Oncology News & Articles

1 Can procalcitonin distinguish infectious fever from tumor-related fever in non-neutropenic cancer patients Cancer, May 23, 2012

2 Comparative effectiveness of filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, and sargramostim as prophylaxis against hospitalization for neutropenic complications in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012

3 Pathologic response to short intensified taxane-free neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with highly proliferative operable breast cancer American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012

4 Minimal residual disease is a prognostic marker for neuroblastoma with bone marrow infiltration American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012

5 A phase ii trial of erlotinib as maintenance treatment after gemcitabine plus platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

6 Randomized prospective phase II study to compare the combination chemotherapy regimen epirubicin, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil with epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine in patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

7 Phase II, multicenter, uncontrolled trial of single-agent capecitabine in patients with non-clear cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

8 Epidermal growth factor genetic variation associated with advanced cervical cancer in younger women American Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 23, 2012

9 Greater Percent-free Testosterone Is Associated With High-grade Prostate Cancer in Men Undergoing Prostate Biopsy Urology, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

10 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy: An Emerging Initial Radiation Treatment Option for Organ-Confined Prostate Cancer Journal of Oncology Practice, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

11 Contrasted effects of the multitarget TKi vandetanib on docetaxel-sensitive and docetaxel-resistant prostate cancer cell lines Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

12 Gastric adenomyoma mimicking gastric duplication cyst in a 5-year-old girl Journal of Pediatric Surgery, May 23, 2012

13 The value of pleural lavage cytology examined during surgery for primary lung cancer European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 23, 2012

14 A Study of ΔNp63 Expression in Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinomas American Journal of Surgical Pathology , May 23, 2012

15 Nestin Expression Identifies Ependymoma Patients with Poor Outcome Brain Pathology, May 23, 2012

16 The prostate cancer conundrum revisited Cancer, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

17 Long-term incidence of breast cancer by trial arm in one county of the Swedish Two-County Trial of mammographic screening Cancer, May 23, 2012

18 Gain of chromosome 8q is associated with metastases and poor survival of patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma Cancer, May 23, 2012

19 Lineage switch in childhood acute leukemia: an unusual event with poor outcome American Journal of Hematology, May 23, 2012

20 Clinical outcomes after peripheral blood stem cell donation by related donors: a Dutch single-center cohort study Transfusion, May 23, 2012

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC: Recent advances and controversies Journal of Thoracic Disease, 08/05/2011

1 Adjuvant tamoxifen reduces subsequent breast cancer in women with estrogen receptor-positive ductal carcinoma in situ: a study based on NSABP Protocol B-24 Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 9, 2012

2 The clinical utility of serum CA 19-9 in the diagnosis, prognosis and management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An evidence based appraisal Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology, April 16, 2012    Free full text

3 Preoperative chemotherapy plus trastuzumab, lapatinib, or both in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive operable breast cancer: Results of the randomized phase III CHER-LB study Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 12, 2012

4 Ovarian function suppression and fulvestrant as endocrine therapy in premenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer European Journal of Cancer, April 2, 2012

5 Metformin use is associated with better survival of diabetic patients with pancreatic cancer Clinical Cancer Research, April 4, 2012

6 Effect of gemtuzumab ozogamicin on survival of adult patients with de-novo acute myeloid leukaemia (ALFA-0701): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study The Lancet, April 24, 2012

7 Effects of regular aspirin on long-term cancer incidence and metastasis: a systematic comparison of evidence from observational studies versus randomised trials The Lancet Oncology - Online First, March 22, 2012

8 Carboplatin- or cisplatin-based chemotherapy in first-line treatment of small-cell lung cancer: the COCIS meta-analysis of individual patient data Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 5, 2012

9 Rapid-onset hypogonadism secondary to crizotinib use in men with metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer Cancer, April 6, 2012

10 Ipilimumab in patients with melanoma and brain metastases: an open-label, phase 2 trial The Lancet Oncology - Online First, March 28, 2012

11 Reduced-intensity chemotherapy and PET-guided radiotherapy in patients with advanced stage Hodgkin's lymphoma (HD15 trial): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 non-inferiority trial The Lancet - Early Online Publication, April 5, 2012

12 The effects of metformin on the survival of colorectal cancer patients with diabetes mellitus International Journal of Cancer, April 26, 2012

13 Infectious complications of chemotherapy in clinically aggressive mature B and T cell lymphomas European Journal of Internal Medicine , April 3, 2012

14 Carboplatin and paclitaxel with vs without bevacizumab in older patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer JAMA, April 19, 2012

15 Association between tamoxifen treatment and diabetes Cancer, April 16, 2012

16 The utility of serum CA-125 in predicting extra-uterine disease in apparent early-stage endometrial cancer International Journal of Cancer, April 23, 2012

17 Pneumonitis associated with mTOR inhibitors therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Incidence, radiographic findings and correlation with clinical outcome European Journal of Cancer, April 11, 2012

18 Digoxin use and the risk of cancers of the corpus uteri, ovary and cervix International Journal of Cancer, April 18, 2012

19 Gefitinib versus placebo as maintenance therapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (INFORM; C-TONG 0804): a multicentre, double-blind randomised phase 3 trial The Lancet Oncology - Online First, April 20, 2012

20 Multicenter randomized phase II clinical trial comparing neoadjuvant oxaliplatin, capecitabine, and preoperative radiotherapy with or without cetuximab followed by total mesorectal excision in patients with high-risk rectal cancer (EXPERT-C) Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 9, 2012