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Cancer and age in the USA [Review].
Balducci L, Beghe' C. Critical Reviews in Oncology-Hematology. 37(2):137-145, 2001 Feb.

Disparities in cancer diagnosis and survival.
Bradley CJ, Given CW, Roberts C. Cancer Cytopathology. 91(1):178-188, 2001 Jan 1.

Interval cancer peer review in East Anglia: Implications for monitoring doctors as well as the NHS breast screening programme.
Britton PD, McCann J, O'Driscoll D, Hunnam G, Warren RML. Clinical Radiology. 56(1):44-49, 2001 Jan.

Breast cancer survival by teaching status of the initial treating hospital.
Chaudhry R, Goel V, Sawka C. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 164(2):183-188, 2001 Jan 23.

Validity of self-reported cancer history: A comparison of health interview data and cancer registry records.
Desai MM, Bruce ML, Desai RA, Druss BG. American Journal of Epidemiology. 153(3):299-306, 2001 Feb 1.

Reproducibility of reported farming activities and pesticide use among breast cancer cases and controls: A comparison of two modes of data collection.
Duell EJ, Millikan RC, Savitz DA, et al. Annals of Epidemiology. 11(3):178-185, 2001 Apr.

Incidence of multiple primary cancers in a cohort of women diagnosed with breast cancer in southeast England.
Evans HS, Lewis CM, Robinson D, Bell CMJ, Moller H, Hodgson SV. British Journal of Cancer. 84(3):435-440, 2001 Feb 2.

Breast cancer size and stage in Hispanic American women, by birthplace: 1992-1995.
Hedeen AN, White E. American Journal of Public Health. 91(1):122-125, 2001 Jan.

Racial trends in age-specific breast cancer mortality rates in US women.
Marbella AM, Layde PM. American Journal of Public Health. 91(1):118-121, 2001 Jan.

Race, anthropometric factors, and stage at diagnosis of breast cancer.
Moorman PG, Jones BA, Millikan RC, Hall IJ, Newman B. American Journal of Epidemiology. 153(3):284-291, 2001 Feb 1.

Age-period-cohort modelling of breast cancer incidence in the Nordic countries.
Rostgaard K, Vaeth M, Holst H, Madsen M, Lynge E. Statistics in Medicine. 20(1):47-61, 2001 Jan 15.

Breast carcinoma presents a decade earlier in Mexican women than in women in the United States or European countries.
Rodriguez-Cuevas S, Macias CG, Franceschi D, Labastida S. Cancer. 91(4):863-868, 2001 Feb 15.

The Cooperative Familial Registry for Breast Cancer Studies: design and first year recruitment rates in Ontario.
Sutherland HJ, Lacroix J, Knight J, Andrulis LL, Boyd NF. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 54(1):93-98, 2001 Jan.

Brachytherapy in the elderly [Review].
Montemaggi P, Guerrieri P. Critical Reviews in Oncology-Hematology. 37(2):159-167, 2001 Feb.

Life expectancy, comorbidity and quality of life: the treatment equation in the older cancer patients [Review].
Repetto L, Comandini D, Mammoliti S. Critical Reviews in Oncology-Hematology. 37(2):147-152, 2001 Feb.

Perspectives on comorbidity and cancer in older patients: Approaches to expand the knowledge base.
Yancik R, Ganz PA, Varicchio CG, Conley B. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 19(4):1147-1151, 2001 Feb 15.

Effect of age and comorbidity in postmenopausal breast cancer patients aged 55 years and older.
Yancik R, Wesley MN, Ries LAG, Havlik RJ, Edwards BK, Yates JW. Jama: Journal of the American Medical Association. 285(7):885-892, 2001 Feb 21.

Original report - Sonographic features of primary breast cancer in men.
Yang WT, Whitman GJ, Yuen EHY, Tse GMK, Stelling CB. American Journal of Roentgenology. 176(2):413-416, 2001 Feb.

Are older lymphoma and breast cancer patients undertreated?
Oncology (Huntingt). 2001;15:406, 436.

Impact of mammographic interval on stage and survival after the diagnosis of contralateral breast cancer. 
Kaas R, Hart AAM, Besnard APE, Peterse JL, Rutgers EJT. British Journal of Surgery. 88(1):123-127, 2001 Jan.

