The EDGE

Non-genetic cancer cell plasticity and therapy-induced stemness in tumour relapse: ‘What does not kill me strengthens me’

A O Pisco and S Huang

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1725-1732; advance online publication, May 12, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.146

Clinical Studies

Different prognostic models for different patient populations: validation of a new prognostic model for patients with oropharyngeal cancer in Western Europe

M M Rietbergen, B I Witte, E R Velazquez, P J F Snijders, E Bloemena, E J Speel, R H Brakenhoff, B Kremer, P Lambin and C R Leemans

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1733-1736; advance online publication, May 7, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.139

¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography-computed tomography to diagnose recurrent cancer

J J You, K J Cline, C-S Gu, K I Pritchard, I S Dayes, K Y Gulenchyn, R I Inculet, S K Dhesy-Thind, M A Freeman, A M Chan, J A Julian and M N Levine

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1737-1743; advance online publication, May 5, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.151

Effect of specialized diagnostic assessment units on the time to diagnosis in screen-detected breast cancer patients

L Jiang, J Gilbert, H Langley, R Moineddin and P A Groome

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1744-1750; advance online publication, May 5, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.147

Molecular Diagnostics

Circulating cell-free miRNAs as biomarker for triple-negative breast cancer

V Y Shin, J M Siu, I Cheuk, E K O Ng and A Kwong

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1751-1759; advance online publication, April 23, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.143

Downregulation of miRNA-424: a sign of field cancerisation in clinically normal tongue adjacent to squamous cell carcinoma

L Boldrup, P J Coates, G Laurell, T Wilms, R Fahraeus and K Nylander

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1760-1765; advance online publication, May 12, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.150

Modification of N staging systems for penile cancer: a more precise prediction of prognosis

Z-S Li, K Yao, P Chen, B Wang, J-P Chen, Q-W Mi, Y-H Li, Z-W Liu, Z-K Qin, F-J Zhou and H Han

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1766-1771; advance online publication, May 5, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.141

Interleukin-8 is a key mediator of FKBP51-induced melanoma growth, angiogenesis and metastasis

S K Srivastava, A Bhardwaj, S Arora, N Tyagi, A P Singh, J E Carter, J G Scammell, Ø Fodstad and S Singh

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1772-1781; advance online publication, May 5, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.154

Intratumoral tertiary lymphoid organ is a favourable prognosticator in patients with pancreatic cancer

N Hiraoka, Y Ino, R Yamazaki-Itoh, Y Kanai, T Kosuge and K Shimada

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1782-1790; advance online publication, May 5, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.145

Epidemiology

General practice performance in referral for suspected cancer: influence of number of cases and case-mix on publicly reported data

P Murchie, A Chowdhury, S Smith, N C Campbell, A J Lee, D Linden and C D Burton

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1791-1798; advance online publication, April 16, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.110

Smoking is associated with pessimistic and avoidant beliefs about cancer: results from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership

S L Quaife, A McEwen, S M Janes and J Wardle

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1799-1804; advance online publication, May 7, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.148

Stomach cancer and occupational exposure to asbestos: a meta-analysis of occupational cohort studies

L Fortunato and L Rushton

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1805-1815; advance online publication, April 30, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2014.599

Mediterranean diet and risk of endometrial cancer: a pooled analysis of three italian case-control studies

M Filomeno, C Bosetti, E Bidoli, F Levi, D Serraino, M Montella, C La Vecchia and A Tavani

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1816-1821; advance online publication, May 12, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.153

Mortality in cancer patients previously diagnosed with herpes zoster in the hospital setting: a nationwide cohort study

S A J Schmidt, G V Sørensen, E Horváth-Puhó, L Pedersen, N Obel, K L Petersen, H C Schønheyder and H T Sørensen

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1822-1826; advance online publication, April 16, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.136

Cancer risk in the relatives of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma—a register-based cohort study in Sweden

Z Liu, F Fang, E T Chang and W Ye

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1827-1831; advance online publication, April 30, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.140

