility of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Staging Before Completion Lymphadenectomy in Patients With Sentinel Lymph Node–Positive Melanoma
  Thomas A. Aloia, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Robert H. Andtbacka, Marcella M. Johnson, Christopher W. Schacherer, Chaan S. Ng, Janice N. Cormier, Jeffrey E. Lee, Merrick I. Ross, and Paul F. Mansfield
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2858–2865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Head and Neck Cancer Back

Phase I/II Study of Cetuximab in Combination With Cisplatin or Carboplatin and Fluorouracil in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
  Jean Bourhis, Fernando Rivera, Ricard Mesia, Ahmad Awada, Lionel Geoffrois, Christian Borel, Yves Humblet, Antonio Lopez-Pousa, Ricardo Hitt, M. Eugenia Vega Villegas, Lionel Duck, Dominique Rosine, Nadia Amellal, Armin Schueler, and Andreas Harstrick
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2866–2872. First published on May 22 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.3547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Phase III Randomized Trial of Very Accelerated Radiation Therapy Compared With Conventional Radiation Therapy in Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer: A GORTEC Trial
  Jean Bourhis, Michel Lapeyre, Jacques Tortochaux, Michel Rives, Mehdi Aghili, Sylvain Bourdin, François Lesaunier, Toufik Benassi, Claire Lemanski, Lionel Geoffrois, Antoine Lusinchi, Pierre Verrelle, Etienne Bardet, Morbize Julieron, Pierre Wibault, Monique Luboinski, and Ellen Benhamou
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2873–2878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Oncology Back

Intensified Platinum Therapy Is an Ineffective Strategy for Improving Outcome in Pediatric Patients With Advanced Hepatoblastoma
  Marcio H. Malogolowkin, Howard Katzenstein, Mark D. Krailo, Zhengjia Chen, Laura Bowman, Marleta Reynolds, Milton Finegold, Brian Greffe, Jon Rowland, Kurt Newman, Richard B. Womer, Wendy B. London, and Robert P. Castleberry
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2879–2884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
FCGR2A Polymorphism Is Correlated With Clinical Outcome After Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma With Anti-GD2 Antibody and Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
  Nai-Kong V. Cheung, Rebecca Sowers, Andrew J. Vickers, Irene Y. Cheung, Brian H. Kushner, and Richard Gorlick
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2885–2890. First published on May 8 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.6011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treated With Tandem Autologous Peripheral-Blood Stem Cell–Supported Transplantation: Long-Term Survival Update
  Rani E. George, Shuli Li, Cheryl Medeiros-Nancarrow, Donna Neuberg, Karen Marcus, Robert C. Shamberger, Michael Pulsipher, Stephan A. Grupp, and Lisa Diller
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2891–2896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gastrointestinal Cancer Back

Perioperative CA19-9 Levels Can Predict Stage and Survival in Patients With Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  Cristina R. Ferrone, Dianne M. Finkelstein, Sarah P. Thayer, Alona Muzikansky, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, and Andrew L. Warshaw
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2897–2902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Aggregate Data
  Anna D. Wagner, Wilfried Grothe, Johannes Haerting, Gerhard Kleber, Axel Grothey, and Wolfgang E. Fleig
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2903–2909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
REVIEW ARTICLE Back
Prognostic Value of Nodal Ratios in Node-Positive Breast Cancer
  Wendy A. Woodward, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Naoto T. Ueno, Yee Chung Cheng, Melanie Royce, Patricia Tai, Georges Vlastos, Anne Marie Wallace, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, and Yago Nieto
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2910–2916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
ASCO SPECIAL ARTICLES Back
American Society of Clinical Oncology Recommendations on Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients
  Stephanie J. Lee, Leslie R. Schover, Ann H. Partridge, Pasquale Patrizio, W. Hamish Wallace, Karen Hagerty, Lindsay N. Beck, Lawrence V. Brennan, and Kutluk Oktay
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2917–2931. First published on May 1 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.5888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note] [Journal of Oncology Practice Summary]  
American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline for Antiemetics in Oncology: Update 2006
  Mark G. Kris, Paul J. Hesketh, Mark R. Somerfield, Petra Feyer, Rebecca Clark-Snow, James M. Koeller, Gary R. Morrow, Lawrence W. Chinnery, Maurice J. Chesney, Richard J. Gralla, and Steven M. Grunberg
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2932–2947. First published on May 22 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.9591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note] [Journal of Oncology Practice Summary]  
 
