Acta Oncologica, Volume 50, Issue 3 (2011)

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Acta Oncologica, Volume 50, Issue 3 (2011)

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Review Article

Review Article
Spatial density of primary malignant melanoma in sun-shielded body sites: A potential guide to melanoma genesis
Boel K. Ragnarsson-Olding
Pages: 323-328
Published online: 08 Feb 2011
AbstractforSpatial density of primary malignant melanoma in sun-shielded body sites: A potential guide to melanoma genesis | Full Text | References | PDF (110.6 KB)
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Original Article

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Dose-tailoring of FEC adjuvant chemotherapy based on leukopenia is feasible and well tolerated. Toxicity and dose intensity in the Scandinavian Breast Group phase 3 adjuvant Trial SBG 2000-1
Per Edlund, Johan Ahlgren, Karsten Bjerre, Michael Andersson, Jonas Bergh, Henning Mouridsen, Stig B. Holmberg, Nils-Olof Bengtsson, Erik Jakobsen, Susanne Møller, Henrik Lindman & Carl Blomqvist
Pages: 329-337
Published online: 08 Feb 2011
AbstractforDose-tailoring of FEC adjuvant chemotherapy based on leukopenia is feasible and well tolerated. Toxicity and dose intensity in the Scandinavian Breast Group phase 3 adjuvant Trial SBG 2000-1 | Full Text | References | PDF (147.7 KB)
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Research Article

