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Contents:	Volume 27, Issue 13 May 1, 2009

	EDITORIALS
	ORIGINAL REPORTS
	Genitourinary Cancer
	Breast Cancer
	Lymphoma and Myeloma
	Melanoma
	Sarcomas
	Epidemiology
	Ethics
	Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Statistical Analysis
	Thoracic Oncology
	Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology
	REVIEW ARTICLE
	BIOLOGY OF NEOPLASIA
	ART OF ONCOLOGY
	DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY
	CORRESPONDENCE
	ERRATA

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                                      EDITORIALS

Efficacy Does Not Necessarily Translate to Cost Effectiveness: A Case Study in the Challenges Associated With 21st-Century Cancer Drug Pricing Bruce E. Hillner and Thomas J. Smith JCO May 2009: 2111–2113. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.0534. [Full Text] [PDF]

Vox Populi: Using Community-Based Studies to Determine Best Management of Early-Stage Nonseminoma Craig R. Nichols and Christian Kollmannsberger JCO May 2009: 2114–2116. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1524. [Full Text] [PDF]

Vitamin D in Cancer Patients: Above All, Do No Harm Pamela J. Goodwin JCO May 2009: 2117–2119. First published on Apr 6 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8629. [Full Text] [PDF]

Disparities in Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Moving Beyond Yes or No Michael J. Hassett and Jennifer J. Griggs JCO May 2009: 2120–2121. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1532. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      ORIGINAL REPORTS
Genitourinary Cancer

Risk-Adapted Treatment in Clinical Stage I Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Testicular Cancer: The SWENOTECA Management Program Torgrim Tandstad, Olav Dahl, Gabriella Cohn-Cedermark, Eva Cavallin-Stahl, Ulrika Stierner, Arne Solberg, Carl Langberg, Roy M. Bremnes, Anna Laurell, Hans Wijkstrøm, and Olbjørn Klepp JCO May 2009: 2122–2128. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.8953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Microsatellite Instability, Mismatch Repair Deficiency, and BRAF Mutation in Treatment-Resistant Germ Cell Tumors Friedemann Honecker, Hendrik Wermann, Frank Mayer, Ad J.M. Gillis, Hans Stoop, Ruud J.L.M. van Gurp, Karin Oechsle, Ewout Steyerberg, Jörg Th. Hartmann, Winand N.M. Dinjens, J. Wolter Oosterhuis, Carsten Bokemeyer, and Leendert H.J. Looijenga JCO May 2009: 2129–2136. First published on Mar 16 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.8623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Impact of the Duration of Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Treated With Radiotherapy: A Secondary Analysis of RTOG 85-31 Luis Souhami, Kyounghwa Bae, Miljenko Pilepich, and Howard Sandler JCO May 2009: 2137–2143. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.4052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Prospective Study of Factors Predicting Adherence to Medical Advice in Men With Testicular Cancer Clare Moynihan, Andy R. Norman, Yolanda Barbachano, Louise Burchell, Robert Huddart, David P. Dearnaley, and Alan Horwich JCO May 2009: 2144–2150. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.1901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Cancer

High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Despite Supplementation in Premenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy Katherine D. Crew, Elizabeth Shane, Serge Cremers, Donald J. McMahon, Dinaz Irani, and Dawn L. Hershman JCO May 2009: 2151–2156. First published on Apr 6 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.6162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Treatment Quality and Outcomes of African American Versus White Breast Cancer Patients: Retrospective Analysis of Southwest Oncology Studies S8814/S8897 Dawn L. Hershman, Joseph M. Unger, William E. Barlow, Laura F. Hutchins, Silvana Martino, C. Kent Osborne, Robert B. Livingston, and Kathy S. Albain JCO May 2009: 2157–2162. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Phase II Studies of Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Heavily and Minimally Pretreated Metastatic Breast Cancer Helen K. Chew, James H. Doroshow, Paul Frankel, Kim A. Margolin, George Somlo, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Michael Gordon, Wu Zhang, Dongyun Yang, Christy Russell, Darcy Spicer, Tim Synold, Robert Bayer, Alexander Hantel, Patrick J. Stiff, Merry L. Tetef, David R. Gandara, and Kathy S. Albain JCO May 2009: 2163–2169. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.4839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Complications and Outcomes of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Patients With Breast Cancer Tomasz P. Srokowski, Shenying Fang, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, and Sharon H. Giordano JCO May 2009: 2170–2176. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.5935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cytokeratin-19 mRNA-Positive Circulating Tumor Cells After Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Early Breast Cancer Nikolaos Xenidis, Michail Ignatiadis, Stella Apostolaki, Maria Perraki, Kostas Kalbakis, Sofia Agelaki, Efstathios N. Stathopoulos, Grigorios Chlouverakis, Evi Lianidou, Stylianos Kakolyris, Vassilis Georgoulias, and Dimitris Mavroudis JCO May 2009: 2177–2184. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.0497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cost Effectiveness of Ixabepilone Plus Capecitabine for Metastatic Breast Cancer Progressing After Anthracycline and Taxane Treatment Shelby D. Reed, Yanhong Li, Kevin J. Anstrom, and Kevin A. Schulman JCO May 2009: 2185–2191. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.6352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lymphoma and Myeloma

Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation in Patients With HIV-Related Lymphoma Pascual Balsalobre, José L. Díez-Martín, Alessandro Re, Mariagrazia Michieli, José M. Ribera, Carmen Canals, Anne Rosselet, Eulogio Conde, Rosario Varela, Kate Cwynarski, Ian Gabriel, Philippe Genet, Gaelle Guillerm, Bernardino Allione, Augustin Ferrant, Pierre Biron, Ildefonso Espigado, David Serrano, and Anna Sureda JCO May 2009: 2192–2198. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.2683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]

Melanoma

Serum Amyloid A As a Prognostic Marker in Melanoma Identified by Proteomic Profiling Peter Findeisen, Marc Zapatka, Teresa Peccerella, Heike Matzk, Michael Neumaier, Dirk Schadendorf, and Selma Ugurel JCO May 2009: 2199–2208. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.0554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sarcomas

Overcoming Resistance to Conventional Drugs in Ewing Sarcoma and Identification of Molecular Predictors of Outcome Katia Scotlandi, Daniel Remondini, Gastone Castellani, Maria Cristina Manara, Filippo Nardi, Lara Cantiani, Mirko Francesconi, Mario Mercuri, Anna Maria Caccuri, Massimo Serra, Sakari Knuutila, and Piero Picci JCO May 2009: 2209–2216. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.2542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplements]

Epidemiology

Baseline C-Reactive Protein Is Associated With Incident Cancer and Survival in Patients With Cancer Kristine H. Allin, Stig E. Bojesen, and Børge G. Nordestgaard JCO May 2009: 2217–2224. First published on Mar 16 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.8440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ethics

Patient Involvement in Decisions to Limit Treatment: The Crucial Role of Agreement Between Physician and Patient Eva C. Winkler, Stella Reiter-Theil, Dorothee Lange-Rieß, Nina Schmahl-Menges, and Wolfgang Hiddemann JCO May 2009: 2225–2230. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.9515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Czech PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Phase III Trial of Bevacizumab in Combination With Gemcitabine and Erlotinib in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Eric Van Cutsem, Walter L. Vervenne, Jaafar Bennouna, Yves Humblet, Sharlene Gill, Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Chris Verslype, Werner Scheithauer, Aijing Shang, Jan Cosaert, and Malcolm J. Moore JCO May 2009: 2231–2237. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.0238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Implications of Familial Colorectal Cancer Risk Profiles and Microsatellite Instability Status Steven J. Lubbe, Emily L. Webb, Ian P. Chandler, and Richard S. Houlston JCO May 2009: 2238–2244. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.3364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Statistical Analysis

Interpreting Trial Results in Light of Conflicting Evidence: A Bayesian Analysis of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Rebecca A. Miksad, Mithat Gönen, Thomas J. Lynch, and Thomas G. Roberts, Jr JCO May 2009: 2245–2252. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.2586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Thoracic Oncology

Randomized Phase II Study of Gefitinib Compared With Placebo in Chemotherapy-Naive Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Poor Performance Status Glenwood Goss, David Ferry, Rafal Wierzbicki, Scott A. Laurie, Joyce Thompson, Bonne Biesma, Fred R. Hirsch, Marileila Varella-Garcia, Emma Duffield, Ozlem U. Ataman, Marc Zarenda, and Alison A. Armour JCO May 2009: 2253–2260. First published on Mar 16 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.4408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology

Identification of a Predictive Biomarker for Hematologic Toxicities of Gemcitabine Junichi Matsubara, Masaya Ono, Ayako Negishi, Hideki Ueno, Takuji Okusaka, Junji Furuse, Koh Furuta, Emiko Sugiyama, Yoshiro Saito, Nahoko Kaniwa, Junichi Sawada, Kazufumi Honda, Tomohiro Sakuma, Tsutomu Chiba, Nagahiro Saijo, Setsuo Hirohashi, and Tesshi Yamada JCO May 2009: 2261–2268. First published on Mar 16 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.9745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      REVIEW ARTICLE

Chemoradiotherapy in the Management of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Qualitative Systematic Review Florence Huguet, Nicolas Girard, Clotilde Séblain-El Guerche, Christophe Hennequin, Françoise Mornex, and David Azria JCO May 2009: 2269–2277. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.7921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      BIOLOGY OF NEOPLASIA

Targeting the mTOR Signaling Network for Cancer Therapy Funda Meric-Bernstam and Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo JCO May 2009: 2278–2287. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.0766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [French PDF]

                                      ART OF ONCOLOGY

Every Cancer Patient Needs Radiation Therapy! Benjamin W. Corn JCO May 2009: 2288–2289. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6762. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Neurocutaneous Melanosis: A Fatal Disease in Early Childhood Elisabeth Livingstone, Alexander Claviez, Dietmar Spengler, Harald Barth, Andreas M. Stark, Heinz-Hermann Hugo, and Axel Hauschild JCO May 2009: 2290–2291. First published on Apr 6 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.4388. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      CORRESPONDENCE

Comprehensive Screening for Lynch Syndrome: Who Can Be the Driving Force in Daily Clinical Practice? Stephan Jahn, Michael B. Minai-Pour, Michael R. Speicher, Angelika Reiner-Concin, and Gerald Hoefler JCO May 2009: 2292. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.0731. [Full Text] [PDF]

Does Bortezomib Induce De Facto Varicella Zoster Virus Reactivation in Patients With Multiple Myeloma? Constantin A. Dasanu and Doru T. Alexandrescu JCO May 2009: 2293–2294. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.0138. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to C.A. Dasanu et al Asher A. Chanan-Khan, Pieter Sonneveld, Jean-Luc Harousseau, and Paul G. Richardson JCO May 2009: 2294–2296. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.0567. [Full Text] [PDF]

Prophylactic Intravenous Immunoglobulin Does Not Have a Role in Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation: Is the Evidence Clear? Nishitha Reddy, Stacey Goodman, and Bipin N. Savani JCO May 2009: 2296–2297. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.0897. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to N. Reddy et al Pia Raanani, Anat Gafter-Gvili, Mical Paul, Isaac Ben-Bassat, Leonard Leibovici, and Ofer Shpilberg JCO May 2009: 2297–2298. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.2158. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cancer During Pregnancy: The Time Has Come for a Prospective Program Philippe Morice, Catherine Uzan, Sebastien Gouy, Patrica Pautier, Catherine Lhommé, Pierre Duvillard, and Christine Haie-Meder JCO May 2009: 2298. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6192. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to P. Morice et al Hanne Stensheim, Bjørn Møller, Tini van Dijk, and Sophie D. Fosså JCO May 2009: 2299. First published on Mar 23 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.21.8255. [Full Text] [PDF]

CALGB 9633: An Underpowered Trial With a Methodologically Questionable Conclusion Artur Katz and Everardo D. Saad JCO May 2009: 2300–2301. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1565. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to A. Katz et al Gary M. Strauss, James E. Herndon, II, Michael A. Maddaus, Richard L. Schilsky, Everett E. Vokes, and Mark R. Green JCO May 2009: 2301–2302. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.2126. [Full Text] [PDF]

CSF Antithrombin III and Disruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier Henrik Zetterberg, Ulf Andreasson, and Kaj Blennow JCO May 2009: 2302–2303. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.8598. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to H. Zetterberg et al James L. Rubenstein, Lingjing Chen, Cigall Kadoch, Sushmita Roy, Chris Becker, and Howard Schulman JCO May 2009: 2303–2304. First published on Mar 30 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.0006. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      ERRATA

ERRATA JCO May 2009: 2305. [Full Text] [PDF]

ERRATA JCO May 2009: 2305. [Full Text] [PDF]

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