SPECIAL ARTICLE Back
The Role of Prevention in Oncology Practice: Results From a 2004 Survey of American Society of Clinical Oncology Members
  Patricia A. Ganz, Lorna Kwan, Mark R. Somerfield, David Alberts, Judy E. Garber, Kenneth Offit, and Scott M. Lippman
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2948–2957. First published on May 15 2006; 10.1200/JCO.2006.05.8321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY Back
Treatment of Bicalutamide-Induced Gynecomastia With Breast-Reduction Surgery in Prostate Cancer
Mari Nakabayashi, Richard A. Bartlett, and William K. Oh
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2958–2959. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Fluorouracil Infusion
Jack I. Lu, Robert L. Carhart, Stephen L. Graziano, and Ajeet Gajra
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2959–2960. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thymoma Associated With Keratoconjunctivitis, Lichen Planus, Hypogammaglobinemia, and Absent Circulating B Cells
Charmaine Hon, Wing-Hung Chui, Lik-Cheung Cheng, Tony W. Shek, Brian M. Jones, and Wing Y. Au
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2960–2961. [Full Text] [PDF]  
Small Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx in a Long-Term Survivor of Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Kyoichi Kaira, Tamotsu Ishizuka, Naondo Sohara, Noriko Yanagitani, Noriaki Sunaga, Takafumi Tsuchiya, and Masatomo Mori
JCO Jun 20 2006: 2961–2963. [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
CORRESPONDENCE Back
  How Early Is Early: Androgen Deprivation for Prostate-Specific Antigen Relapse in Prostate Cancer
  Gillian M. Duchesne, Rodney Syme, and Deborah Howell
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2964. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  In Reply
  Charles J. Ryan
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2965. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  Research Supports the View that Sentinel Node Biopsy Is the Standard of Care in High-Risk Primary Melanoma
  Lutz Kretschmer and Reinhard Hilgers
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2965–2966. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  In Reply
  Joseph Meirion Thomas
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2966–2967. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  Thalidomide and Dexamethasone for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Is This Really the Standard of Care?
  Chadi Nabhan and Jacob D. Bitran
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2967–2968. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  In Reply
  Kenneth C. Anderson and Paul G. Richardson
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2968–2969. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  Communicating BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Test Results
  Dorothea Gadzicki, Luzie U. Wingen, Birgitta Teige, Denise Horn, Kristin Bosse, Friedmar Kreuz, Timm Goecke, Dieter Schäfer, Theda Voigtländer, Barbara Fischer, Ursula Froster, Brigitte Welling, Irmgard Debatin, Bernard H. F. Weber, Ines Schönbuchner, Irmgard Nippert, and Brigitte Schlegelberger
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2969–2970. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  In Reply
  Andrea Farkas Patenaude, Michel Dorval, Lisa Digianni, Katherine A. Schneider, Anu Chittenden, and Judy E. Garber
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2970–2971. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  Carboplatin for Stage I Seminoma
  Timothy Gilligan, William K. Oh, and Philip W. Kantoff
  JCO Jun 20 2006: 2971–2972. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  Non–Islet-Cell Tumor Induced Hypoglycemia in Patients With Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Possibly Worsened By Imatinib
Electronic article Paul Hamberg, Floris A. de Jong, Joke G. Boonstra, Jaap van Doorn, Jaap Verweij, and Stefan Sleijfer
  JCO Jun 20 2006: e30–e31. [Full Text] [PDF]  
  In Reply
Electronic article Patrick J. Loehrer and George J. Bosl
  JCO Jun 20 2006: e32–e33. [Full Text] [PDF]  
 
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