EDITORIALS

The Prognostic Role of Detection of Circulating Melanoma Cells in the Blood

Janice P. Dutcher

JCO Mar 1 2003: 757–759. First published on Jan 3 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.11.020. [Full Text] [PDF]

Differences in Outcome in Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Consequence of Better Regimens? Better Doctors? Both?

Charles A. Schiffer

JCO Mar 1 2003: 760–761. [Full Text] [PDF]

Carcinomatosis—Is Cure an Option?

Paul H. Sugarbaker

JCO Mar 1 2003: 762–764. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Trials: Time for Action

Barrie R. Cassileth

JCO Mar 1 2003: 765–766. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Melanoma
	Prognostic Value of Circulating Melanoma Cells Detected by Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction
	Giuseppe Palmieri, Paolo A. Ascierto, Francesco Perrone, Sabrina M.R. Satriano, Alessandro Ottaiano, Antonio Daponte, Maria Napolitano, Corrado Caracò, Nicola Mozzillo, Maria T. Melucci, Antonio Cossu, Francesco Tanda, Ciro Gallo, Rocco A. Satriano, and Giuseppe Castello
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 767–773. First published on Jan 3 2003; 10.1200/JCO.2003.01.128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Should Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Be Treated as Old Children or Young Adults? Comparison of the French FRALLE-93 and LALA-94 Trials
	Nicolas Boissel, Marie-Françoise Auclerc, Véronique Lhéritier, Yves Perel, Xavier Thomas, Thierry Leblanc, Philippe Rousselot, Jean-Michel Cayuela, Jean Gabert, Nathalie Fegueux, Christophe Piguet, Françoise Huguet-Rigal, Christian Berthou, Jean-Michel Boiron, Cécile Pautas, Gérard Michel, Denis Fière, Guy Leverger, Hervé Dombret, and André Baruchel
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 774–780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prognostic Value of Tumor Size, Metastases, Extension into Bone, and Increased Tumor Marker in Children With Malignant Sacrococcygeal Germ Cell Tumors: A Prospective Evaluation of 71 Patients Treated in the German Cooperative Protocols Maligne Keimzelltumoren (MAKEI) 83/86 and MAKEI 89
	G. Calaminus, D.T. Schneider, J.P.M. Bökkerink, H. Gadner, D. Harms, R. Willers, and U. Göbel
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 781–786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Utility of Routine Psychological Screening in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Clinic
	Christopher Recklitis, Tara O’Leary, and Lisa Diller
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 787–792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Treatment of Children With Nonmetastatic Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma: Results of the Malignant Mesenchymal Tumors Studies (MMT 84 and MMT 89) of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology
	Richard J. Stewart, Hélène Martelli, Odile Oberlin, Annie Rey, Nathalie Bouvet, Richard D. Spicer, Jan Godzinski, and Michael C.G. Stevens
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 793–798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Surgery Combined With Peritonectomy Procedures and Intraperitoneal Chemohyperthermia in Abdominal Cancers With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Phase II Study
	O. Glehen, F. Mithieux, D. Osinsky, A.C. Beaujard, G. Freyer, Ph. Guertsch, Y. Francois, P. Peyrat, G. Panteix, J. Vignal, and F.N. Gilly
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 799–806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase III Comparison of Two Irinotecan Dosing Regimens in Second-Line Therapy of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
	Charles S. Fuchs, Melvin R. Moore, Graydon Harker, Luis Villa, David Rinaldi, and J. Randolph Hecht
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 807–814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Thymidylate Synthase Protein Expression in Primary Colorectal Cancer: Lack of Correlation With Outcome and Response to Fluorouracil in Metastatic Disease Sites
	Patrick G. Johnston, Al B. Benson, III, Paul Catalano, M. Sambasiva Rao, Peter J. O’Dwyer, and Carmen J. Allegra
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 815–819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genetic Tumor Markers With Prognostic Impact in Dukes’ Stages B and C Colorectal Cancer Patients
	Chieu B. Diep, Lin Thorstensen, Gunn Iren Meling, Eva Skovlund, Torleiv O. Rognum, and Ragnhild A. Lothe
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 820–829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Trials
	Public Attitudes Toward Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials
	Robert L. Comis, Jon D. Miller, Carolyn R. Aldigé, Linda Krebs, and Ellen Stoval
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 830–835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Easy-to-Read Informed Consent Statement for Clinical Trial Participation: A Study of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
	Cathy A. Coyne, Ronghui Xu, Peter Raich, Kathy Plomer, Mark Dignan, Lari B. Wenzel, Diane Fairclough, Thomas Habermann, Linda Schnell, Susan Quella, and David Cella
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 836–842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Cancer
	Final Results of a Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Cyclophosphamide, Epirubicin, and Fluorouracil With a Dose-Intensified Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide + Filgrastim as Neoadjuvant Treatment in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: An EORTC-NCIC-SAKK Multicenter Study
	P. Therasse, L. Mauriac, M. Welnicka-Jaskiewicz, P. Bruning, T. Cufer, H. Bonnefoi, E. Tomiak, K. I. Pritchard, A. Hamilton, and M.J. Piccart
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 843–850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Long-Term Survival of Patients With Supraclavicular Metastases at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
	Ivo A. Olivotto, Boon Chua, Sharon J. Allan, Caroline H. Speers, Stephen Chia, and Joseph Ragaz
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 851–854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes in Older Breast Cancer Survivors: Perceptions Versus Patterns of Care
	Jeanne S. Mandelblatt, Stephen B. Edge, Neal J. Meropol, Ruby Senie, Theodore Tsangaris, Luther Grey, Burt M. Peterson, Jr, Yi-Ting Hwang, Jon Kerner, and Jane Weeks
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 855–863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Preoperative Twice-Weekly Paclitaxel With Concurrent Radiation Therapy Followed by Surgery and Postoperative Doxorubicin-Based Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: A Phase I/II Trial
	Silvia C. Formenti, Matthew Volm, Kristin A. Skinner, Darcy Spicer, Deidre Cohen, Edith Perez, Anna C. Bettini, Susan Groshen, Conway Gee, Barbara Florentine, Michael Press, Peter Danenberg, and Franco Muggia
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 864–870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer
	Intensive Induction Chemotherapy With CBOP/BEP in Patients With Poor Prognosis Germ Cell Tumors
	J.A. Christian, R.A. Huddart, A. Norman, M. Mason, S. Fossa, N. Aass, E.J. Nicholl, D.P. Dearnaley, and A. Horwich
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 871–877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Randomized, Multicenter, Phase II Trial of Two Multicomponent Regimens in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
	Randall Millikan, Peter F. Thall, Sang-Joon Lee, Donnah Jones, M.W. Cannon, J. Phillip Kuebler, James Wade, III, and Christopher J. Logothetis
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 878–883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase II Trial of Autologous Tumor Vaccination, Anti-CD3-Activated Vaccine-Primed Lymphocytes, and Interleukin-2 in Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer
	Alfred E. Chang, Qiao Li, Guihua Jiang, Donna M. Sayre, Thomas M. Braun, and Bruce G. Redman
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 884–890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Extended Follow-Up of Patients With Hairy Cell Leukemia After Treatment With Cladribine
	Grant R. Goodman, Carol Burian, James A. Koziol, and Alan Saven
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 891–896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Treatment-Related Myelodysplasia and Acute Leukemia in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients
	James O. Armitage, Paul P. Carbone, Joseph M. Connors, Alexandra Levine, John M. Bennett, and Stewart Kroll
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 897–906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Supportive Care and Quality of Life
	Impact of Smoking on Cancer Stage at Diagnosis
	Nathan L. Kobrinsky, Marilyn G. Klug, Peggy Jo Hokanson, Diane E. Sjolander, and Larry Burd
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 907–913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Nicotine Patch Therapy Based on Smoking Rate Followed by Bupropion for Prevention of Relapse to Smoking
	Richard D. Hurt, James E. Krook, Ivana T. Croghan, Charles L. Loprinzi, Jeff A. Sloan, Paul J. Novotny, Carl G. Kardinal, James A. Knost, Maria Tria Tirona, Ferdinand Addo, Roscoe F. Morton, John C. Michalak, Paul L. Schaefer, Patricia A. Porter, and Philip J. Stella
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 914–920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Lung Cancer Risk Reduction After Smoking Cessation: Observations From a Prospective Cohort of Women
	J.O. Ebbert, P. Yang, C.M. Vachon, R.A. Vierkant, J.R. Cerhan, A.R. Folsom, and T.A. Sellers
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 921–926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Neuroprotective Effect of Vitamin E Supplementation in Patients Treated With Cisplatin Chemotherapy
	Andrea Pace, Antonella Savarese, Mauro Picardo, Vittoria Maresca, Umberto Pacetti, Girolamo Del Monte, Annamaria Biroccio, Carlo Leonetti, Bruno Jandolo, Francesco Cognetti, and Loredana Bove
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 927–931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Shared Treatment Decision Making: What Does It Mean to Physicians?
	Cathy A. Charles, Tim Whelan, Amiram Gafni, Andy Willan, and Sylvia Farrell
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 932–936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL ARTICLES
	Perspectives on the Value of American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Guidelines as Reported by Oncologists and Health Maintenance Organizations
	Charles L. Bennett, Mark R. Somerfield, David G. Pfister, Cecilia Tomori, Sofia Yakren, and Peter B. Bach
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 937–941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	American Oncologists’ Views of Internet Use by Cancer Patients: A Mail Survey of American Society of Clinical Oncology Members
	Paul R. Helft, Fay Hlubocky, and Christopher K. Daugherty
	JCO Mar 1 2003: 942–947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