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Tailored chemotherapy doses based on toxicity in breast cancer result in similar quality of life values, irrespective of given dose levels
Mariann Iiristo, Tom Wiklund, Nils Wilking, Jonas Bergh & Yvonne Brandberg
Pages: 338-343
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
AbstractforTailored chemotherapy doses based on toxicity in breast cancer result in similar quality of life values, irrespective of given dose levels | Full Text | References | PDF (67.3 KB)
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Short-course adjuvant trastuzumab therapy in early stage breast cancer in Finland: Cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis based on the 5-year follow-up results of the FinHer Trial
Timo T. Purmonen, Emma Pänkäläinen, Juha H. O. Turunen, Christian Asseburg & Janne A. Martikainen
Pages: 344-352
Published online: 08 Feb 2011
AbstractforShort-course adjuvant trastuzumab therapy in early stage breast cancer in Finland: Cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis based on the 5-year follow-up results of the FinHer Trial | Full Text | References | PDF (220.8 KB)
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Difference in hormone receptor content in breast cancers from Vietnamese and Swedish women
Vu Hong Thang, Edneia Tani, Hemming Johansson, Jan Adolfsson, Kamilla Krawiec, Ta Thanh Van & Lambert Skoog
Pages: 353-359
Published online: 14 Mar 2011
AbstractforDifference in hormone receptor content in breast cancers from Vietnamese and Swedish women | Full Text | References | PDF (152.2 KB)
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HER2 status in operable breast cancers from Vietnamese women: Analysis by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and automated silver enhanced in situ hybridization (SISH)
Vu Hong Thang, Edneia Tani, Ta Thanh Van, Kamilla Krawiec & Lambert Skoog
Pages: 360-366
Published online: 21 Feb 2011
AbstractforHER2 status in operable breast cancers from Vietnamese women: Analysis by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and automated silver enhanced in situ hybridization (SISH) | Full Text | References | PDF (79.2 KB)
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Reporting and incidence trends of hydatidiform mole in Sweden 1973–2004
Sahar Salehi, Sandra Eloranta, Anna L.V. Johansson, Mats Bergström & Mats Lambe
Pages: 367-372
Published online: 14 Mar 2011
AbstractforReporting and incidence trends of hydatidiform mole in Sweden 1973–2004 | Full Text | References | PDF (135 KB)
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Psychological resilience and long-term distress in Swedish and Icelandic parents’ adjustment to childhood cancer
Eyglo Gudmundsdottir, Maria Schirren & Krister K. Boman
Pages: 373-380
Published online: 30 Jun 2010
AbstractforPsychological resilience and long-term distress in Swedish and Icelandic parents’ adjustment to childhood cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (80 KB)
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A comparative study of cancer patients with short and long sick-leave after primary treatment
Sævar Berg Gudbergsson, Steffen Torp, Tone Fløtten, Sophie D. Fosså, Roy Nielsen & Alv A. Dahl
Pages: 381-389
Published online: 15 Sep 2010
AbstractforA comparative study of cancer patients with short and long sick-leave after primary treatment | Full Text | References | PDF (119.3 KB)
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Distress, quality of life, neuroticism and psychological coping are related in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up
Anne K. H. Aarstad, Elisabeth Beisland, Arild André Osthus & Hans J. Aarstad
Pages: 390-398
Published online: 15 Sep 2010
AbstractforDistress, quality of life, neuroticism and psychological coping are related in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up | Full Text | References | PDF (109.3 KB)
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The impact of breast cancer on living an everyday life 4.5–5 years post-diagnosis – a qualitative prospective study of 39 women
Pär Salander, Sara Lilliehorn, Katarina Hamberg & Anneli Kero
Pages: 399-407
Published online: 11 Jan 2011
AbstractforThe impact of breast cancer on living an everyday life 4.5–5 years post-diagnosis – a qualitative prospective study of 39 women | Full Text | References | PDF (89.4 KB)
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Clinicians' use of guidelines as illustrated by curative treatment of prostate cancer at a comprehensive cancer center
Andreas Stensvold, Alv A. Dahl, Sophie D. Fosså, Karol Axcrona, Wolfgang Lilleby, Bjørn Brennhovd & Sigbjørn Smeland
Pages: 408-414
Published online: 30 Jun 2010
AbstractforClinicians' use of guidelines as illustrated by curative treatment of prostate cancer at a comprehensive cancer center | Full Text | References | PDF (152.3 KB)
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Standardized FDG uptake as a prognostic variable and as a predictor of incomplete cytoreduction in primary advanced ovarian cancer
Signe Risum, Annika Loft, Claus Høgdall, Anne K. Berthelsen, Estrid Høgdall, Lene Lundvall, Lotte Nedergaard & Svend A. Engelholm
Pages: 415-419
Published online: 11 Aug 2010
AbstractforStandardized FDG uptake as a prognostic variable and as a predictor of incomplete cytoreduction in primary advanced ovarian cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (116.4 KB)
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Impact of MRI in the management and staging of cancer of the uterine cervix
Kristina Stenstedt, Ann-Cathrin Hellström, Susanne Fridsten & Lennart Blomqvist
Pages: 420-426
Published online: 20 Dec 2010
AbstractforImpact of MRI in the management and staging of cancer of the uterine cervix | Full Text | References | PDF (228.5 KB)
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Magnetic resonance imaging of tumor necrosis
Tormod A. M. Egeland, Jon-Vidar Gaustad, Kanthi Galappathi & Einar K. Rofstad
Pages: 427-434
Published online: 18 Oct 2010
AbstractforMagnetic resonance imaging of tumor necrosis | Full Text | References | PDF (434.7 KB)
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Diagnostic difficulties and delays with chest wall chondrosarcoma: A Swedish population based Scandinavian Sarcoma Group study of 106 patients
Björn Widhe & Henrik C. F. Bauer
Pages: 435-440
Published online: 15 Jun 2010
AbstractforDiagnostic difficulties and delays with chest wall chondrosarcoma: A Swedish population based Scandinavian Sarcoma Group study of 106 patients | Full Text | References | PDF (128.7 KB)
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Clinical Phase I study with an Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Inhibitor: Experiences in patients with squamous non-small cell lung carcinoma
Simon Ekman, Jan-Erik Frödin, Johan Harmenberg, Antonina Bergman, Åsa Hedlund, Pia Dahg, Carina Alvfors, Birgitta Ståhl, Stefan Bergström & Michael Bergqvist
Pages: 441-447
Published online: 11 Aug 2010
AbstractforClinical Phase I study with an Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Inhibitor: Experiences in patients with squamous non-small cell lung carcinoma | Full Text | References | PDF (304.7 KB)
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A Phase I–II dose escalation study of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine, oxaliplatin and capecitabine every two weeks in advanced cholangiocarcinomas
Ulrik Lassen, Lars Henrik Jensen, Morten Sorensen, Kristoffer S. Rohrberg, Zaza Ujmajuridze & Anders Jakobsen
Pages: 448-454
Published online: 29 Jul 2010
AbstractforA Phase I–II dose escalation study of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine, oxaliplatin and capecitabine every two weeks in advanced cholangiocarcinomas | Full Text | References | PDF (98.6 KB)
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Advanced aggressive fibromatosis: Effective palliation with chemotherapy
Anastasia Constantinidou, Robin L. Jones, Michelle Scurr, Omar Al-Muderis & Ian Judson
Pages: 455-461
Published online: 30 Aug 2010
AbstractforAdvanced aggressive fibromatosis: Effective palliation with chemotherapy | Full Text | References | PDF (144.9 KB)
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Letters to the Editor

