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Contents:	Volume 27, Issue 24 August 20, 2009

	EDITORIALS
	ORIGINAL REPORTS
	Breast Cancer
	Genitourinary Cancer
	Clinical Trials
	Health Services and Outcomes
	Lymphoma and Myeloma
	Palliative and Supportive Care
	Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation
	Pediatric Oncology
	ASCO SPECIAL ARTICLE
	SPECIAL ARTICLE
	STATISTICS IN ONCOLOGY
	DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY
	CORRESPONDENCE

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                                      EDITORIALS

Are HER2 and TOP2A Useful As Prognostic or Predictive Biomarkers for Anthracycline-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer? Kathleen I. Pritchard JCO Aug 2009: 3875–3876. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.8361. [Full Text] [PDF]

Improving the Utility of Quality-of-Life Data From Men With Prostate Cancer Mark S. Litwin JCO Aug 2009: 3877–3878. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.0491. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cancer Research and Privacy: The Problem With Being Joined at the Hip Sandra J. Horning JCO Aug 2009: 3879–3880. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.6695. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      ORIGINAL REPORTS
Breast Cancer

Outcome of Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treated With Doxorubicin-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy As a Function of HER2 and TOP2A Status Raymond Tubbs, William E. Barlow, G. Thomas Budd, Eric Swain, Peggy Porter, Allen Gown, I-Ten Yeh, George Sledge, Charles Shapiro, James Ingle, Charles Haskell, Kathy S. Albain, Robert Livingston, and Daniel F. Hayes JCO Aug 2009: 3881–3886. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.1566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lung Dose-Volume Parameters and the Risk of Pneumonitis for Patients Treated With Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation Using Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy Abram Recht, Marek Ancukiewicz, Mohamed A. Alm El-Din, Xing-Qi Lu, Chrystalla Martin, Stuart M. Berman, Ariel E. Hirsch, Lisa A. Kachnic, Angela Katz, Shannon MacDonald, Elena A. Nedea, Mary Ann Stevenson, Simon N. Powell, and Alphonse G. Taghian JCO Aug 2009: 3887–3893. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.0121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Detecting BRCA2 Protein Truncation in Tissue Biopsies to Identify Breast Cancers That Arise in BRCA2 Gene Mutation Carriers Patrice Watson, Rita Lieberman, Carrie Snyder, Vanessa J. Clark, Henry T. Lynch, and Jeffrey T. Holt JCO Aug 2009: 3894–3900. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.5211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Radiation Dose and Breast Cancer Risk in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Peter D. Inskip, Leslie L. Robison, Marilyn Stovall, Susan A. Smith, Sue Hammond, Ann C. Mertens, John A. Whitton, Lisa Diller, Lisa Kenney, Sarah S. Donaldson, Anna T. Meadows, and Joseph P. Neglia JCO Aug 2009: 3901–3907. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.7738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2), and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression and Benefit From Lapatinib in a Randomized Trial of Paclitaxel With Lapatinib or Placebo As First-Line Treatment in HER2-Negative or Unknown Metastatic Breast Cancer Richard S. Finn, Michael F. Press, Judy Dering, Michael Arbushites, Maria Koehler, Cristina Oliva, Lisa S. Williams, and Angelo Di Leo JCO Aug 2009: 3908–3915. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.1925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer

Individualizing Quality-of-Life Outcomes Reporting: How Localized Prostate Cancer Treatments Affect Patients With Different Levels of Baseline Urinary, Bowel, and Sexual Function Ronald C. Chen, Jack A. Clark, and James A. Talcott JCO Aug 2009: 3916–3922. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.6486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Risk of Death From Prostate Cancer After Brachytherapy Alone or With Radiation, Androgen Suppression Therapy, or Both in Men With High-Risk Disease Anthony V. D'Amico, Brian J. Moran, Michelle H. Braccioforte, Daniel Dosoretz, Sharon Salenius, Michael Katin, Rudi Ross, and Ming-Hui Chen JCO Aug 2009: 3923–3928. First published on Jul 13 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.3992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Generation of a Concise Gene Panel for Outcome Prediction in Urinary Bladder Cancer Anirban P. Mitra, Vincenzo Pagliarulo, Dongyun Yang, Frederic M. Waldman, Ram H. Datar, Donald G. Skinner, Susan Groshen, and Richard J. Cote JCO Aug 2009: 3929–3937. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.5744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplements]

