PERSPECTIVES IN ONCOLOGY

Fighting Cancer Is Everyone's Obligation

Lance Armstrong

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3473–3474. [Full Text] [PDF]

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF JCO

Commentary

The Long Road to a Cure for Acute Myelocytic Leukemia: From Intensity to Specificity

William P. Vaughan and Judith E. Karp

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3475–3477. [Full Text] [PDF] [From JCO 1983]

EDITORIALS

Past and Future of Pancreas Cancer: Are We Ready to Move Forward Together?

Nipun Merchant and Jordan Berlin

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3478–3480. [Full Text] [PDF]

Extended Perineal Resection of Distal Rectal Cancers: Surgical Advance, Increased Utilization of Neoadjuvant Therapies, Proper Patient Selection or All of the Above?

José G. Guillem and Bruce D. Minsky

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3481–3482. First published on Jun 9 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.6646. [Full Text] [PDF]

Completion Axillary Lymph Node Dissection for Breast Cancer: Immediate Versus Delayed Versus None

Harry D. Bear

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3483–3484. [Full Text] [PDF]

First-Line Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Is There a Superior Regimen Based on Histology?

Lawrence H. Einhorn

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3485–3486. First published on May 27 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.2056. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Gastrointestinal Cancer
	Preoperative Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Followed by Gemcitabine-Based Chemoradiation for Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head
	Gauri R. Varadhachary, Robert A. Wolff, Christopher H. Crane, Charlotte C. Sun, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W.T. Pisters, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Eddie Abdalla, Huamin Wang, Gregg A. Staerkel, Jeffrey H. Lee, William A. Ross, Eric P. Tamm, Priya R. Bhosale, Sunil Krishnan, Prajnan Das, Linus Ho, Henry Xiong, James L. Abbruzzese, and Douglas B. Evans
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3487–3495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Preoperative Gemcitabine-Based Chemoradiation for Patients With Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head
	Douglas B. Evans, Gauri R. Varadhachary, Christopher H. Crane, Charlotte C. Sun, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W.T. Pisters, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Huamin Wang, Karen R. Cleary, Gregg A. Staerkel, Chusilp Charnsangavej, Elizabeth A. Lano, Linus Ho, Renato Lenzi, James L. Abbruzzese, and Robert A. Wolff
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3496–3502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Analysis of Fluorouracil-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Results of a Large, Prospectively Collected Database at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
	Joseph M. Herman, Michael J. Swartz, Charles C. Hsu, Jordan Winter, Timothy M. Pawlik, Elizabeth Sugar, Ray Robinson, Daniel A. Laheru, Elizabeth Jaffee, Ralph H. Hruban, Kurtis A. Campbell, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Fariba Asrari, Ross Donehower, Manuel Hidalgo, Luis A. Diaz, Jr, Charles Yeo, John L. Cameron, Richard D. Schulick, and Ross Abrams
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3503–3510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Adjuvant Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Carcinoma: The Mayo Clinic Experience (1975-2005)
	Michele M. Corsini, Robert C. Miller, Michael G. Haddock, John H. Donohue, Michael B. Farnell, David M. Nagorney, Aminah Jatoi, Robert R. McWilliams, George P. Kim, Sumita Bhatia, Matthew J. Iott, and Leonard L. Gunderson
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3511–3516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evidence of the Oncologic Superiority of Cylindrical Abdominoperineal Excision for Low Rectal Cancer
	Nicholas P. West, Paul J. Finan, Claes Anderin, Johan Lindholm, Torbjorn Holm, and Philip Quirke
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3517–3522. First published on Jun 9 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.5961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Safety and Efficacy of Oxaliplatin and Fluoropyrimidine Regimens With or Without Bevacizumab As First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Results of the TREE Study
	Howard S. Hochster, Lowell L. Hart, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Barrett H. Childs, John D. Hainsworth, Allen L. Cohn, Lucas Wong, Louis Fehrenbacher, Yousif Abubakr, M. Wasif Saif, Lee Schwartzberg, and Eric Hedrick
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3523–3529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Publisher's Note]

