Table of contents

Volume 99, Issue 9
Published online 28 October 2008 (1369-1556)

Top

Minireviews

Mammographic density, lobular involution, and risk of breast cancer FREE

O M Ginsburg, L J Martin and N F Boyd

Br J Cancer 99: 1369-1374; advance online publication, September 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604635

The role of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cancer progression FREE

S Potenta, E Zeisberg and R Kalluri

Br J Cancer 99: 1375-1379; advance online publication, September 16, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604662

Top

Clinical Studies

Blood glucose levels in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with sunitinib FREE

B Billemont, J Medioni, L Taillade, D Helley, J B Meric, O Rixe and S Oudard

Br J Cancer 99: 1380-1382; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604709

Polyoma virus infection and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder following renal transplantation FREE

I S D Roberts, D Besarani, P Mason, G Turner, P J Friend and R Newton

Br J Cancer 99: 1383-1386; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604711

Safety and pharmacokinetics of motesanib in combination with gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with solid tumours FREE

T J Price, L Lipton, J McGreivy, S McCoy, Y-N Sun and M A Rosenthal

Br J Cancer 99: 1387-1394; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604723

Phase I trial of oxaliplatin with fluorouracil, folinic acid and concurrent radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer FREE

T Conroy, F Viret, E François, J F Seitz, V Boige, M Ducreux, M Ychou, J P Metges, M Giovannini, Y Yataghene and D Peiffert

Br J Cancer 99: 1395-1401; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604708

Second-line chemotherapy for patients with advanced gastric cancer: who may benefit? FREE

V Catalano, F Graziano, D Santini, S D'Emidio, A M Baldelli, D Rossi, B Vincenzi, P Giordani, P Alessandroni, E Testa, G Tonini and G Catalano

Br J Cancer 99: 1402-1407; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604732

Severe fatigue and related factors in cancer patients before the initiation of treatment FREE

M M Goedendorp, M F M Gielissen, C A H Verhagen, M E J W Peters and G Bleijenberg

Br J Cancer 99: 1408-1414; advance online publication, October 21, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604739

Targeting ErbB2 and ErbB3 with a bispecific single-chain Fv enhances targeting selectivity and induces a therapeutic effect in vitro  FREE

M K Robinson, K M Hodge, E Horak, Å L Sundberg, M Russeva, C C Shaller, M von Mehren, I Shchaveleva, H H Simmons, J D Marks and G P Adams

Br J Cancer 99: 1415-1425; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604700

Dynamic change in phosphorylated platelet-derived growth factor receptor in peripheral blood leukocytes following docetaxel therapy predicts progression-free and overall survival in prostate cancer FREE

P Mathew, P F Thall, S Wen, C Bucana, D Jones, E Horne, W K Oh, M J Morris, Y-C Lee, C J Logothetis, S-H Lin and I J Fidler

Br J Cancer 99: 1426-1432; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604706

The in vivo properties of STX243: a potent angiogenesis inhibitor in breast cancer FREE

M F C Parsons, P A Foster, S K Chander, R Jhalli, S P Newman, M P Leese, B V L Potter, A Purohit and M J Reed

Br J Cancer 99: 1433-1441; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604707

Inhibition of HIF-1alpha by the anticancer drug TAS106 enhances X-ray-induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo  FREE

H Yasui, A Ogura, T Asanuma, A Matsuda, I Kashiwakura, M Kuwabara and O Inanami

Br J Cancer 99: 1442-1452; advance online publication, October 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604720

Top

Molecular Diagnostics

Overexpression of beta2-microglobulin is associated with poor survival in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and contributes to oral cancer cell migration and invasion FREE

C-H Chen, C-Y Su, C-Y Chien, C-C Huang, H-C Chuang, F-M Fang, H-Y Huang, C-M Chen and S-J Chiou

Br J Cancer 99: 1453-1461; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604698

Downregulation of HLA Class I molecules in the tumour is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma FREE

Y Mizukami, K Kono, T Maruyama, M Watanabe, Y Kawaguchi, K Kamimura and H Fujii

Br J Cancer 99: 1462-1467; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604715

Expression of carbonic anhydrase 9, a potential intrinsic marker of hypoxia, is associated with poor prognosis in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma FREE