Letters to the Editor

Comment on: The prognostic significance of tumour-stroma ratio in oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer

W E Mesker, T J A Dekker, E M de Kruijf, C C Engels, G W van Pelt, V T H B M Smit and R A E M Tollenaar

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1832-1833; advance online publication, November 13, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.570

Reponse to: comment on, ‘Tumour-stroma ratio (TSR) in oestrogen-positive breast cancer patients’

C L Downey, S A Simpkins, D L Holliday, J L Jones, L B Jordan, J Kulka, A M Hanby and V Speirs

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1833-1834; advance online publication, November 13, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.571

Comment on ‘Reasons for non-uptake and subsequent participation in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme: a qualitative study’

C K Tai, P Leung, A Poullis and G Curry

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1834; advance online publication, November 4, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.559

Comment on: ‘Subgroup effects in a randomized trial of different types and doses of exercise during breast cancer chemotherapy’

A J M Beijers, A L J Verhulst, F Mols and G Vreugdenhil

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1835; advance online publication, December 4, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.614

Comment on: ‘COUP-TFII regulates metastasis of colorectal adenocarcinoma cells by modulating Snail1’

P-P Bringuier and L A Giroldi

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1836; advance online publication, December 9, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.613

Comment on ‘Updated investigations of cancer excesses in individuals born or resident in the vicinity of Sellafield and Dounreay’: premature all-clear for nuclear power

I Fairlie and A Körblein

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1836-1837; advance online publication, November 20, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.581

Response to: Comment on 'Updated investigations of cancer excesses in individuals born or resident in the vicinity of Sellafield and Dounreay'

R J Q McNally, K J Bunch, A W Craft and M F G Murphy

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1837; advance online publication, November 20, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.582

Comment on: α-smooth muscle actin expression and desmoplastic stromal reaction in pancreatic cancer: results from the CONKO-001 study

I H Sahin and B Uzunparmak

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1838; advance online publication, January 20, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2014.663

Sleep duration and breast cancer risk in the breast cancer detection demonstration project follow-up cohort: true associations or bias?

W-S Yang, X Wang, Q Deng, H Zhao and W-Y Fan

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1838-1839; advance online publication, April 21, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.130

Reply to ‘Sleep duration and breast cancer risk in the breast cancer detection demonstration project follow-up cohort: true associations or bias?’

X Qian, L A Brinton, C Schairer and C E Matthews

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1839-1840; advance online publication, April 21, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.131

Comment on ‘Possible pro-carcinogenic association of endotoxin on lung cancer among Shanghai women textile workers’

R Rylander and R Jacobs

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1840; advance online publication, November 20, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.583

Reply to Comment on: ‘Possible pro-carcinogenic association of endotoxin on lung cancer among Shanghai women textile workers’

H Checkoway, J I Lundin, S Costello, R M Ray, W Li, E A Eisen, G Astrakianakis, K Applebaum, D L Gao and D B Thomas

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1840-1841; advance online publication, November 20, 2014; 10.1038/bjc.2014.584

Response to ‘Are the studies on cancer risk from CT scans biased by indication? Elements of answer from a large-scale cohort study in France’

C R Muirhead

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1841-1842; 10.1038/bjc.2015.106

Comment on ‘Are the studies on cancer risk from CT scans biased by indication? Elements of answer from a large-scale cohort study in France’—Evidence of confounding by predisposing factors unclear

E Cardis and M B de Basea

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1842-1843; advance online publication, May 12, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.155

Comment on: Are the studies on cancer risk from CT scans biased by indication? Elements of answer from a large-scale cohort study in France

N Journy, D Laurier and M-O Bernier

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1843-1844; 10.1038/bjc.2015.105

Hepatitis B virus infection and gastric cancer risk: pitfalls in the potential association

X-Z Chen, R Wang and J-K Hu

Br J Cancer 2015 112: 1844; advance online publication, May 12, 2015; 10.1038/bjc.2015.161