Breast Cancer
	Impact of Immediate Versus Delayed Axillary Node Dissection on Surgical Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients With Positive Sentinel Nodes: Results From American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Trials Z0010 and Z0011
	John A. Olson, Jr, Linda M. McCall, Peter Beitsch, Pat W. Whitworth, Douglas S. Reintgen, Peter W. Blumencranz, A. Marilyn Leitch, Sukamal Saha, Kelly K. Hunt, and Armando E. Giuliano
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3530–3535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Lymphedema After Breast Cancer: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Effect on Upper Body Function
	Sandra C. Hayes, Monika Janda, Bruce Cornish, Diana Battistutta, and Beth Newman
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3536–3542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thoracic Oncology
	Phase III Study Comparing Cisplatin Plus Gemcitabine With Cisplatin Plus Pemetrexed in Chemotherapy-Naive Patients With Advanced-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
	Giorgio Vittorio Scagliotti, Purvish Parikh, Joachim von Pawel, Bonne Biesma, Johan Vansteenkiste, Christian Manegold, Piotr Serwatowski, Ulrich Gatzemeier, Raghunadharao Digumarti, Mauro Zukin, Jin S. Lee, Anders Mellemgaard, Keunchil Park, Shehkar Patil, Janusz Rolski, Tuncay Goksel, Filippo de Marinis, Lorinda Simms, Katherine P. Sugarman, and David Gandara
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3543–3551. First published on May 27 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.0375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Lung Adjuvant Cisplatin Evaluation: A Pooled Analysis by the LACE Collaborative Group
	Jean-Pierre Pignon, Hélène Tribodet, Giorgio V. Scagliotti, Jean-Yves Douillard, Frances A. Shepherd, Richard J. Stephens, Ariane Dunant, Valter Torri, Rafael Rosell, Lesley Seymour, Stephen G. Spiro, Estelle Rolland, Roldano Fossati, Delphine Aubert, Keyue Ding, David Waller, and Thierry Le Chevalier
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3552–3559. First published on May 27 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.9030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	DNA Damage and Repair Capacity in Patients With Lung Cancer: Prediction of Multiple Primary Tumors
	Irene Orlow, Bernard J. Park, Urvi Mujumdar, Himali Patel, Puiki Siu-Lau, Brian A. Clas, Robert Downey, Raja Flores, Manjit Bains, Nabil Rizk, Gemma Dominguez, Jen Jani, Marianne Berwick, Colin B. Begg, Mark G. Kris, and Valerie W. Rusch
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3560–3566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Pemetrexed Plus Gemcitabine As First-Line Chemotherapy for Patients With Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Final Report of a Phase II Trial
	George R. Simon, Claire F. Verschraegen, Pasi A. Jänne, Corey J. Langer, Afshin Dowlati, Shirish M. Gadgeel, Karen Kelly, Gregory P. Kalemkerian, Anne M. Traynor, Guangbin Peng, John Gill, Coleman K. Obasaju, and Hedy L. Kindler
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3567–3572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Pooled Analysis of the Effect of Age on Adjuvant Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy for Completely Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
	Martin Früh, Estelle Rolland, Jean-Pierre Pignon, Lesley Seymour, Keyue Ding, Hélène Tribodet, Timothy Winton, Thierry Le Chevalier, Giorgio V. Scagliotti, Jean Yves Douillard, Stephen Spiro, and Frances A. Shepherd
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3573–3581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Head and Neck Cancer
	Factors Associated With Severe Late Toxicity After Concurrent Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: An RTOG Analysis
	Mitchell Machtay, Jennifer Moughan, Andrew Trotti, Adam S. Garden, Randal S. Weber, Jay S. Cooper, Arlene Forastiere, and K. Kian Ang
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3582–3589. First published on Jun 16 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.8841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Oncology
	Mature and Immature Extracranial Teratomas in Children: The UK Children's Cancer Study Group Experience
	Jillian R. Mann, Elizabeth S. Gray, Claire Thornton, Faro Raafat, Kathleen Robinson, Gary S. Collins, Peter Gornall, Simon N. Huddart, Juliet P. Hale, and Anthony Oakhill
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3590–3597. First published on Jun 9 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.0622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gynecologic Cancer
	Relationship Between ERCC1 Polymorphisms, Disease Progression, and Survival in the Gynecologic Oncology Group Phase III Trial of Intraperitoneal Versus Intravenous Cisplatin and Paclitaxel for Stage III Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
	Thomas C. Krivak, Kathleen M. Darcy, Chunqiao Tian, Deborah Armstrong, Bora E. Baysal, Holly Gallion, Christine B. Ambrosone, and Julie A. DeLoia
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3598–3606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hematologic Malignancies
	Erythropoietin and Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Treatment Associated With Improved Survival in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
	Martin Jädersten, Luca Malcovati, Ingunn Dybedal, Matteo Giovanni Della Porta, Rosangela Invernizzi, Scott M. Montgomery, Cristiana Pascutto, Anna Porwit, Mario Cazzola, and Eva Hellström-Lindberg
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3607–3613. First published on Jun 16 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.4906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Impact of Rituximab and/or High-Dose Therapy With Autotransplant at Time of Relapse in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma: A GELA Study
	Catherine Sebban, Pauline Brice, Richard Delarue, Corinne Haioun, Bertrand Souleau, Nicolas Mounier, Nicole Brousse, Pierre Feugier, Hervé Tilly, Philippe Solal-Céligny, and Bertrand Coiffier
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3614–3620. First published on Jun 16 2008; 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.5358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE
	Ligand-Based Targeting of Apoptosis in Cancer: The Potential of Recombinant Human Apoptosis Ligand 2/Tumor Necrosis Factor–Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (rhApo2L/TRAIL)
	Avi Ashkenazi, Pamela Holland, and S. Gail Eckhardt
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3621–3630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SPECIAL ARTICLE
	American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Comprehensive Cancer Network Quality Measures
	Christopher E. Desch, Kristen K. McNiff, Eric C. Schneider, Deborah Schrag, Joan McClure, Eva Lepisto, Molla S. Donaldson, Katherine L. Kahn, Jane C. Weeks, Clifford Y. Ko, Andrew K. Stewart, and Stephen B. Edge
	JCO Jul 20 2008: 3631–3637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ART OF ONCOLOGY

