EDITORIALS

Glioma Therapies: How to Tell Which Work?

James R. Perry and J. Gregory Cairncross

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3547–3549. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.05.885. [Full Text] [PDF]

Advances in Molecular Staging of Melanoma Patients: Multimarker Analysis of Archival Lymph Node Tissue

Klaus J. Busam

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3550–3551. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.982. [Full Text] [PDF]

The Ingredients for Prostate Cancer Nomograms: The Addition of Biomarkers Sets the Table for Future Recipes

Mary-Ellen Taplin and Philip W. Kantoff

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3552–3553. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.083. [Full Text] [PDF]

What Constitutes Optimal Care for Older Women With Breast Cancer?

Rebecca A. Silliman

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3554–3556. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.05.083. [Full Text] [PDF]

The Use of the Mini-Mental State Examination to Assess Cognitive Functioning in Cancer Trials: No Ifs, Ands, Buts, or Sensitivity

Christina A. Meyers and Jeffrey S. Wefel

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3557–3558. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.080. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Central Nervous System
	Thallium-201 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography As an Early Predictor of Outcome in Recurrent Glioma
	Maaike J. Vos, Otto S. Hoekstra, Frederik Barkhof, Johannes Berkhof, Jan J. Heimans, Cees J. van Groeningen, W. Peter Vandertop, Ben J. Slotman, and Tjeerd J. Postma
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3559–3565. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.01.001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanoma
	Prediction of Disease Outcome in Melanoma Patients by Molecular Analysis of Paraffin-Embedded Sentinel Lymph Nodes
	Christine T. Kuo, Dave S.B. Hoon, Hiroya Takeuchi, Roderick Turner, He-Jing Wang, Donald L. Morton, and Bret Taback
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3566–3572. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.01.063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer
	The Addition of Interleukin-6 Soluble Receptor and Transforming Growth Factor Beta1 Improves a Preoperative Nomogram for Predicting Biochemical Progression in Patients With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
	Michael W. Kattan, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Ben Andrews, Kuichun Zhu, Eduardo Canto, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Masatoshi Muramoto, Peter T. Scardino, Makoto Ohori, Thomas M. Wheeler, and Kevin M. Slawin
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3573–3579. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.12.037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Cancer
	Undertreatment Strongly Decreases Prognosis of Breast Cancer in Elderly Women
	Christine Bouchardy, Elisabetta Rapiti, Gérald Fioretta, Paul Laissue, Isabelle Neyroud-Caspar, Peter Schäfer, John Kurtz, André-Pascal Sappino, and Georges Vlastos
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3580–3587. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.02.046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Inherited and Acquired Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolic Disease Among Women Taking Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer
	Catherine Duggan, Kevin Marriott, Rob Edwards, and Jack Cuzick
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3588–3593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	High p27Kip1 Expression Predicts Superior Relapse-Free and Overall Survival for Premenopausal Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Treatment With Tamoxifen Plus Goserelin
	Gudrun Pohl, Margaretha Rudas, Otto Dietze, Sigurd Lax, Eva Markis, Robert Pirker, Christoph C. Zielinski, Hubert Hausmaninger, Ernst Kubista, Hellmut Samonigg, Raimund Jakesz, and Martin Filipits
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3594–3600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Involved-Field Radiotherapy Is Equally Effective and Less Toxic Compared With Extended-Field Radiotherapy After Four Cycles of Chemotherapy in Patients With Early-Stage Unfavorable Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Results of the HD8 Trial of the German Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Study Group
	Andreas Engert, Petra Schiller, Andreas Josting, Richard Herrmann, Peter Koch, Markus Sieber, Friederike Boissevain, Maike de Wit, Jörg Mezger, Eckhart Dühmke, Normann Willich, Rolf-Peter Müller, Bernhard F. Schmidt, Helmut Renner, Hans Konrad Müller-Hermelink, Beate Pfistner, Jürgen Wolf, Dirk Hasenclever, Markus Löffler, and Volker Diehl
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3601–3608. First published on Aug 11 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.03.023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Effect of Arsenic Trioxide on QT Interval in Patients With Advanced Malignancies
	Jean T. Barbey, John C. Pezzullo, and Steven L. Soignet
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3609–3615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Childhood T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Consortium Experience
	John M. Goldberg, Lewis B. Silverman, Donna E. Levy, Virginia Kimball Dalton, Richard D. Gelber, Leslie Lehmann, Harvey J. Cohen, Stephen E. Sallan, and Barbara L. Asselin
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3616–3622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Analysis of Surgical Salvage After Failure of Primary Therapy in Rectal Cancer: Results From Intergroup Study 0114
	J.E. Tepper, M. O’Connell, D. Hollis, D. Niedzwiecki, E. Cooke, and R.J. Mayer
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3623–3628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Altered Expression of MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6 in Predisposition to Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer
	Elise Renkonen, Yange Zhang, Hannes Lohi, Reijo Salovaara, Wael M. Abdel-Rahman, Mef Nilbert, Kristiina Aittomäki, Heikki J. Järvinen, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Annika Lindblom, and Päivi Peltomäki
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3629–3637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Expression of CEACAM6 in Resectable Colorectal Cancer: A Factor of Independent Prognostic Significance
	Peter Jantscheff, Luigi Terracciano, Adam Lowy, Katharina Glatz-Krieger, Fritz Grunert, Burkhard Micheel, Jens Brümmer, Urs Laffer, Urs Metzger, Richard Herrmann, and Christoph Rochlitz
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3638–3646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Postoperative Nomogram for Disease-Specific Survival After an R0 Resection for Gastric Carcinoma
	Michael W. Kattan, Martin S. Karpeh, Madhu Mazumdar, and Murray F. Brennan
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3647–3650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gynecologic Cancer
	Value of Dual-Phase 2-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography in Cervical Cancer
	Tzu-Chen Yen, Koon-Kwan Ng, Shih-Ya Ma, Hung-Hsueh Chou, Chien-Sheng Tsai, Swei Hsueh, Ting-Chang Chang, Ji-Hong Hong, Lai-Chu See, Wuu-Jyh Lin, Jenn-Tzong Chen, Kuan-Gen Huang, Kar-Wai Lui, and Chyong-Huey Lai
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3651–3658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Supportive Care and Quality of Life
	Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer During the First Year After Random Assignment to Adjuvant Treatment With Marrow-Supported High-Dose Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa, and Carboplatin or Tailored Therapy With Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, and Cyclophosphamide: Scandinavian Breast Group Study 9401
	Yvonne Brandberg, Helena Michelson, Bo Nilsson, Christina Bolund, Bjørn Erikstein, Päivi Hietanen, Stein Kaasa, Jonas Nilsson, Tom Wiklund, Nils Wilking, and Jonas Bergh
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3659–3664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLES
	Venous Thromboembolism Associated With Long-Term Use of Central Venous Catheters in Cancer Patients
	Melina Verso and Giancarlo Agnelli
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3665–3675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL ARTICLES
	The Impact of a Physician Awareness Group and the First Year of Training on Hematology-Oncology Fellows
	Mikkael A. Sekeres, Miriam Chernoff, Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, Eydie I. Kasendorf, Daniel H. Lasser, and Donna B. Greenberg
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3676–3682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Phase III Trial in the Era of Targeted Therapy: Unraveling the "Go or No Go" Decision
	Thomas G. Roberts, Jr, Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, and Bruce A. Chabner
	JCO Oct 1 2003: 3683–3695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

