EDITORIALS

Thin Melanoma: Still "Excellent Prognosis" Disease?

A.C. Halpern and A.A. Marghoob

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3651–3653. First published on Aug 9 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.921. [Full Text] [PDF]

Crossing the Quality Chasm in Breast Cancer Care

Rebecca A. Silliman

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3654–3656. First published on Aug 2 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.919. [Full Text] [PDF]

PC-SPES: Hope or Hype?

Michael P. Kosty

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3657–3659. First published on Aug 2 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.920. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Melanoma
	Prognostic Factors of Thin Cutaneous Melanoma: An Analysis of the Central Malignant Melanoma Registry of the German Dermatological Society
	Ulrike Leiter, Petra G. Buettner, Thomas K. Eigentler, and Claus Garbe
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3660–3667. First published on Aug 9 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.03.074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: A Prognostic Tree for 10-Year Metastasis Is More Accurate Than American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging
	Phyllis A. Gimotty, DuPont Guerry, Michael E. Ming, Rosalie Elenitsas, Xiaowei Xu, Brian Czerniecki, Francis Spitz, Lynn Schuchter, and David Elder
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3668–3676. First published on Aug 9 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.12.015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Factors Predictive of Tumor-Positive Nonsentinel Lymph Nodes After Tumor-Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma
	Jonathan H. Lee, Richard Essner, Hitoe Torisu-Itakura, Leslie Wanek, Hejing Wang, and Donald L. Morton
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3677–3684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Cancer
	Compliance With Consensus Recommendations for Systemic Therapy Is Associated With Improved Survival of Women With Node-Negative Breast Cancer
	Nicole Hébert-Croteau, Jacques Brisson, Jean Latreille, Michèle Rivard, Nadia Abdelaziz, and Ginette Martin
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3685–3693. First published on Aug 2 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.07.018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Bone Mineral Density Among Premenopausal Women With Early Breast Cancer in a Randomized Trial of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy
	Á. Sverrisdóttir, T. Fornander, H. Jacobsson, E. von Schoultz, and L.E. Rutqvist
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3694–3699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Effect of Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients With Breast Cancer in the North Central Cancer Treatment Group N9831 Intergroup Adjuvant Trial
	Edith A. Perez, Vera J. Suman, Nancy E. Davidson, Peter A. Kaufman, Silvana Martino, Shaker R. Dakhil, James N. Ingle, Richard J. Rodeheffer, Bernard J. Gersh, and Allan S. Jaffe
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3700–3704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Cancer
	Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Phase II Trial of the Herbal Supplement, PC-SPES, and Diethylstilbestrol in Patients With Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
	William K. Oh, Philip W. Kantoff, Vivian Weinberg, Graham Jones, Brian I. Rini, Mika K. Derynck, Robert Bok, Matthew R. Smith, Glenn J. Bubley, Robert T. Rosen, Robert S. DiPaola, and Eric J. Small
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3705–3712. First published on Aug 2 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.10.195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Residual Tumor Resection After High-Dose Chemotherapy in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Germ Cell Cancer
	O. Rick, C. Bokemeyer, S. Weinknecht, J. Schirren, T. Pottek, J.T. Hartmann, T. Braun, B. Rachud, L. Weißbach, M. Hartmann, W. Siegert, and J. Beyer
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3713–3719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phase II Trial of Bortezomib for Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
	G. Varuni Kondagunta, Beverly Drucker, Lawrence Schwartz, Jennifer Bacik, Stephanie Marion, Paul Russo, Madhu Mazumdar, and Robert J. Motzer
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3720–3725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Impact of the Percentage of Positive Prostate Cores on Prostate Cancer–Specific Mortality for Patients With Low or Favorable Intermediate-Risk Disease
	Anthony V. D'Amico, Andrew A. Renshaw, Kerri Cote, Mark Hurwitz, Clair Beard, Marian Loffredo, and Ming-Hui Chen
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3726–3732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Randomized Comparison of Power Doppler Ultrasound-Directed Excisional Biopsy With Standard Excisional Biopsy for the Characterization of Lymphadenopathies in Patients With Suspected Lymphoma
	Marco Picardi, Nicola Gennarelli, Rosanna Ciancia, Amalia De Renzo, Giovanna Gargiulo, Giuseppe Ciancia, Lucianna Sparano, Pio Zeppa, Vincenzo Martinelli, Guido Pettinato, Roberto Lobello, Fabrizio Pane, and Bruno Rotoli
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3733–3740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Individual Patient Data–Based Meta-Analysis of Patients Aged 16 to 60 Years With Core Binding Factor Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Survey of the German Acute Myeloid Leukemia Intergroup
	R.F. Schlenk, A. Benner, J. Krauter, T. Büchner, C. Sauerland, G. Ehninger, M. Schaich, B. Mohr, D. Niederwieser, R. Krahl, R. Pasold, K. Döhner, A. Ganser, H. Döhner, and G. Heil
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3741–3750. First published on Aug 2 2004; 10.1200/JCO.2004.03.012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Serum Cardiac Troponins and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide: A Staging System for Primary Systemic Amyloidosis
	Angela Dispenzieri, Morie A. Gertz, Robert A. Kyle, Martha Q. Lacy, Mary F. Burritt, Terry M. Therneau, Philip R. Greipp, Thomas E. Witzig, John A. Lust, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Rafael Fonseca, Steven R. Zeldenrust, Christopher G.A. McGregor, and Allan S. Jaffe
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3751–3757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Deleted in Colon Cancer Protein Expression in Colorectal Cancer Metastases: A Major Predictor of Survival in Patients With Unresectable Metastatic Disease Receiving Palliative Fluorouracil-Based Chemotherapy
	Carlo Aschele, Domizia Debernardis, Sara Lonardi, Roberto Bandelloni, Stefania Casazza, Silvio Monfardini, and Luigi Gallo
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3758–3765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Modulation of Fluorouracil by Leucovorin in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer: An Updated Meta-Analysis
	The Meta-Analysis Group in Cancer
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3766–3775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Irinotecan Plus Gemcitabine Results in No Survival Advantage Compared With Gemcitabine Monotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Despite Increased Tumor Response Rate
	Caio M. Rocha Lima, Mark R. Green, Robert Rotche, Wilson H. Miller, Jr, G. Mark Jeffrey, Laura A. Cisar, Adele Morganti, Nicoletta Orlando, Gabriela Gruia, and Langdon L. Miller
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3776–3783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Early Hospital Discharge Followed by Outpatient Management Versus Continued Hospitalization of Children With Cancer, Fever, and Neutropenia at Low Risk for Invasive Bacterial Infection
	María E. Santolaya, Ana M. Alvarez, Carmen L. Avilés, Ana Becker, José Cofré, Miguel A. Cumsille, Miguel L. O'Ryan, Ernesto Payá, Carmen Salgado, Pamela Silva, Juan Tordecilla, Mónica Varas, Milena Villarroel, Tamara Viviani, and Marcela Zubieta
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3784–3789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Telomerase Expression Predicts Unfavorable Outcome in Osteosarcoma
	Robert P. Sanders, Rachid Drissi, Catherine A. Billups, Najat C. Daw, Marcus B. Valentine, and Jeffrey S. Dome
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3790–3797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Autologous Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Children With Acute Myeloid Leukemia in First or Second Complete Remission: A Prognostic Factor Analysis
	Kamar Godder, Mary Eapen, Joseph H. Laver, Mei-Jie Zhang, Bruce M. Camitta, Alan S. Wayne, Robert Peter Gale, John J. Doyle, Lolie C. Yu, Allen R. Chen, James H. Garvin, Jr, Eric S. Sandler, Andrew M. Yeager, John R. Edwards, and Mary M. Horowitz
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3798–3804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE
	Systematic Review of the Staging Performance of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Esophageal Cancer
	H.L. van Westreenen, M. Westerterp, P.M.M. Bossuyt, J. Pruim, G.W. Sloof, J.J.B. van Lanschot, H. Groen, and J.Th.M. Plukker
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3805–3812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BIOLOGY OF NEOPLASIA
	Biology of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
	Christopher L. Corless, Jonathan A. Fletcher, and Michael C. Heinrich
	JCO Sep 15 2004: 3813–3825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Challenging Problems in Malignancy: CASE 1. Presentation of Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Marked Hyperamylasemia

