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This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Patient Risk in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - February 29, 2008 Tags: Cardiology Source Type: journals
Do statins prevent or promote cancer?
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Source: Current Oncology - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Comparisons of the impact of systematic uncertainties in patient setup and prostate motion on doses to the target among different plans for definitive external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 29, 2008 Tags: International Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: journals
Retroperitoneal mature teratoma after orchidectomy for a stage IB pure embryonal testicular carcinoma
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 29, 2008 Tags: International Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: journals
Effects of the mTOR inhibitor sirolimus in patients with hepatocellular and cholangiocellular cancer
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 29, 2008 Tags: International Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: journals
A phase II trial of weekly 1-hour paclitaxel as second-line therapy for endometrial and cervical cancer
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 29, 2008 Tags: International Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: journals
Call to share prostate cancer and mortality risk following PSA testing
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Source: MedWire News - Prostate Cancer - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Targeted gene therapy of LS174 T human colon carcinoma by anti-TAG-72 immunoliposomes
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Source: Cancer Gene Therapy - February 29, 2008 Authors: K S KimY K LeeJ S KimK H KooH J HongY S Park Source Type: journals
Forkhead box transcription factor FOXO3a suppresses estrogen-dependent breast cancer cell proliferation and tumorigenesis
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Source: Breast Cancer Research - February 29, 2008 Authors: Yiyu Zou, Wen-Bin Tsai, Chien-Jui Cheng, Chiun Hsu, Young Min Chung, Pao-Chen Li, Sue-Hwa Lin and Mickey C-T. Hu Source Type: journals
Breast Cancer Risk And Surgical Intervention
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Estrogenic status modulates aryl hydrocarbon receptor--mediated hepatic gene expression and carcinogenicity
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Source: Carcinogenesis - February 29, 2008 Authors: Singhal, R., Shankar, K., Badger, T. M., Ronis, M. J. Tags: REVIEWS Source Type: journals
Bone marrow-derived cells fuse with hepatic oval cells but are not involved in hepatic tumorigenesis in the choline-deficient ethionine-supplemented diet rat model
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Source: Carcinogenesis - February 29, 2008 Authors: Kubota, K., Soeda, J., Misawa, R., Mihara, M., Miwa, S., Ise, H., Takahashi, M., Miyagawa, S. Tags: CARCINOGENESIS Source Type: journals
Time to biochemical failure predicts distant metastases and prostate-cancer-specific mortality
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - February 28, 2008 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: journals
Fifteen-year median follow-up results after neoadjuvant doxorubicin, followed by mastectomy, followed by adjuvant cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) followed by radiation for stage III breast cancer: a phase II trial (CALGB 8944)
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - February 28, 2008 Tags: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Source Type: journals
Does saturable formation of gemcitabine triphosphate occur in patients?
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - February 28, 2008 Tags: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Source Type: journals
Substance Use Disorders in Adolescence
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Source: Karger Publishers - February 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Fox Chase Cancer Center Launches Keystone Programs To Pursue Major Cancer Research Questions
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - February 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Interventional Pulmonary Diagnostics Revving Up Diagnostic Speed, Accuracy to Prolong Life for Lung Cancer Patients.
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Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents - February 28, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (1.427 M) Source Type: journals
A prospective study of physical activity and the risk of pancreatic cancer among women (United States)
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Source: BMC Cancer - February 28, 2008 Authors: Brook A Calton, Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, Steven C Moore, Arthur Schatzkin, Catherine Schairer, Demetrius Albanes and Michael F Leitzmann Source Type: journals
[Special Articles] Globalization of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: Implementation of a Model for Service Expansion and Public Health Improvement
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 28, 2008 Authors: Corn, Wexler, Suntharalingam, Inbar, Curran Tags: Special Articles Source Type: journals
[Comments and Controversies] Including Persons With HIV Infection in Cancer Clinical Trials
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 28, 2008 Authors: Persad, Little, Grady Tags: Comments and Controversies Source Type: journals
Hormones Boost Abnormal Mammograms
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - February 27, 2008 Source Type: journals
Optimal prostate cancer comorbidity index 'elusive'
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Source: MedWire News - Prostate Cancer - February 27, 2008 Source Type: journals
Androgen Receptor Promotes Invasiveness of Both Androgen-Dependent and Androgen-Refractory Prostate Cancer
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - February 27, 2008 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: journals
New Therapeutic Approaches for Patients With Stage III Colorectal Cancer
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - February 27, 2008 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: journals
BWH Department of Dermatology NIH Training Grant
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - February 27, 2008 Tags: Announcements Source Type: journals
Identification and validation of phospho-SRC, a novel and potential pharmacodynamic biomarker for dasatinib (SPRYCEL™), a multi-targeted kinase inhibitor
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - February 27, 2008 Tags: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Source Type: journals
Amenorrhea in premenopausal women on the doxorubicin-and-cyclophosphamide-followed-by-docetaxel arm of NSABP B-30 trial
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - February 27, 2008 Tags: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Source Type: journals
Putative association of the single nucleotide polymorphisms in RASSF1A promoter with Korean lung cancer.