Breast cancer during the HIV epidemic in an African population.
Amir H, Makwaya C, Mhalu F, Mbonde MP, Schwartz-Albiez R. Oncol Rep. 2001;8:659-61.

Health Information on the Internet: Accessibility, Quality, and Readability in English and Spanish.
Berland GK, Elliott MN, Morales LS, et al. JAMA. 2001;285:2612-2621.

Cancer care in Nepal: variables that affect diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis: a case study.
Braun CM, Itano JK. Cancer Nurs. 2001;24:137-42.

The impact of a multidisciplinary breast cancer center on recommendations for patient management: the University of Pennsylvania experience.
Chang JH, Vines E, Bertsch H, et al. Cancer. 2001;91:1231-7.

Similarities of prostate and breast cancer: Evolution, diet, and estrogens.
Coffey DS. Urology. 2001;57:31-8.

Breast cancer occurred after treatment for Hodgkin's disease: analysis of 133 cases.
Cutuli B, Borel C, Dhermain F, et al. Radiother Oncol. 2001;59:247-55.

Computer program to assist in making decisions about adjuvant therapy for women with early breast cancer.
Ravdin PM, Siminoff LA, Davis GJ, et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 19(4):980-991, 2001 Feb 15.

Cognitive function and reproductive hormones in adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. a critical review.
Bender CM, Paraska KK, Sereika SM, Ryan CM, Berga SL. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2001;21:407-24.

Sources of elevated serum androgens in postmenopausal women who develop breast cancer.
Dorgan JF, Boudou P, Stanczyk FZ, et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001;10:407-10.

Variation in mammographic breast density by race.
El-Bastawissi AY, White E, Mandelson MT, Taplin S.
Ann Epidemiol. 2001;11:257-63.

Role of Iron in Estrogen-Induced Cancer.
G  Lieh J, Shawn Jones J. Curr Med Chem. 2001;8:839-849.

In situ and small invasive breast cancer register in Victoria, 1988 to 1992: Tumour characteristics and patient management.
Giles G, Russell I, Reed R, Marr G, Kavanagh A. Aust N Z J Surg. 2001;71:266-270..

Change in women's diet and body mass following intensive intervention for early-stage breast cancer.
Hebert JR, Ebbeling CB, Olendzki BC, et al. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001;101:421-31.

Bericht uber die NIH Consensus Development Conference zur adjuvanten Therapie von Mammakarzinomen.
Kaufmann M, von Minckwitz G. Onkologie. 2001;24:190-192.

Breast cancer and NSAID use: a meta-analysis.
Khuder SA, Mutgi AB. Br J Cancer. 2001;84:1188-92.

Aichi Cancer Center 10-year experience with conservative breast treatment of early breast cancer: retrospective analysis regarding failure patterns and factors influencing local control.
Kodaira T, Fuwa N, Itoh Y, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001;49:1311-6.

Glucose metabolism of breast cancer assessed by F-18-FDG PET: Histologic and immunohistochemical tissue analysis.
Avril N, Menzel M, Dose J, et al. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 42(1):9-16, 2001 Jan.

Plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor, Flt-1, in haematological cancers: A comparison with breast cancer.
Belgore FM, Lip GYH, Bareford D, Wadley M, Stonelake P, Blann AD. American Journal of Hematology. 66(1):59-61, 2001 Jan.

Expression of CD44 isoforms in infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the breast.
Berner HS, Nesland JM. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment. 65(1):23-29, 2001 Jan.

Monoclonality in normal epithelium and in hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions of the breast.
Diallo R, Schaefer KL, Poremba C, et al.  Journal of Pathology. 193(1):27-32, 2001 Jan.

Differences in genetic alterations between primary lobular and ductal breast cancers detected by comparative genomic hybridization.
Gunther K, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Amo-Takyi BK, Handt S, Schroder W, Tietze L. Journal of Pathology. 193(1):40-47, 2001 Jan.

A practical approach for evaluating new antibodies in the clinical immunohistochemistry laboratory.
Hsi ED. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 125(2):289-294, 2001 Feb.

Immunohistochemical study of the expression of MUC5AC and MUC6 in breast carcinomas and adjacent breast tissues.
Pereira MB, Dias AJ, Reis CA, Schmitt FC. Journal of Clinical Pathology.
54(3):210-213, 2001 Mar.