Communicating the Value of Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Guru Sonpavde

JCO Mar 1 2003: 948–949. [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Unusual Abdominal Tumors: CASE 1. SMALL BOWEL CARCINOID PRESENTING AS AN ACUTE ABDOMEN

Azhar Ali Malik, Nauman Moazzam, and Anil Potti

JCO Mar 1 2003: 950–951. [Full Text] [PDF]

Unusual Abdominal Tumors: CASE 2. INTRA-ABDOMINAL DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR

Vinay Raja, James T. Lin, and Shu-Yuan Xiao

JCO Mar 1 2003: 951–953. [Full Text] [PDF]

Unusual Abdominal Tumors: CASE 3. MULTIPLE LYMPHOMATOUS POLYPOSIS IN LYMPHOMA OF COLON

C.S. Chim, T.W.H. Shek, L.P. Chung, and R. Liang

JCO Mar 1 2003: 953–955. [Full Text] [PDF]

Unusual Abdominal Tumors: CASE 4. MULTIPLE LYMPHOMATOUS POLYPOSIS IN MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA

Kwok C. Lam, Winnie Yeo, Janet F.Y. Lee, John Chow, and Tony S.K. Mok

JCO Mar 1 2003: 955–956. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

CORRESPONDENCE

Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Stage III Ovarian Cancer

Carl D. Atkins

JCO Mar 1 2003: 957. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

David S. Alberts

JCO Mar 1 2003: 957-a–958. [Full Text] [PDF]

Regarding "Sweet Time Unafflicted"

David R. Macdonald

JCO Mar 1 2003: 958. [Full Text] [PDF]

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