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Source: Lung Cancer - February 27, 2008 Authors: Sung JS, Han SG, Whang YM, Shin ES, Lee JW, Lee HJ, Ryu JS, Choi IK, Park KH, Kim JS, Shin SW, Chu EK, Kim YH Tags: Lung Cancer Source Type: journals
KRAS wild-type state predicts survival and is associated to early radiological response in metastatic colorectal cancer treated with cetuximab
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Source: Annals of Oncology - February 27, 2008 Authors: De Roock, W., Piessevaux, H., De Schutter, J., Janssens, M., De Hertogh, G., Personeni, N., Biesmans, B., Van Laethem, J.-L., Peeters, M., Humblet, Y., Van Cutsem, E., Tejpar, S. Tags: gastrointestinal tumors Source Type: journals
Phase III trial of adjuvant 5-fluorouracil and adriamycin versus 5-fluorouracil, adriamycin, and polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid (poly A:U) for locally advanced gastric cancer after curative surgery: final results of 15-year follow-up
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Source: Annals of Oncology - February 27, 2008 Authors: Jeung, H.-C., Moon, Y. W., Rha, S. Y., Yoo, N. C., Roh, J. K., Noh, S. H., Min, J. S., Kim, B. S., Chung, H. C. Tags: gastrointestinal tumors Source Type: journals
Survival benefit of combined curative resection of the stomach (D2 resection) and liver in gastric cancer patients with liver metastases.
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Source: Ann Oncol - February 27, 2008 Authors: Cheon SH, Rha SY, Jeung HC, Im CK, Kim SH, Kim HR, Ahn JB, Roh JK, Noh SH, Chung HC Tags: Ann Oncol Source Type: journals
EGFR regulation by microRNA in lung cancer: correlation with clinical response and survival to gefitinib and EGFR expression in cell lines.
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Source: Ann Oncol - February 27, 2008 Authors: Weiss GJ, Bemis LT, Nakajima E, Sugita M, Birks DK, Robinson WA, Varella-Garcia M, Bunn PA, Haney J, Helfrich BA, Kato H, Hirsch FR, Franklin WA Tags: Ann Oncol Source Type: journals
Isolated hepatic melphalan perfusion of colorectal liver metastases: outcome and prognostic factors in 154 patients.
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Source: Ann Oncol - February 27, 2008 Authors: van Iersel LB, Gelderblom H, Vahrmeijer AL, van Persijn van Meerten EL, Tijl FG, Putter H, Hartgrink HH, Kuppen PJ, Nortier JW, Tollenaar RA, van de Velde CJ Tags: Ann Oncol Source Type: journals
Survival outcome and cost-effectiveness with docetaxel and paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer: a population-based evaluation
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Source: Annals of Oncology - February 27, 2008 Authors: Vu, T., Ellard, S., Speers, C. H., Taylor, S. C. M., de Lemos, M. L., Hu, F., Kuik, K., Olivotto, I. A. Tags: breast cancer Source Type: journals
Measuring the cost of chemotherapy is important, but it is not enough
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Source: Annals of Oncology - February 27, 2008 Authors: Marino, P. Tags: editorial Source Type: journals
Moderators of the effects of exercise training in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
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Source: Cancer - February 27, 2008 Authors: Kerry S. Courneya, Donald C. McKenzie, John R. Mackey, Karen Gelmon, Robert D. Reid, Christine M. Friedenreich, Aliya B. Ladha, Caroline Proulx, Jeffrey K. Vallance, Kirstin Lane, Yutaka Yasui, Roanne J. Segal Source Type: journals
NICE publishes technology appraisal for rituximab for the treatment of relapsed or refractory stage III or IV follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - February 26, 2008 Tags: 8.2.3 Rituximab and alemtuzumab, Lymphoma, Clinical guidelines, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) Source Type: journals
Subject Index
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Source: Karger Publishers - February 26, 2008 Source Type: journals
Clopidogrel and Aspirin versus Aspirin Alone for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with a History of Atrial Fibrillation: Subgroup Analysis of the CHARISMA Randomized Trial
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Source: Karger Publishers - February 26, 2008 Source Type: journals
Mean sojourn time and effectiveness of mortality reduction for lung cancer screening with computed tomography
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - February 26, 2008 Authors: Chun-Ru Chien, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen Source Type: journals
Phase III trial suggests toremifene may be useful for prevention of fractures in patients on androgen-deprivation therapy for advanced prostate cancer
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - February 25, 2008 Tags: 8.3.4 Hormone antagonists, Cancer: prostate, Adverse Drug Reactions Source Type: journals
Comparison of [177Lu-DOTA0,Tyr3]-Octreotate and [177Lu-DOTA0,Tyr3]-Octreotide for Receptor-Mediated Radiation Therapy of the Xenografted Human Midgut Carcinoid Tumor GOT1
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Source: Cancer Biotherapy - February 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Review: Intracavitary Radioimmunotherapy to Treat Solid Tumors
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Source: Cancer Biotherapy - February 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Development of Multivalent Radioimmunonanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Therapy
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Source: Cancer Biotherapy - February 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Better care: better lives
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Source: Cancer Plan Newsfeed - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
ONI names four deputy editors to advisory board
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Source: CancerNetwork - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Study details link between obesity, carbs and esophageal cancer
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Pulmonary nodules discovered during the initial evaluation of pediatric patients with bone and soft-tissue sarcoma
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - February 25, 2008 Authors: Michael J. Absalon, M. Beth McCarville, Tiebin Liu, Victor M. Santana, Najat C. Daw, Fariba Navid Source Type: journals
Intensive chemotherapy (high-dose CHOP/ESHAP regimen) followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation in previously untreated patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
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Source: Ann Oncol - February 25, 2008 Authors: Mercadal S, Briones J, Xicoy B, Pedro C, Escoda L, Estany C, Camós M, Colomo L, Espinosa I, Martínez S, Ribera JM, Martino R, Gutiérrez-García G, Montserrat E, López-Guillermo A, Tags: Ann Oncol Source Type: journals
Dietary factors, food contamination and lung cancer risk in Xuanwei, China.