Image cytometry in nonproliferative fibrocystic breast changes.
Azua-Romeo J, de Azua-Blanco J, Romeo P. Ploidy evaluation and epidemiologic study. Anal Quant Cytol Histol. 2001;23:129-34.

Molecular targets for breast cancer therapy and prevention.
Bange J, Zwick E, Ullrich A. Nat Med. 2001;7:548-52.

General articles of special interest to medical oncologists

The effect of clodronate and antioestrogens on bone loss associated with oestrogen withdrawal in postmenopausal women with breast cancer.
Saarto T, Vehmanen L, Elomaa I, Valimaki M, Makela P, Blomqvist C. Br J Cancer. 2001;84:1047-51.

Breast cancer after mantle irradiation for Hodgkin's disease: Correlation of clinical, pathologic, and molecular features including loss of heterozygosity at BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Gaffney DK, Hemmersmeier J, Holden J, et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 49(2):539-546, 2001 Feb 1.

Treatment of the jaundiced patient with breast carcinoma - Case report and alternate therapeutic strategies.
Gurevich I, Akerley W.  Cancer. 91(4):660-663, 2001 Feb 15.

Pulmonary sequelae of treatment for breast cancer: a prospective study.
Ooi GC, Kwong DL, Ho JC, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001;50:411-9.

Impact of breast carcinoma on African-American women: the Detroit experience.
Newman LA, Carolin K, Simon M, et alCancer. 2001;91:1834-43.

A case-control study of unilateral and bilateral breast carcinoma patients.
Newman LA, Sahin AA, Bondy ML, et al. Cancer.  2001;91:1845-53.

Risk of colorectal cancer after breast cancer.
Newschaffer CJ, Topham A, Herzberg T, Weiner S, Weinberg DS. Lancet.
2001;357:837-40.

Cancer risk in a cohort of polio patients.
Nielsen NM, Wohlfahrt J, Aaby P, et al. Int J Cancer. 2001;92:605-8.

Preclinical studies with zoledronic acid and other bisphosphonates: Impact on the bone microenvironment.
Mundy GR, Yoneda T, Hiraga T.
Semin Oncol. 2001;28:35-44.

Acute myeloid leukemia in patients previously diagnosed with breast cancer: Experience of the GIMEMA group.
Pagano L, Pulsoni A, Mele L, et al. Annals of Oncology. 12(2):203-207, 2001 Feb.

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding as a metastatic manifestation of breast cancer: A case report and review of the literature.
Reiman T, Butts CA. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology. 15(1):67-71, 2001 Jan.

Breast cancer during pregnancy.
Gwyn K, Theriault R. Oncology (Huntington). 15(1):39-+, 2001 Jan.

Patterns of use of chemotherapy for breast cancer in older women: Findings from Medicare claims data.
Du XL, Goodwin JS. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 19(5):1455-1461, 2001 Mar 1.

Impact of systemic treatment on local control for patients with lymph node-negative breast cancer treated with breast-conservation therapy.
Buchholz TA, Tucker SL, Erwin J, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19:2240-6.

Centrally necrotizing carcinomas of the breast - A distinct histologic subtype with aggressive clinical behavior. 
Jimenez RE, Wallis T, Visscher DW. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 25(3):331-337, 2001 Mar.

An association between cartilaginous tumours and breast cancer in the national pathology registration in The Netherlands points towards a possible genetic trait.
Odink AE, van Asperen CJ, Vandenbroucke JP, Cleton-Jansen AM, Hogendoom PCW. Journal of Pathology. 193(2):190-192, 2001 Feb.

Magnetic resonance pharmacoangiography to detect and predict chemotherapy delivery to solid tumors.
Artemov D, Solaiyappan M, Bhujwalla ZM. Cancer Res. 2001;61:3039-44.

Paget disease of the breast--an easily overlooked disease?
Sheen-Chen SM, Chen HS, Chen WJ, Eng HL, Sheen CW, Chou FF. J Surg Oncol. 2001;76:261-5.

Management of the pregnant mother with malignant conditions.
Sivanesaratnam V. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2001;13:121-5.

Positron emission tomography with 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose in oncology. Part IIIa: Therapy response monitoring in breast cancer, lymphoma and gliomas.
van der Hiel B, Pauwels EK, Stokkel MP. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2001;127:269-77.

