EDITORIALS

Small-Cell Lung Cancer, High Growth Rate, High Response Rate to Chemotherapy: Ideal for High-Dose Chemotherapy?

Eleni Galani, Paul A. Ellis, and Peter G. Harper

JCO Oct 1 2002: 3941–3943. [Full Text] [PDF]

Intraperitoneal Therapy for Stage III Ovarian Cancer: A Therapy Whose Time Has Come!

David S. Alberts, Maurie Markman, Deborah Armstrong, Mace L. Rothenberg, Franco Muggia, and Stephen B. Howell

JCO Oct 1 2002: 3944–3946. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Lung Cancer
	Standard Versus Intensified Chemotherapy With Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Support in Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer–Lung Cancer Group Phase III Trial—08923
	Andrea Ardizzoni, Vivianne C.G. Tjan-Heijnen, Pieter E. Postmus, Erica Buchholz, Bonne Biesma, Hanna Karnicka-Mlodkowska, Rafal Dziadziuszko, Jos Burghouts, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Steven Gans, Catherine Legrand, Channa Debruyne, Giuseppe Giaccone, and Christian Manegold
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3947–3955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Head and Neck Cancer
	Prophylaxis of Radiation-Associated Mucositis in Conventionally Treated Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Double-Blind, Phase III, Randomized, Controlled Trial Evaluating the Clinical Efficacy of an Antimicrobial Lozenge Using a Validated Mucositis Scoring System
	S. El-Sayed, A. Nabid, W. Shelley, J. Hay, J. Balogh, M. Gelinas, R. MacKenzie, N. Read, E. Berthelet, H. Lau, J. Epstein, P. Delvecchio, P. K. Ganguly, F. Wong, P. Burns, D. Tu, and J. Pater
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3956–3963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Organ Preservation Therapy Using Induction Plus Concurrent Chemoradiation for Advanced Resectable Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: A University of Pennsylvania Phase II Trial
	Mitchell Machtay, David I. Rosenthal, Diane Hershock, Heather Jones, Shirnett Williamson, Michael J. Greenberg, Gregory S. Weinstein, Victor M. Aviles, Ara A. Chalian, and Randal S. Weber
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3964–3971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer
	Nomogram for Overall Survival of Patients With Progressive Metastatic Prostate Cancer After Castration
	Oren Smaletz, Howard I. Scher, Eric J. Small, David A. Verbel, Alex McMillan, Kevin Regan, W. Kevin Kelly, and Michael W. Kattan
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3972–3982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Phase I Trial Evaluating the Concurrent Combination of Radiotherapy and Capecitabine in Rectal Cancer
	Jürgen Dunst, Thomas Reese, Thomas Sutter, Helmut Zühlke, Axel Hinke, Katrin Kölling-Schlebusch, and Stefan Frings
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3983–3991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Effectiveness of Adjuvant Fluorouracil in Clinical Practice: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Elderly Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
	Theodore J. Iwashyna and Elizabeth B. Lamont
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3992–3998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use for Medicare Beneficiaries With Stage II Colon Cancer
	Deborah Schrag, Sheryl Rifas-Shiman, Leonard Saltz, Peter B. Bach, and Colin B. Begg
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 3999–4005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Biweekly Chemotherapy With Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, Infusional Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin: A Pilot Study in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
	Alfredo Falcone, Gianluca Masi, Giacomo Allegrini, Romano Danesi, Elisabetta Pfanner, Isa Maura Brunetti, Antonello Di Paolo, Samanta Cupini, Mario Del Tacca, and Pierfranco Conte
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4006–4014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Cancer
	Recursive Partitioning Identifies Patients at High and Low Risk for Ipsilateral Tumor Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation
	G. M. Freedman, A. L. Hanlon, B. L. Fowble, P. R. Anderson, and N. Nicoloau
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4015–4021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bone Marrow Transplantation
	Role of Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation After Failure of Autologous Transplantation in Patients With Lymphoproliferative Malignancies
	Katharine Branson, Rajesh Chopra, Panagiotis D. Kottaridis, Grant McQuaker, Anne Parker, Stephen Schey, Ronjon K. Chakraverty, Charles Craddock, Donald W. Milligan, Ruth Pettengell, Judith C.W. Marsh, David C. Linch, Anthony H. Goldstone, Catherine D. Williams, and Stephen Mackinnon
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4022–4031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanoma
	Tyrosinase mRNA in Blood of Patients With Melanoma Treated With Adjuvant Interferon
	Begoña Mellado, Maria del Carmen Vela, Dolors Colomer, Lorena Gutierrez, Teresa Castel, Llorenç Quintó, Montserrat Fontanillas, Noemi Reguart, José M. Domingo-Domènech, Clara Montagut, Jordi Estapé, and Pedro Gascón
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4032–4039. First published on Jul 1 2002; 10.1200/JCO.2002.08.009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Supportive Care and Quality of Life
	Randomized Clinical Trial of an Implantable Drug Delivery System Compared With Comprehensive Medical Management for Refractory Cancer Pain: Impact on Pain, Drug-Related Toxicity, and Survival
	Thomas J. Smith, Peter S. Staats, Timothy Deer, Lisa J. Stearns, Richard L. Rauck, Richard L. Boortz-Marx, Eric Buchser, Elena Català, David A. Bryce, Patrick J. Coyne, and George E. Pool
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4040–4049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Quality of Life of Women With Recurrent Breast Cancer and Their Family Members
	Laurel L. Northouse, Darlene Mood, Trace Kershaw, Ann Schafenacker, Suzanne Mellon, Julie Walker, Elizabeth Galvin, and Veronica Decker
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4050–4064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology
	Population Pharmacokinetics of the Novel Anticancer Agent E7070 During Four Phase I Studies: Model Building and Validation
	Ch. van Kesteren, R. A.A. Mathôt, E. Raymond, J. P. Armand, Ch. Dittrich, H. Dumez, H. Roché, J. P. Droz, C. Punt, M. Ravic, J. Wanders, J. H. Beijnen, P. Fumoleau, and J. H.M. Schellens
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4065–4073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase I Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Study of Flavopiridol Administered as a Daily 1-Hour Infusion in Patients With Advanced Neoplasms
	Antoinette R. Tan, Donna Headlee, Richard Messmann, Edward A. Sausville, Susan G. Arbuck, Anthony J. Murgo, Giovanni Melillo, Suoping Zhai, William D. Figg, Sandra M. Swain, and Adrian M. Senderowicz
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4074–4082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL ARTICLES
	Use of Epoetin in Patients With Cancer: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology
	J. Douglas Rizzo, Alan E. Lichtin, Steven H. Woolf, Jerome Seidenfeld, Charles L. Bennett, David Cella, Benjamin Djulbegovic, Matthew J. Goode, Ann A. Jakubowski, Stephanie J. Lee, Carole B. Miller, Mark U. Rarick, David H. Regan, George P. Browman, and Michael S. Gordon
	JCO Oct 1 2002: 4083–4107. First published on Aug 29 2002; 10.1200/JCO.2002.07.177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Some Unusual Complications of Malignancies: Case 1. Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Demonstrated by Contrast-Enhanced Sonography