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Source: Lung Cancer - February 25, 2008 Authors: Shen M, Chapman RS, He X, Liu LZ, Lai H, Chen W, Lan Q Tags: Lung Cancer Source Type: journals
NLST article not balanced, critic of screening trial asserts
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Source: CancerNetwork - February 24, 2008 Source Type: journals
Expression of caspase-3 in cord blood CD34+ cells during culture in vitro
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 24, 2008 Tags: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: journals
Epigenetic inactivation of RASSF2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma
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Source: Cancer Science - February 24, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Analysis of neuroblastoma tumour progression; loss of PHOX2B on 4p13 and 17q gain are early events in neuroblastoma tumourigenesis.
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Source: International Journal of Oncology - February 23, 2008 Authors: Krona C, Carén H, Sjöberg RM, Sandstedt B, Laureys G, Kogner P, Martinsson T Tags: Int J Oncol Source Type: journals
Laminin-1-derived scrambled peptide AG73T disaggregates laminin-1-induced ovarian cancer cell spheroids and improves the efficacy of cisplatin.
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Source: International Journal of Oncology - February 23, 2008 Authors: Yoshida Y, Kurokawa T, Nishikawa Y, Orisa M, Kleinman HK, Kotsuji F Tags: Int J Oncol Source Type: journals
Age to Age: Living with Cancer – Attitude is Everything
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Source: MUSC Cancer Podcast - February 22, 2008 Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: journals
Age to Age: Living with Cancer – Attitude is Everything
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Source: MUSC Cancer Survivor Stories Podcast - February 22, 2008 Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: journals
Effect of Laser Spot Diameter on the Reproducibility of Visual Field Analysis in Diabetic Patients with Upper Temporal Retinal Vein Occlusion
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Source: Karger Publishers - February 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
Baseline in vitro Activity of Tigecycline among Key Bacterial Pathogens Exhibiting Multidrug Resistance
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Source: Karger Publishers - February 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Oxacillinase, OXA-48, Persists in Klebsiella pneumoniae in Istanbul, Turkey
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Source: Chemotherapy - February 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
Cancer stem cells: Developmental block
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - February 22, 2008 Authors: Ezzie Hutchinson Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: journals
Metabolism: The importance of polarity
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - February 22, 2008 Authors: Gemma K. Alderton Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: journals
Hypoxia and metabolism: Hypoxia, DNA repair and genetic instability
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - February 22, 2008 Authors: Robert G. BristowRichard P. Hill Tags: Review Source Type: journals
MYC in mammalian epidermis: how can an oncogene stimulate differentiation?
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - February 22, 2008 Authors: Fiona M. WattMichaela FryeSalvador Aznar Benitah Tags: Perspective Source Type: journals
European CHMP issues positive opinion on extending license of pemetrexed (Alimta)
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - February 21, 2008 Tags: 8.1.3 Antimetabolites, Cancer: lung, Licence extension, European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) Source Type: journals
Request for Nominations: 2008 Dean's Community Service Award
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - February 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Breast Cancer in Countries of Limited Resources
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Source: Breast Care : Last 20 articles - February 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Clinical Relevance of CYP2D6 Genetics for Tamoxifen Response in Breast Cancer
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Source: Breast Care : Last 20 articles - February 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Case-control study of anaplastic thyroid cancer: goiter patients as controls.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer Prevention - February 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (77 K) Source Type: journals
Significance of Alterations in Plasma Lipid Profile Levels in Breast Cancer