Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Review Article:

Chikako Shimizu, Masashi Ando, Tsutomu Kouno, Noriyuki Katsumata, and Yasuhiro Fujiwara

Current Trends and Controversies over Pre-operative Chemotherapy for Women with Operable Breast Cancer
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on January 3, 2007
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 1-8; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles:

Reury-Perng Perng, Chih-Yi Chen, Gee-Chen Chang, Te-Chun Hsia, Nan-Yung Hsu, Ying-Huang Tsai, Chun-Ming Tsai, Chih-Hsin Yang, Yuh-Min Chen, Chong-Jen Yu, Jen-Jyh Lee, Han-Shui Hsu, Chih-Teng Yu, Eing-Long Kao, and Chao-Hua Chiu

Revisit of 1997 TNM Staging System—Survival Analysis of 1112 Lung Cancer Patients in Taiwan
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on December 1, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 9-15; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuko Nishio, Kuniaki Nakanishi, Yuichi Ozeki, Shi-Xu Jiang, Toru Kameya, Akira Hebisawa, Makio Mukai, William D. Travis, Teri J. Franks, and Toshiaki Kawai

Telomere Length, Telomerase Activity, and Expressions of Human Telomerase mRNA Component (hTERC) and Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA in Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on October 23, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 16-22; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yung-Chang Lin, Hsien-Kun Chang, Jen-Shi Chen, Hung-Ming Wang, Tsai-Shen Yang, and Chaung-Chi Liaw

A Phase II Randomized Study of Two Taxanes and Cisplatin for Metastatic Breast Cancer after Anthracycline: A Final Analysis
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 23-29; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung Sook Lee, Jae-Lyun Lee, Min-Hee Ryu, Heung Moon Chang, Tae Won Kim, Hye-Jin Kang, Woo Kun Kim, Jung Shin Lee, and Yoon-Koo Kang

Combination Chemotherapy with Capecitabine (X) and Cisplatin (P) as First Line Treatment in Advanced Gastric Cancer: Experience of 223 Patients with Prognostic Factor Analysis
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 30-37; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoki Nakamura, Hiroshi Igaki, Hideomi Yamashita, Kenshiro Shiraishi, Masao Tago, Nakashi Sasano, Syuichiro Shiina, Masao Omata, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Kuni Ohtomo, and Keiichi Nakagawa

A Retrospective Study of Radiotherapy for Spinal Bone Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on December 1, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 38-43; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Kawada, Koji Murakami, Takashi Sato, Yoshiki Kojima, Hiromichi Ebi, Hirofumi Mukai, Makoto Tahara, Kaoru Shimokata, and Hironobu Minami

Prospective Study of Positron Emission Tomography for Evaluation of the Activity of Lapatinib, a Dual Inhibitor of the ErbB1 and ErbB2 Tyrosine Kinases, in Patients with Advanced Tumors
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on October 23, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 44-48; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang Eun Lee, Sung Kyu Hong, Byung Kyu Han, Ji Hyung Yu, June Hyun Han, Seong Jin Jeong, Seok-Soo Byun, Yong Hyun Park, and Gheeyoung Choe

Prognostic Significance of Tumor Necrosis in Primary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of Upper Urinary Tract
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on January 4, 2007
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 49-55; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Masayasu Urushibara, Yukio Kageyama, Takumi Akashi, Yukihiro Otsuka, Touichiro Takizawa, Morio Koike, and Kazunori Kihara

HSP60 may Predict Good Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Bladder Cancer
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 56-61; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Seiko Nishioka and Takeshi Nishioka

Carcinoma of the Floor of the Mouth: A Case Treated with Precisely Controlled External Beam Radiotherapy
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 62-65; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toru Morishita, Masanori Matsumoto, Kanya Honoki, Atsushi Yoshida, Yoshinori Takakura, and Yoshihiro Fujimura

Successful Treatment of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor-associated Microangiopathy with Multiple Bone Metastases
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on November 21, 2006
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 66-69; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Trial Note:

Yuzuru Niibe, Kazushige Hayakawa, Shinpei Tsunoda, Tadayuki Kanai, Manami Imai, Masahide Arai, Tsutomu Arai, Miwa Kawaguchi, Toshiko Jobo, Yukihiro Hamada, Kazuo Yago, and Nobuya Unno for the Kitasato Gynecologic Radiation Oncology Group

Phase II Study of Radiation Therapy Combined with Weekly Nedaplatin in Locally Advanced Uterine Cervical Carcinoma: Kitasato Gynecologic Radiation Oncology Group (KGROG 0501)
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published on January 4, 2007
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 70-72; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Image of the Month:

Takashi Uehara and Morio Sawada

Struma Ovarii Associated with Meigs Syndrome
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 73; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl159 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cancer Statistics Digest:

Tomohiro Matsuda and Tomomi Marugame

International Comparisons of Cumulative Risk of Gallbladder Cancer and other Biliary Tract Cancer, from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. VIII
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 74-75; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl158 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

News:

"JJCO Paper of the Year"
Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2007 37: 76; doi:10.1093/jjco/hym001 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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