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PerspectivesLab and Sample Quality Crucial in KRAS Testing Letter from Singapore Rethinking the Medicare Modernization Act Health Reform, Fee Fix Are Looming Cutting the Cost of Cancer Care: Payers Consider Novel Options
Brain TumorsFDA Approves Bevacizumab After Unanimous ODAC Vote New & Approved: Temodar for Injection
Breast CancerNew Guidelines on Chemo, Counseling, Local Therapy NCCN Guidelines Address Benefits and Drawbacks of MRI in Staging Benefits Emerging for Intraoperative Radiation Puberty Promoter KISS1 Shows Promise as a Suppressor of Tumor Metastasis Primary Stage IV Resection May Aid Survival Ablation Alternative to Radiotherapy Explored After Lumpectomy
Gastrointestinal MalignanciesNCCN Updates Guidelines on 'Unresectable' Colon Cancer More Mutations Signal Anti-EGFR Antibody Resistance Adjuvant Bevacizumab Fails to Improve Disease-Free Survival 90Y Microspheres Benefit Patients With Advanced HCC Studies Back Microparticle Embolization for Unresectable HCC NCCN Pancreatic Update Bolsters Systemic Recommendations
Genitourinary MalignanciesFDG-PET Can Often Change Bladder Cancer Management Novel Urine Test May Help Detect Aggressive Prostate Cancers Four Factors Can Help to Predict Individual Risk of Prostate Cancer Lowering PSA Threshold Reveals Indolent Cancers PSA-Doubling Time Key Predictor of Prostate Cancer Metastasis Castration-Resistant Respond to MDV3100, Abiraterone Acetate Early Data: Estrogen Patches Similar to LHRH Analogs New & Approved: Degarelix 3-T, MR-Guided Biopsies Improve Tumor Detection Provenge Vaccine Extends Survival in Prostate Cancer Model Predicts Metastatic RCC Survival With Anti-VEGF Agents Partial Nephrectomy of Large Tumors Saves Function Adrenals May Be Left Intact During Most Partial Nephrectomies Novel TKI AV-951 Is Active in Advanced Kidney Cancer New & Approved: Afinitor
Gynecologic MalignanciesTx Interval's Predictive Value Weak in Endometrial Cancer Ovarian Ca Guidelines: New Chemo, Tips to Manage Reactions Ovarian Stimulation for IVF May Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk Data Support Upper Abdominal Surgery in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
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Head and Neck CancersNCCN Updates Thyroid Carcinoma Recommendations
Hematologic MalignanciesNCCN Advises on Primary Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphomas Gene Profiling May Identify Early-Stage High-Risk CTCL Mycosis Fungoides Has Poor Prognosis in Young Black Women New & Approved: Mozobil Novel Elotuzumab and Panobinostat May Enhance Bortezomib BiRD Therapy Maintains High Response Rates in MM Thalidomide Combination Improves Response in Elderly Patients Regimens Added to NCCN's Non-Hodgkin's Guidelines Tandem ASCT as Effective as Autograft Plus Allograft in MM
Lung CancerNCCN Updates on NSCLC Reflect 'Important Advances' Better Survival With Board-Certified General Thoracic Surgeons Editorial: Lung Cancer 2009: Getting Serious About a Serious Disease Study Challenges Routine Mediastinoscopy in Early NSCLC Adding Breath-Hold Chest CT Improves Lung Cancer Evaluation
Melanoma/SarcomaRoutine SLN Dissection Not Justified in Thin Melanomas Scoring System Predicts Nodal Recurrence in Thin Melanomas Isolated Limb Infusion for In-Transit Extremity Melanoma
Pediatric CancersJAK Mutations in Childhood Leukemia New Therapy Target E.U. Approves Mifamurtide for Osteosarcoma; FDA Reviewing
Patient and Survivor CareFirst NCCN Survivor Guidelines Smooth Transition to Primary Care Secrecy, Uncertainty Denounced as Scary for Survivors Hospice, Palliative Care-Not More Chemo-Say Some Payers Top Palliative Care Articles of 2008 Acupuncture for Hot Flashes Demonstrates Long-Term Benefits
Practice TrendsCMS Expands PET Coverage in Solid Tumors, Myeloma Mergers Can Add Clout While Keeping Small-Practice Identity U.S. Courts Weigh Medicare Data Release Against Privacy In-Office Pharmacies Benefit Patients, but Pose Dilemmas
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