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By ONCOLOGY June 2009, Vol 23 No 7 | July 29, 2009

Areas of Confusion in Oncology

  • What Is the Optimal Initial Treatment of Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer (and Why Is It Controversial)?

 Reviews

  • Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Treatment Options and Patient Perceptions
  • Can Risk-Adapted Treatment Recommendations Replace the ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach for Early-Stage Thyroid Cancer Patients?
  • Prophylactic Central Lymph Node Dissection: Continued Controversy


Lymphoma

  • Therapeutic Options in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma: Part 2. Novel Therapeutic Strategies

Reviews

  • Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma: On the Threshold of New Therapies
  • Looking Back (and Ahead) at Salvage Treatment for Non‑Hodgkin Lymphoma

 

Prostate Cancer

  • The Role of LHRH Antagonists in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Reviews

  • LHRH Antagonists vs LHRH Agonists: Which Is More Beneficial in Prostate Cancer Therapy?
  • Is There a Role for LHRH Antagonists in Prostate Cancer?
  • Important Considerations in LHRH Antagonist Therapy for Prostate Cancer

 

Commentary

  • ‘Natural’ Hormone Replacement and Breast Cancer Risk: Evidence for Safety and Efficacy

 

Announcements

  • Phase IIIB Trial of Intermittent Degarelix Therapy Launched
  • FDA Fast-Tracks Talactoferrin/Sunitinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • ACLU Challenges Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

 

Reports From ASCO

  • Maintenance Therapy With Pemetrexed(Drug information on pemetrexed) Improves Overall Survival in Advanced NSCLC
  • PARP Inhibitors Show Promise for Hard-to-Treat Breast Cancers
  • Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Significantly Prolongs Disease-Free Survival for Follicular Lymphoma
  • Vaccine Improves Response Rate and Extends Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Melanoma

 

Integrative Oncology

  • Music Therapy
 

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