Yi-Hong Chou, Hong-Jen Chiou, Chui-Mei Tiu, Jen-Dar Chen, Guo-Shian Hung, and Jen-Hwei Chiang

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4108–4110. [Full Text] [PDF]

Some Unusual Complications of Malignancies: Case 2. Marantic Endocarditis in Advanced Cancer

Michelle A. Fanale, Steven R. Zeldenrust, and Timothy J. Moynihan

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4111–4114. [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

The Right to Decide

Sarah Friebert and Eric Kodish

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4115–4118. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

CORRESPONDENCE

Cardiac Dysfunction in Clinical Trials of Trastuzumab

Eric Page, David Assouline, Odile Brun, David Coeffic, Danièle Fric, Philippe Winckel, Andrew D. Seidman, Mary Kathryn Pierri, and Clifford Hudis

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4119–4120. [Full Text] [PDF]

Need for a Quantitative Meta-Analysis of Trials of Adjuvant Interferon in Melanoma

Keith Wheatley, Natalie Ives, Barry Hancock, Martin Gore, M.B. Lens, and M. Dawes

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4120–4122. [Full Text] [PDF]

Use and Abuse of Statistics in Evidence-Based Medicine

John M. Kirkwood, Joseph Ibrahim, Vernon K. Sondak, Marc S. Ernstoff, Lawrence Flaherty, Frank J. Haluska, M.B. Lens, and M. Dawes

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4122–4124. [Full Text] [PDF]

Epirubicin, Cisplatin, and Protracted Venous-Infusion Fluorouracil in Advanced Esophagogastric Cancer

Gregory D. Leonard, Sen H. Zhuang, Jean L. Grem, Paul J. Ross, and David Cunningham

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4124–4126. [Full Text] [PDF]

Do Quality-of-Life Randomized Clinical Trials Support Clinicians in Their Decision-Making?

Fabio Efficace, Andrew Bottomley, Mark N. Levine, and Patricia A. Ganz

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4126–4127. [Full Text] [PDF]

Questionable Benefit of Melatonin for Antioxidant Pharmacologic Therapy

Albert Wölfler, Peter M. Abuja, Werner Linkesch, Konrad Schauenstein, Peter M. Liebmann, Vijayalaxmi, Charles R. Thomas, Jr, Russel J. Reiter, and Terence S. Herman

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4127–4129. [Full Text] [PDF]

Prostate Cancer Risk Groups and Comparisons: Fruitless or Fruitful?

James R. Gray, Chaundre Cross, and Anthony D’Amico

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4129–4130. [Full Text] [PDF]

Radiation Recall Dermatitis May Represent the Koebner Phenomenon

Ross Camidge, Allan Price, Elisabeth Ortmann, and Gerda Hohenberg

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4130. [Full Text] [PDF]

HER2 in Brain Metastases: Issues of Concordance, Survival, and Treatment

Ilka B. Fuchs, Maren Loebbecke, Helmut Buhler, Gisela Stoltenburg-Didinger, Bernhard Heine, Werner Lichtenegger, and Gerard Schaller

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4130-a–4133. [Full Text] [PDF]

Retrospective Assessment of Hypercoagulability in Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

Neil Abramson and Richard H. Aster

JCO Oct 1 2002: 4133–4134. [Full Text] [PDF]

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