N Tanaka, H Kato, T Inose, H Kimura, A Faried, M Sohda, M Nakajima, Y Fukai, T Miyazaki, N Masuda, M Fukuchi and H Kuwano

Br J Cancer 99: 1468-1475; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604719

The prognostic impact of NF-kappaB p105, vimentin, E-cadherin and Par6 expression in epithelial and stromal compartment in non-small-cell lung cancer FREE

S Al-Saad, K Al-Shibli, T Donnem, M Persson, R M Bremnes and L-T Busund

Br J Cancer 99: 1476-1483; advance online publication, October 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604713

Co-expression of KLK6 and KLK10 as prognostic factors for survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma FREE

F Rückert, M Hennig, C D Petraki, D Wehrum, M Distler, A Denz, M Schröder, G Dawelbait, H Kalthoff, H-D Saeger, E P Diamandis, C Pilarsky and R Grützmann

Br J Cancer 99: 1484-1492; advance online publication, October 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604717

Effect of the chemokine receptor CXCR7 on proliferation of carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo  FREE

J Meijer, J Ogink and E Roos

Br J Cancer 99: 1493-1501; advance online publication, October 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604727

Sleep duration and the risk of breast cancer: the Ohsaki Cohort Study FREE

M Kakizaki, S Kuriyama, T Sone, K Ohmori-Matsuda, A Hozawa, N Nakaya, S Fukudo and I Tsuji

Br J Cancer 99: 1502-1505; advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604684

Top

Epidemiology

Sex-specific risk factor profile in oesophageal adenocarcinoma FREE

H E Löfdahl, Y Lu and J Lagergren

Br J Cancer 99: 1506-1510; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604701

Prospective study of dietary patterns and colorectal cancer among Singapore Chinese FREE

L M Butler, R Wang, W-P Koh and M C Yu

Br J Cancer 99: 1511-1516; advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604678

Tallness is associated with risk of testicular cancer: evidence for the nutrition hypothesis FREE

K-P Dieckmann, J T Hartmann, J Classen, R Lüdde, M Diederichs and U Pichlmeier for German Testicular Cancer Study Group

Br J Cancer 99: 1517-1521; advance online publication, September 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604695

Use of photosensitising diuretics and risk of skin cancer: a population-based case–control study FREE

A Ø Jensen, H F Thomsen, M C Engebjerg, A B Olesen, H T Sørensen and M R Karagas

Br J Cancer 99: 1522-1528; advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604686

Infections in early life and childhood leukaemia risk: a UK case–control study of general practitioner records FREE

C R Cardwell, P A McKinney, C C Patterson and L J Murray

Br J Cancer 99: 1529-1533; advance online publication, September 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604696

Coffee intake and CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast volume in young women: implications for breast cancer FREE

H Jernström, M Henningson, U Johansson and H Olsson

Br J Cancer 99: 1534-1538; advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604687

Dietary calcium and vitamin D intakes in childhood and throughout adulthood and mammographic density in a British birth cohort FREE

G Mishra, V McCormack, D Kuh, R Hardy, A Stephen and I dos Santos Silva

Br J Cancer 99: 1539-1543; advance online publication, September 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604697

Neonatal growth and breast cancer risk in adulthood FREE

P Lagiou, C-C Hsieh, D Trichopoulos, H-O Adami, P Hall, L Chie and A Ekbom

Br J Cancer 99: 1544-1548; advance online publication, September 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604702

Cancer mortality in the United Kingdom: projections to the year 2025 FREE

A H Olsen, D M Parkin and P Sasieni

Br J Cancer 99: 1549-1554; advance online publication, October 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604710

Top

Letters to the Editor

Did animal offer relevant model for Bevacizumab testing? FREE

C Eveno, S Gaujoux, G Tobelem and M Pocard

Br J Cancer 99: 1555; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604693

Reply: Did animal offer relevant model for bevacizumab testing? FREE

A Bozec, A Sudaka, J L Fischel, M C Brunstein, M C Grimaldi and G Milano

Br J Cancer 99: 1556; advance online publication, October 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604694

The published online date indicates the date that the issue is published online and is the first official publication date of the issue. Each print issue of BJC is published one week after it has been published online.

Extra navigation

ADVERTISEMENT

naturejobs