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Contents:	Volume 27, Issue 6 February 20, 2009

	EDITORIALS
	COMMENTS AND CONTROVERSIES
	ORIGINAL REPORTS
	Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Ethics
	AIDS-Related Cancer
	Clinical Practice
	Pediatric Onclology
	Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation
	Breast Cancer
	Melanoma
	Palliative and Supportive Care
	Gynecologic Cancer
	REVIEW ARTICLE
	SPECIAL ARTICLES
	DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY
	CORRESPONDENCE
	ERRATA

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                                      EDITORIALS

Testing Molecular Therapies in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Need for Randomized Phase II Trials Josep M. Llovet and Jordi Bruix JCO Feb 2009: 833–835. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.1973. [Full Text] [PDF]

Transition in Biology and Philosophy in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Joel E. Tepper and Bert O'Neil JCO Feb 2009: 836–837. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.5982. [Full Text] [PDF]

Sharing Study Results With Trial Participants: Time for Action Ann H. Partridge and Eric P. Winer JCO Feb 2009: 838–839. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.0865. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      COMMENTS AND CONTROVERSIES

Up-Front Use of Aromatase Inhibitors As Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: The Emperor Has No Clothes Bostjan Seruga and Ian F. Tannock JCO Feb 2009: 840–842. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.5594. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      ORIGINAL REPORTS
Gastrointestinal Cancer

Phase II Trial of the Combination of Bevacizumab and Erlotinib in Patients Who Have Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Melanie B. Thomas, Jeffrey S. Morris, Romil Chadha, Michiko Iwasaki, Harmeet Kaur, Elinor Lin, Ahmed Kaseb, Katrina Glover, Marta Davila, and James Abbruzzese JCO Feb 2009: 843–850. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.3301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Spanish PDF]

Phase III Comparison of Preoperative Chemotherapy Compared With Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction Michael Stahl, Martin K. Walz, Martin Stuschke, Nils Lehmann, Hans-Joachim Meyer, Jorge Riera-Knorrenschild, Peter Langer, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Michael Bitzer, Alfred Königsrainer, Wilfried Budach, and Hansjochen Wilke JCO Feb 2009: 851–856. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.0506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetic Variations in the PI3K/PTEN/AKT/mTOR Pathway Are Associated With Clinical Outcomes in Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated With Chemoradiotherapy Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, Hushan Yang, Mien-Chie Hung, Julie G. Izzo, Maosheng Huang, Jie Lin, Jaffer A. Ajani, and Xifeng Wu JCO Feb 2009: 857–871. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.6297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Evidence for Cure by Adjuvant Therapy in Colon Cancer: Observations Based on Individual Patient Data From 20,898 Patients on 18 Randomized Trials Daniel Sargent, Alberto Sobrero, Axel Grothey, Michael J. O'Connell, Marc Buyse, Thierry Andre, Yan Zheng, Erin Green, Roberto Labianca, Chris O'Callaghan, Jean Francois Seitz, Guido Francini, Daniel Haller, Greg Yothers, Richard Goldberg, and Aimery de Gramont JCO Feb 2009: 872–877. First published on Jan 5 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.5362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]

Ethics

Providing Research Results to Participants: Attitudes and Needs of Adolescents and Parents of Children With Cancer Conrad Vincent Fernandez, Jun Gao, Caron Strahlendorf, Albert Moghrabi, Rebecca Davis Pentz, Raymond Carlton Barfield, Justin Nathaniel Baker, Darcy Santor, Charles Weijer, and Eric Kodish JCO Feb 2009: 878–883. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.5223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

AIDS-Related Cancer

Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and the Incidence of Non–AIDS-Defining Cancers in People With HIV Infection Thomas Powles, David Robinson, Justin Stebbing, Jonathan Shamash, Mark Nelson, Brian Gazzard, Sundhiya Mandelia, Henrik Møller, and Mark Bower JCO Feb 2009: 884–890. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.6626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Spanish PDF]

