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Physician-authored summaries on the latest research on carcinoma, editorials on carcinoma, and perspectives on carcinoma - drawn from the top medical journals.
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Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
- August 14, 2007
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Whole-cell immunotherapy, derived from human prostate carcinoma cell lines, was effective in enhancing immune responses in chemotherapy-naive patients with prostate cancer.- Covering:
- Small EJ et al., Clin Cancer Res 2007 Jul 1; 13:3883-91.
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Survival Benefit from mTOR Inhibition in Advanced Kidney CancerFree!
- May 30, 2007
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Compared with interferon, temsirolimus improved overall survival in patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma.- Covering:
- Hudes G et al., N Engl J Med 2007 May 31; 356:2271-81.
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No Role for Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation in Colon Cancer
- April 15, 2008
- Henry Mark Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
This technique does not result in better staging accuracy.- Covering:
- Lim SJ et al., Ann Surg Oncol 2008 Jan; 15:46.
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Bevacizumab plus Interferon for Advanced Renal Cancer
- January 8, 2008
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Bevacizumab plus interferon was effective in patients with untreated metastatic clear-cell renal cancer.- Covering:
- Escudier B et al., Lancet 2007 Dec 22/29; 370:2103.
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MRI to Diagnose Pure DCIS?
- October 2, 2007
- Henry Mark Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
About half of biopsy-proven high-grade DCIS that was visualized with MRI was mammographically occult.- Covering:
- Kuhl CK et al., Lancet 2007 Aug 11; 370:485.
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Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Residual DCIS After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
- July 16, 2007
- William J. Gradishar, MD
Breast cancer patients with residual noninvasive cancer did as well as those with no residual cancer.- Covering:
- Mazouni C et al., J Clin Oncol 2007 Jul 1; 25:2650-5.
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Preoperative Therapy in Patients with Esophageal CancerFree!
- July 9, 2007
- David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
Preoperative chemotherapy plus radiotherapy improves survival.- Covering:
- Gebski V et al., Lancet Oncol 2007 Mar; 8:226-34.
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Adjuvant Therapy for Adrenal CancerFree!
- June 6, 2007
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Mitotane prolonged recurrence-free survival following radical resection.- Covering:
- Terzolo M et al., N Engl J Med 2007 Jun 7; 356:2372-80.
- Schteingart DE., N Engl J Med 2007 Jun 7; 356:2415-8.
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Selecting Appropriate Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma for Liver TransplantationFree!
- April 23, 2007
- Henry Mark Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
Tumor size and number of lesions should remain the major determinants of eligibility.- Covering:
- Pawlik TM et al., Ann Surg 2007 Mar; 245:435-42.
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Should Bevacizumab Be Added to Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Therapy?Free!
- January 12, 2007
- Mark A. Socinski, MD
This is a step forward for patients with advanced-stage NSCLC but must be viewed with cautious optimism.- Covering:
- Sandler A et al., N Engl J Med 2006 Dec 14; 355:2542-50.
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CT Screening and Lung Cancer Detection in Patients at High Risk
- January 12, 2007
- Henry Mark Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
These results show that lung cancer, when detected and treated early, often is curable.- Covering:
- The International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Investigators., N Engl J Med 2006 Oct 26; 355:1763-71.
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Sorafenib for Patients with Advanced Kidney CancerFree!
- January 10, 2007
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Development of sorafenib, sunitinib, bevacizumab, and temsirolimus has been predicated on pioneering work in molecular genetics and tumor biology of renal-cell cancer.- Covering:
- Escudier B et al., N Engl J Med 2007 Jan 11; 356:125-34.
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Sunitinib vs. Interferon-α in Patients with Metastatic Renal Carcinoma
- January 10, 2007
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Patients treated with sunitinib had a median progression-free survival that was significantly longer than that of patients who received interferon.- Covering:
- Motzer RJ et al., N Engl J Med 2007 Jan 11; 356:115-24.
- Brugarolas J., N Engl J Med 2007 Jan 11; 356:185-7.
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Radiation for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
- December 18, 2006
- Henry Mark Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
Whether radiation is necessary after conservative surgery in older women has been questioned.- Covering:
- Smith BD et al., J Natl Cancer Inst 2006 Sep 20; 98:1302-10.
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Salvage Radiotherapy in Radical Prostatectomy Patients with PSA-Only Relapses
- June 17, 2008
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Salvage therapy was most beneficial for men who received therapy within 2 years of biochemical failure.- Covering:
- Trock BJ et al., JAMA 2008 Jun 18; 299:2760.
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Extended Androgen-Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- June 17, 2008
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
Disease-free survival at 10 years was better for patients who received post-radiation ADT than for those who did not.- Covering:
- Horwitz EM et al., J Clin Oncol 2008 May 20; 26:2497.
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Symptoms and Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer
- June 3, 2008
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
TAX 327 trial investigators examined associations between survival and therapy-induced pain, PSA, and QOL responses.- Covering:
- Berthold DR et al., Clin Cancer Res 2008 May 1; 14:2763.
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Open Versus Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
- May 13, 2008
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
LRP was associated with less blood loss but lower probability of continence recovery than was open prostatectomy.- Covering:
- Touijer K et al., J Urol 2008 May; 179:1811.
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Venous Thrombosis and Cancer
- May 13, 2008
- David Green, MD, PhD
Lung cancer and childhood leukemia are associated with a high incidence of venous thrombosis and its complications.- Covering:
- Chew HK et al., J Thromb Haemost 2008 Apr; 6:601.
- Kuhle S et al., J Thromb Haemost 2008 Apr; 6:589.
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Genetic Basis for QOL Differences After Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
- May 6, 2008
- Barbara A. Murphy, MD
Severity of three radiotherapy side effects was evaluated in patients with known TGFB1 genotypes.- Covering:
- Peters CA et al., Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008 Mar 1; 70:752.
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