Giovanni Benedetti, Francesca Rastelli, Stefania Damiani, Cesare Calandri, and Lucio Crinò

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3826–3828. [Full Text] [PDF]

Challenging Problems in Malignancy: CASE 2. Isolated Needle-Track Recurrence Following Fine Needle Aspiration for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Benjamin D. Smith, Dinesh Kapur, Sa-id Esfahanian, Mandeep S. Dhami, and James J. Fischer

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3828–3829. [Full Text] [PDF]

Challenging Problems in Malignancy: CASE 3. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia With Ocular Complications and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

David T.L. Liu, Dorothy S.P. Fan, Wai-Man Chan, Paul C.L. Choi, Lei Gao, and Dennis S.C. Lam

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3830–3832. [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence

Exemestane Following Tamoxifen in Postmenopausal Women With Primary Breast Cancer

Henning T. Mouridsen

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3833–3834. [Full Text] [PDF]

Maturation Matters: Importance of Maturation for Antitumor Immunity of Dendritic Cell Vaccines

Sylvia Adams, David O'Neill, and Nina Bhardwaj

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3834–3835. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Craig L. Slingluff, Jr

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3835. [Full Text] [PDF]

Risk of Duodenal Adenomas in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis to Progress Toward Advanced Neoplastic Disease

Guido Biasco, Maria Abbondanza Pantaleo, Giulio Di Febo, Carlo Calabrese, and Giovanni Brandi

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3835-a–3836. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply:

Saurin Jean-Christophe, Parmentier Béatrice, and Moussata Driffa

JCO Sep 15 2004: 3836–3837. [Full Text] [PDF]

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