Clinical Practice

Medication Errors Among Adults and Children With Cancer in the Outpatient Setting Kathleen E. Walsh, Katherine S. Dodd, Kala Seetharaman, Douglas W. Roblin, Lisa J. Herrinton, Ann Von Worley, G. Naheed Usmani, David Baer, and Jerry H. Gurwitz JCO Feb 2009: 891–896. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.6072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Onclology

Impact of the Methotrexate Administration Dose on the Need for Intrathecal Treatment in Children and Adolescents With Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Results of a Randomized Trial of the EICNHL Group Laurence Brugières, Marie-Cécile Le Deley, Angelo Rosolen, Denise Williams, Keizo Horibe, Grazyna Wrobel, Georg Mann, Jozsef Zsiros, Anne Uyttebroeck, Ildiko Marky, Laurence Lamant, and Alfred Reiter JCO Feb 2009: 897–903. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.1487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Other Malignancies in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou, Sijin Wen, Peter McLaughlin, Susan O'Brien, William G. Wierda, Susan Lerner, Sara Strom, Emil J Freireich, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Hagop M. Kantarjian, and Michael J. Keating JCO Feb 2009: 904–910. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.5398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Spanish PDF]

Pediatric-Inspired Therapy in Adults With Philadelphia Chromosome–Negative Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: The GRAALL-2003 Study Françoise Huguet, Thibaut Leguay, Emmanuel Raffoux, Xavier Thomas, Kheira Beldjord, Eric Delabesse, Patrice Chevallier, Agnes Buzyn, André Delannoy, Yves Chalandon, Jean-Paul Vernant, Marina Lafage-Pochitaloff, Agnès Chassevent, Véronique Lhéritier, Elizabeth Macintyre, Marie-Christine Béné, Norbert Ifrah, and Hervé Dombret JCO Feb 2009: 911–918. First published on Jan 5 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.6916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]

Breast Cancer

Dietary Patterns and Breast Cancer Recurrence and Survival Among Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Marilyn L. Kwan, Erin Weltzien, Lawrence H. Kushi, Adrienne Castillo, Martha L. Slattery, and Bette J. Caan JCO Feb 2009: 919–926. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.4035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Radiotherapy After Segmental Resection of Breast Cancer With Favorable Prognostic Features: 12-Year Follow-Up Results of a Randomized Trial Kaija Holli, Päivi Hietanen, Rauni Saaristo, Heini Huhtala, Matti Hakama, and Heikki Joensuu JCO Feb 2009: 927–932. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.7129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Delivery of Survivorship Care by Primary Care Physicians: The Perspective of Breast Cancer Patients Jun J. Mao, Marjorie A. Bowman, Carrie T. Stricker, Angela DeMichele, Linda Jacobs, Dingyun Chan, and Katrina Armstrong JCO Feb 2009: 933–938. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.0679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanoma

Randomized Phase III Study of 1 Month Versus 1 Year of Adjuvant High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b in Patients With Resected High-Risk Melanoma Dimitrios Pectasides, Urania Dafni, Dimitrios Bafaloukos, Dimosthenis Skarlos, Aristidis Polyzos, Dimosthenis Tsoutsos, Haralambos Kalofonos, George Fountzilas, Petros Panagiotou, George Kokkalis, Othon Papadopoulos, Ourania Castana, Stefanos Papadopoulos, Elias Stavrinidis, Georgia Vourli, John Ioannovich, and Helen Gogas JCO Feb 2009: 939–944. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.3121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Romanian PDF]

Prolonged Survival of Dendritic Cell–Vaccinated Melanoma Patients Correlates With Tumor-Specific Delayed Type IV Hypersensitivity Response and Reduction of Tumor Growth Factor β-Expressing T Cells Mercedes N. López, Cristian Pereda, Gabriela Segal, Leonel Muñoz, Raquel Aguilera, Fermín E. González, Alejandro Escobar, Alexandra Ginesta, Diego Reyes, Rodrigo González, Ariadna Mendoza-Naranjo, Milton Larrondo, Alvaro Compán, Carlos Ferrada, and Flavio Salazar-Onfray JCO Feb 2009: 945–952. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.0794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Palliative and Supportive Care