Clinical Trials

Presentation of Nonfinal Results of Randomized Controlled Trials at Major Oncology Meetings Christopher M. Booth, Aurélie Le Maître, Keyue Ding, Kristen Farn, Michael Fralick, Cameron Phillips, David W. Cescon, and Ralph M. Meyer JCO Aug 2009: 3938–3944. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.8771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Health Services and Outcomes

Hospital Factors and Racial Disparities in Mortality After Surgery for Breast and Colon Cancer Tara M. Breslin, Arden M. Morris, Niya Gu, Sandra L. Wong, Emily V. Finlayson, Mousumi Banerjee, and John D. Birkmeyer JCO Aug 2009: 3945–3950. First published on May 26 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lymphoma and Myeloma

Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Is Able to Induce Long-Term Remissions in Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma: A Retrospective Study From the Lymphoma Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Charalampia Kyriakou, Carmen Canals, Jürgen Finke, Guido Kobbe, Jean-Luc Harousseau, Hans-Jochem Kolb, Nicolas Novitzky, Anthony H. Goldstone, Anna Sureda, and Norbert Schmitz JCO Aug 2009: 3951–3958. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.4628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]

Brief Report: Natural History of Individuals With Clinically Recognized Monoclonal B-Cell Lymphocytosis Compared With Patients With Rai 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Tait D. Shanafelt, Neil E. Kay, Kari G. Rabe, Timothy G. Call, Clive S. Zent, Kami Maddocks, Greg Jenkins, Diane F. Jelinek, William G. Morice, Justin Boysen, Susan Schwager, Deborah Bowen, Susan L. Slager, and Curtis A. Hanson JCO Aug 2009: 3959–3963. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.2704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Palliative and Supportive Care

Prevailing Ethical Dilemmas in Terminal Care for Patients With Cancer in Taiwan Tai-Yuan Chiu, Wen-Yu Hu, Hsien-Liang Huang, Chien-An Yao, and Ching-Yu Chen JCO Aug 2009: 3964–3968. First published on May 26 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.4643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Absence of Progression As Assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Predicts Survival in Advanced GI Stromal Tumors Treated With Imatinib Mesylate: The Intergroup EORTC-ISG-AGITG Phase III Trial Axel Le Cesne, Martine Van Glabbeke, Jaap Verweij, Paolo G. Casali, Michael Findlay, Peter Reichardt, Rolf Issels, Ian Judson, Patrick Schoffski, Serge Leyvraz, Binh Bui, Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn, Raf Sciot, and Jean-Yves Blay JCO Aug 2009: 3969–3974. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.3330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Implications of the Colorectal Cancer Risk Associated With MUTYH Mutation Steven J. Lubbe, Maria Chiara Di Bernardo, Ian P. Chandler, and Richard S. Houlston JCO Aug 2009: 3975–3980. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Colorectal Cancer Risk Perception on the Basis of Genetic Test Results in Individuals at Risk for Lynch Syndrome Shilpa Grover, Elena M. Stoffel, Rowena C. Mercado, Beth M. Ford, Wendy K. Kohlman, Kristen M. Shannon, Peggy G. Conrad, Amie M. Blanco, Jonathan P. Terdiman, Stephen B. Gruber, Daniel C. Chung, and Sapna Syngal JCO Aug 2009: 3981–3986. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.6940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Higher Incidence of Relapse With Peripheral Blood Rather Than Marrow As a Source of Stem Cells in Adults With Acute Myelocytic Leukemia Autografted During the First Remission Norbert-Claude Gorin, Myriam Labopin, Didier Blaise, Josy Reiffers, Giovanna Meloni, Mauricette Michallet, Theo de Witte, Michel Attal, Bernard Rio, Francois Witz, Loic Fouillard, Roel Willemze, and Vanderson Rocha JCO Aug 2009: 3987–3993. First published on Jul 13 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.1400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Subcutaneous Alemtuzumab in Fludarabine-Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Clinical Results and Prognostic Marker Analyses From the CLL2H Study of the German Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Study Group Stephan Stilgenbauer, Thorsten Zenz, Dirk Winkler, Andreas Bühler, Richard F. Schlenk, Silja Groner, Raymonde Busch, Manfred Hensel, Ulrich Dührsen, Jürgen Finke, Peter Dreger, Ulrich Jäger, Eva Lengfelder, Karin Hohloch, Ulrike Söling, Rudolf Schlag, Michael Kneba, Michael Hallek, and Hartmut Döhner JCO Aug 2009: 3994–4001. First published on Jul 13 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Novel TET2 Mutations Associated With UPD4q24 in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Azim M. Mohamedali, Alexander E. Smith, Joop Gaken, Nicholas C. Lea, Syed A. Mian, Nigel B. Westwood, Corinna Strupp, Norbert Gattermann, Ulrich Germing, and Ghulam J. Mufti JCO Aug 2009: 4002–4006. First published on Jun 15 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.6985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology

Risk-Stratified Therapy and the Intensive Use of Cytarabine Improves the Outcome in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The AML99 Trial From the Japanese Childhood AML Cooperative Study Group Ichiro Tsukimoto, Akio Tawa, Keizo Horibe, Ken Tabuchi, Hisato Kigasawa, Masahiro Tsuchida, Hiromasa Yabe, Hideki Nakayama, Kazuko Kudo, Ryoji Kobayashi, Kazuko Hamamoto, Masue Imaizumi, Akira Morimoto, Shigeru Tsuchiya, and Ryoji Hanada JCO Aug 2009: 4007–4013. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.7948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      ASCO SPECIAL ARTICLE

The Impact of the Privacy Rule on Cancer Research: Variations in Attitudes and Application of Regulatory Standards Elizabeth Goss, Michael P. Link, Suanna S. Bruinooge, Theodore S. Lawrence, Joel E. Tepper, Carolyn D. Runowicz, and Richard L. Schilsky JCO Aug 2009: 4014–4020. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.3289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      SPECIAL ARTICLE

Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Recent Progress and Current Priorities on Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Clinical Management The Rockville Merkel Cell Carcinoma Group JCO Aug 2009: 4021–4026. First published on Jul 13 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.6605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      STATISTICS IN ONCOLOGY

Clinical Trial Designs for Predictive Biomarker Validation: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Challenges Sumithra J. Mandrekar and Daniel J. Sargent JCO Aug 2009: 4027–4034. First published on Jul 13 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.3701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Malignant Melanoma Mimicking Acute Leukemia Ben Tran, Catherine Fong, Michael Tong, Patrick Hosking, Anthony P. Schwarer, and Phillip Parente JCO Aug 2009: e62–e64. First published on Jun 1 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.21.9956. [Full Text] [PDF]

Rapidly Progressive Coma in Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis From Undiagnosed Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Nicola Silvestris, Teresa Di Palma, Carla Rabitti, Maria Nicoletta Pericoli, Luisa Pisani, and Modesto D'Aprile JCO Aug 2009: e65–e66. First published on Jun 8 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6499. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      CORRESPONDENCE

Axillary Lymph Node Ratio Revisited Khaled M. Musallam, Faek R. Jamali, Hassan A. Hatoum, Muhieddine Seoud, Nagi S. El-Saghir, and Ali I. Shamseddine JCO Aug 2009: e67. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.0698. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to K.M. Musallam et al Vincent Vinh-Hung, Helena M. Verkooijen, Georges Vlastos, Gerald Fioretta, Isabelle Neyroud-Caspar, Elisabetta Rapiti, and Christine Bouchardy JCO Aug 2009: e68–e69. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.2421. [Full Text] [PDF]

Quality of Life in Patients Receiving High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b After Resected High-Risk Melanoma Peter Mohr, Axel Hauschild, Uwe Trefzer, and Michael Weichenthal JCO Aug 2009: e70. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.3874. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to P. Mohr et al Dimitrios Pectasides, Urania Dafni, and Helen Gogas JCO Aug 2009: e71. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.5333. [Full Text] [PDF]

Caution Regarding 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Monitoring in Women With Breast Cancer Rowan T. Chlebowski JCO Aug 2009: e72–e73. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.8576. [Full Text] [PDF]

Reply to R.T. Chlebowski Katherine Crew and Dawn Hershman JCO Aug 2009: e74. First published on Jul 20 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.8980. [Full Text] [PDF]

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