Run for Your Life: The Reaction of Some Professionals to a Person With Cancer

Marianne Amir and Gregory P. Kalemkerian

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3696–3699. [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Diagnostic Challenges in Patients With Tumors: CASE 1. GOSSYPIBOMA (FOREIGN BODY) MANIFESTING 30 YEARS AFTER LAPAROTOMY

Ashwani Rajput, Peter A. Loud, John F. Gibbs, and William G. Kraybill

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3700–3701. [Full Text] [PDF]

Diagnostic Challenges in Patients With Tumors: CASE 2. STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED-SKIN SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH EXTENDED SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER

Raffaele Longo, Scolastica Amici, Guido Carillio, and Giampietro Gasparini

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3702–3703. [Full Text] [PDF]

Diagnostic Challenges in Patients With Tumors: CASE 3. NORMAL-SIZED OVARIAN CANCER DETECTED BY COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND USING A MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENT

Makoto Emoto, Ritsuko Fujimitsu, Hiroshi Iwasaki, and Tatsuhiko Kawarabayashi

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3703–3705. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence

Recommendations for an Effective Follow-Up Strategy in Melanoma Patients Should Be Tailored to the Investigations Performed During Initial Staging

Philippe Saiag

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3706. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Claus Garbe and Ulrike Leiter

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3706-a–3707. [Full Text] [PDF]

Management of Melanoma Patients: Benefit of Intense Follow-Up Schedule Is Not Demonstrated

Philippe Autier, Jan Willem Coebergh, Mathieu Boniol, Jean-François Doré, Esther de Vries, and Alexander M.M. Eggermont

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3707. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Claus Garbe and Ulrike Leiter

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3707-a–3708. [Full Text] [PDF]

Fludarabine-Related Myeloid Leukemia

Alan B. Astrow

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3709. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Vicki A. Morrison

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3709-a–3710. [Full Text] [PDF]

Temozolomide: Too Early for Definitive Conclusions

Paul Brown and Jan Buckner

JCO Oct 1 2003: 3710. [Full Text] [PDF]

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