On the Hippocratic Facies

Mark A. Marinella

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3638–3640. [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY

Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Dysplasia in a Patient With Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome

Evan S. Ong, Mohamed A. Alassas, Paul N. Bogner, Kelli Bullard Dunn, William Y. Chey, and John F. Gibbs

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3641–3642. [Full Text] [PDF]

Merkel Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Heart

Joseph Anthony Fiorillo

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3643–3644. [Full Text] [PDF]

Erlotinib in a Patient With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Concomitant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Vincenzo Pitini, Carmela Arrigo, and Giuseppe Altavilla

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3645–3646. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE

Trial Design for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Guru Sonpavde, Mark T. Fleming, Thomas E. Hutson, and Matthew D. Galsky

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3647–3648. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply

Howard I. Scher, Susan Halabi, Ian F. Tannock, Michael Morris, Cora N. Sternberg, Michael A. Carducci, Mario A. Eisenberger, Celestia Higano, Glenn J. Bubley, Robert Dreicer, Daniel P. Petrylak, Philip Kantoff, Ethan Basch, Wm Kevin Kelly, William D. Figg, Eric J. Small, Tomasz M. Beer, George Wilding, Alison Martin, and Maha Hussain

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3648–3649. [Full Text] [PDF]

Dose Selection in Phase I Studies: Why We Should Always Go for the Most Effective

Ian E. Haines

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3650–3652. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply

Stefan Sleijfer and Erik Wiemer

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3652–3653. [Full Text] [PDF]

Predicting Success in Phase III Studies From Phase II Results: A New Paradigm Is Needed

Richard Leff and Michele Andrews

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3653–3654. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply

Elizabeth A. Eisenhauer and Robert H. El-Maraghi

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3654–3655. [Full Text] [PDF]

Dose-Dense Chemotherapy With Trastuzumab Is an Appropriate Option

Chau Dang, Larry Norton, and Clifford Hudis

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3655–3656. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply

Harold J. Burstein and Erica L. Mayer

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3656. [Full Text] [PDF]

Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer: Fiction or Reality?

Massimo Cristofanilli, James Reuben, and Jonathan Uhr

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3656-a–3657. [Full Text] [PDF]

In Reply

Katharina Pachmann

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3657–3658. [Full Text] [PDF]

ERRATA

ERRATUM

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3659. [Full Text] [PDF]

ERRATUM

JCO Jul 20 2008: 3659-a. [Full Text] [PDF]

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