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Fatal thrombotic microangiopathy after a single dose of gemcitabine as fourth-line palliative treatment for metastasized ductal breast carcinoma
Anna E. C. A. B. Willemsen, Carla M. L. van Herpen, Pieter Wesseling, Peter Bult & Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven
Pages: 462-465
Published online: 30 Aug 2010
First Page PreviewforFatal thrombotic microangiopathy after a single dose of gemcitabine as fourth-line palliative treatment for metastasized ductal breast carcinoma | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Letter
Neutropenic enterocolitis during first-line chemotherapy with carboplatin and etoposide in small cell lung cancer
Louise Baandrup, Anders Hauggaard, Birgitte H. Winberg & Bente Holm
Pages: 465-467
Published online: 29 Jul 2010
First Page PreviewforNeutropenic enterocolitis during first-line chemotherapy with carboplatin and etoposide in small cell lung cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (712.9 KB)
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Giant phyllodes tumor of the breast: Consequence of carelessness
Sonia Zayen, Habib Amouri, Mohamed Dhouib, Dalel Trigui, Belhassen Ben Ayed & Mohamed Guermazi
Pages: 468-470
Published online: 15 Sep 2010
First Page PreviewforGiant phyllodes tumor of the breast: Consequence of carelessness | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with proton beam therapy. Two case reports
Yoshiko Oshiro, Shinji Sugahara, Takashi Fukushima, Toshiyuki Okumura, Tomohei Nakao, Masashi Mizumoto, Takayuki Hashimoto, Koji Tsuboi, Michio Kaneko & Hideyuki Sakurai
Pages: 470-473
Published online: 21 Feb 2011
First Page PreviewforPediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with proton beam therapy. Two case reports | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Unusual discrepancy between CT and PET/CT in the initial staging of Hodgkin's lymphoma
Fotios V. Michelis, Demitrios N. Exarhos, Ifigenia A. Tzannou, Themistoklis Karmiris & Emmanouil Nikiforakis
Pages: 474-476
Published online: 17 Aug 2010
First Page PreviewforUnusual discrepancy between CT and PET/CT in the initial staging of Hodgkin's lymphoma | Full Text | References | PDF (470.8 KB)
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Bilateral macular ischemia and severe visual loss following trastuzumab therapy
Maher Saleh, Tristan Bourcier, Georges Noel, Claude Speeg-Schatz & David Gaucher
Pages: 477-478
Published online: 08 Feb 2011
CitationforBilateral macular ischemia and severe visual loss following trastuzumab therapy | Full Text | References | PDF (694.3 KB)
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Use of interferon-alpha in two patients with Merkel cell carcinoma positive for Merkel cell polyomavirus
Caroline Biver-Dalle, Thierry Nguyen, Antoine Touzé, Clarisse Saccomani, Séverine Penz, Sandrine Cunat-Peultier, Marie-Odile Riou-Gotta, Philippe Humbert, Pierre Coursaget & François Aubin
Pages: 479-480
Published online: 09 Sep 2010
CitationforUse of interferon-alpha in two patients with Merkel cell carcinoma positive for Merkel cell polyomavirus | Full Text | References | PDF (39.6 KB)
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Errata

Correction
Erratum
Page: 480
Published online: 14 Mar 2011
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