And, of course, please let us in the comment section about the many great spots and undiscovered gems we failed to include.
Fluoropyrimidine-based regimens could be used as the second-line chemotherapy in patients who failed in GEM alone or GEM plus nab-paclitaxel treatment, although their benefit has not been proven yet (Boeck et al, 2007; Gebbia et al, 2007; Kulke et al, 2007; Xiong et al, 2008; Morizane et al, 2009; Novarino et al, 2009).
Meanwhile, more Christmas stockings to be filled, and for my money many of the year's shining gems, as ever, failed to make even Hill's longlist: Personal plum for biog of the year is Stephen Chalke's beautifully produced Micky Stewart (Fairfield, £18), long-awaited and worth the wait, an appealing long life of a most appealingly good cricket person.
In Japan, S-1 is commonly used for the treatment of pancreatic cancer patients who failed GEM-based treatment.
Dryden's attempt in his first published poem to liken Hastings' pustules to rosebuds and later to gems and stars failed to transform smallpox to anything palatable.
But calling dialects curious is hardly the right way to begin.PATRICK EBERHARDTLeuven, BelgiumTackledSIR Your article on "Word games and game words" (June 14th) fails to mention the best gem of all from soccer: "back to square one".
J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote in his book, Madonna: An Intimate Biography, that although the album was not a strong, cohesive package, "Nothing Fails" stood out as one of the few gems.
Although the model predicts a flux distribution for the theoretical ratio between acetate and lactate in Bifidobacterium, it fails to predict the amount of lactate just like previous GEMs of lactic acid bacteria [ 63].
Examination of the relative performance of GEM and UG students on clinical assessments showed broadly similar proportions of first attempt fails and mean levels of attainment.
It fails to list all of the common terms associated with corruption in Russia, missing out such gems as: "We need to add legs [money] to your document".
