1. Clinical response versus clinical benefit in oncology: not necessarily equivalent terms

   • Maurie Markman

   Editorial Pages: 243 - 244

2. Regulation of the release of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)α and soluble TNF Receptor by γ irradiation and interferon γ in Ewing's sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour cells

   • F. van Valen
   • V. Kentrup-Lardong
   • H. Jürgens

   Original Paper Pages: 245 - 252

3. Genotoxic changes in the pulmonary alveolar macrophages of mice, rats and hamsters treated with tobacco smoke

   • P. M. Blagoeva
   • Ts. J. Mircheva
   • B. T. Atanassov

   Original Paper Pages: 253 - 258

4. A practical prognostic index for inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer

   • Tuija Wigren
   • Hanna Oksanen
   • Pirkko Kellokumpu-Lehtinen

   Original Paper Pages: 259 - 266

5. Effect of the cytostatic butyric acid pro-drug, pivaloyloxymethyl butyrate, on the tumorigenicity of cancer cells

   • Adina Aviram
   • Ada Rephaeli
   • Esther Rabizadeh

   Original Paper Pages: 267 - 271

6. Modifying effect of reproductive risk factors on the age at onset of breast cancer for GermanBRCA1 mutation carriers

   • Jenny Chang-Claude
   • Heiko Becher
   • Ute Hamann

   Original Paper Pages: 272 - 279

7. Increased phospholipase D activity in human breast cancer

   • Nobuyuki Uchida
   • Shin-ichi Okamura
   • Satoshi Yamashita

   Original Paper Pages: 280 - 285

8. The development of alkylphosphocholines as signal transduction inhibitors: experimental and clinical challenges

   • P. Hilgard
   • J. Pohl
   • J. Engel

   Letter to the Editor Pages: 286 - 287

9. Interdisciplinary Forum: From Genetic Diagnosis to Gene Therapy in Oncology

   • Kurt S. Zänker
   • Hans P. Huber

   Meeting Report Pages: 288 - 295

10. Changes inN-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III, IV and V in renal cell carcinoma

    • Tong-yu Zhu
    • Hui-li Chen
    • Ren-an Zhang

    Rapid Communication Pages: 296 - 299