The Terrible Choice: Re-Evaluating Hospice Eligibility Criteria for Cancer David J. Casarett, Jessica M. Fishman, Hien L. Lu, Peter J. O'Dwyer, Frances K. Barg, Mary D. Naylor, and David A. Asch JCO Feb 2009: 953–959. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.8079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Adult Survivors of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Keith M. Bellizzi, Julia H. Rowland, Neeraj K. Arora, Ann S. Hamilton, Melissa Farmer Miller, and Noreen M. Aziz JCO Feb 2009: 960–966. First published on Jan 12 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.5026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gynecologic Cancer

Second Cancers After Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix Anil K. Chaturvedi, Ruth A. Kleinerman, Allan Hildesheim, Ethel S. Gilbert, Hans Storm, Charles F. Lynch, Per Hall, Froydis Langmark, Eero Pukkala, Magnus Kaijser, Michael Andersson, Sophie D. Fossa, Heikki Joensuu, Lois B. Travis, and Eric A. Engels JCO Feb 2009: 967–973. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.4549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Spanish PDF]

                                      REVIEW ARTICLE

Are Cancer-Related Decision Aids Effective? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Mary Ann O'Brien, Timothy J. Whelan, Miguel Villasis-Keever, Amiram Gafni, Cathy Charles, Robin Roberts, Susan Schiff, and Wenjie Cai JCO Feb 2009: 974–985. First published on Jan 5 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2007.16.0101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      SPECIAL ARTICLES

American Society of Clinical Oncology Policy Statement: The Role of the Oncologist in Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment Robin T. Zon, Elizabeth Goss, Victor G. Vogel, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Ismail Jatoi, Mark E. Robson, Dana S. Wollins, Judy E. Garber, Powel Brown, and Barnett S. Kramer JCO Feb 2009: 986–993. First published on Dec 15 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.3691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

False-Positive Diagnosis of Metastasis on Positron Emission Tomography–Computed Tomography Imaging Due to Hibernoma Sean Robison, Andrea Rapmund, Chris Hemmings, Michael Fulham, and Peter Barry JCO Feb 2009: 994–995. First published on Dec 29 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.4977. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      CORRESPONDENCE

Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: Will the Selective Use of Postmastectomy Radiotherapy Study End the Debate? Nicola S. Russell, Ian H. Kunkler, Geertjan van Tienhoven, Peter A. Canney, Jeremy Thomas, John Bartlett, Marc J. van de Vijver, Yazid Belkacemi, John R. Yarnold, and Peter J. Barrett-Lee JCO Feb 2009: 996–997. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.7062. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply Lawrence B. Marks and Leonard R. Prosnitz JCO Feb 2009: 997–998. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.8243. [Full Text] [PDF]

Different Natural Course of Disease in Patients With Melanoma Marko Hocevar, Barbara Peric, Nikola Besic, and Janez Zgajnar JCO Feb 2009: 998. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.5666. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply Chris C. Lee, Mark B. Faries, and Donald L. Morton JCO Feb 2009: 999. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.7159. [Full Text] [PDF]

Why Does Levator Ani Nerve Damage Occur During Rectal Surgery? Yusuke Kinugasa and Kenichi Sugihara JCO Feb 2009: 999–1000. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8710. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply Marilyne M. Lange, Christian Wallner, Marco C. DeRuiter, and Cornelis J.H. van de Velde JCO Feb 2009: 1000–1001. First published on Jan 21 2009; 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.9296. [Full Text] [PDF]

                                      ERRATA

ERRATA JCO Feb 2009: 1002. [Full Text] [PDF]

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