A study of GP referrals to a family cancer clinic for breast/ovarian cancer.
Watson E, Austoker J, Lucassen A. Fam Pract.  2001;18:131-4.

Monitoring signal transduction in cancer: tyrosine kinase gene expression profiling.
Weier HU, Zitzelsberger HF, Hsieh HB, et al. J Histochem Cytochem. 2001;49:673-4.

When is a tumor marker ready for prime time? A case study of c-erbB-2 as a predictive factor in breast cancer.
Yamauchi H, Stearns V, Hayes DF. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19:2334-56.

Identification of epitope regions recognized by tumor inhibitory and stimulatory anti-erbb-2 monoclonal antibodies: implications for vaccine design.
Yip YL, Smith G, Koch J, Dubel S, Ward RL. J Immunol.
2001;166:5271-8.

Novel tumor-promoting property of tamoxifen.
Zhong M, Lu Z, Abbas T, et al. Cell Growth Differ. 2001;12:187-92.

Serological markers for detection of cancer (Review).
Zusman I, Ben-Hur H. Int J Mol Med. 2001;7:547-56.

General articles of special interest to surgical oncologists

Breast-conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer.
Mendenhall NP. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2001;15:219-42.

Breast cancer after augmentation mammoplasty.
Skinner KA, Silberman H, Dougherty W, et al. Annals of Surgical Oncology.
8(2):138-144, 2001 Mar.

Physician sex and other factors associated with type of breast cancer surgery in older women.
Cyran EM, Crane LA, Palmer L. Archives of Surgery. 136(2):185-191, 2001 Feb.

Arm edema in breast cancer patients [Review].
Erickson VS, Pearson ML, Ganz PA, Adams J, Kahn KL. J Natl Cancer Inst. 93(2):96-111, 2001 Jan 17.

Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: 11.
Harris SR, Hugi MR, Olivotto IA, Levine M. Lymphedema. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 164(2):191-199, 2001 Jan 23.

Surgical outcomes after breast cancer surgery: Measuring acute lymphedema.
Kosir MA, Rymal C, Koppolu P, et al. Journal of Surgical Research. 95(2):147-151, 2001 Feb.

Lymphedema [Review].
Rockson SG. American Journal of Medicine.
110(4):288-295, 2001 Mar.

Cancer Risk at Sites Other than the Breast Following Augmentation Mammoplasty.
Brinton LA, Lubin JH, Burich MC, Colton T, Brown SL, Hoover RN. Ann Epidemiol.
2001;11:248-56.

Mortality among augmentation mammoplasty patients
Brinton LA, Lubin JH, Burich MC, Colton T, Hoover RN.. Epidemiology. 2001;12:321-6.

Extra-abdominal desmoid tumour of the breast: review of the primary management and the implications for breast reconstruction.
Godwin Y, McCulloch TA, Sully L. Br J Plast Surg. 2001;54:268-71.

Breast implants and cancer: causation, delayed detection, and survival.
Hoshaw SJ, Klein PJ, Clark BD, Cook RR, Perkins aL. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001;107:1393-407.

Volumes of cancer surgery for breast, colorectal and ovarian cancer 1992-97: is there evidence of increasing sub-specialization by surgeons?
Jolly K, Parry J, Rouse A, Stevens A. Br J Cancer. 2001;84:1308-13.

Quality of life as an outcome measure in surgical oncology.
Langenhoff BS, Krabbe PF, Wobbes T, Ruers TJ.
Br J Surg. 2001;88:643-52.

MR imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery of fibroadenomas in the breast: a feasibility study.
Hynynen K, Pomeroy O, Smith DN, et al. Radiology. 2001;219:176-85.

Factors predicting the use of breast-conserving therapy in stage I and II breast carcinoma.
Morrow M, White J, Moughan J, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19:2254-62.

Immediate breast reconstruction with saline-filled implants: no interference with the oncologic outcome?
Vandeweyer E, Hertens D, Nogaret JM, Deraemaecker R. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001;107:1409-12.

A comparison of aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy in the evaluation of breast lesions.
Westenend PJ, Sever AR, Beekman-De Volder HJ, Liem SJ. Cancer. 2001;93:146-50.

Impact of core-needle breast biopsy on the surgical management of mammographic abnormalities.
White RR, Halperin TJ, Olson Jr JA, Soo MS, Bentley RC, Seigler aH.
Ann Surg. 2001;233:769-77.

 

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