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The journal ONCOLOGY: Perspectives on Best Practices is a peer-reviewed open access reviews journal that focuses on practical treatment issues. Reviews are accompanied by insightful commentaries from oncologists working in a variety of settings.
 

CURRENT ISSUE

May 2013  |  Volume 27 • Number 5


Letter From the Editor


  • Introducing Three New Features

Practice & Policy


  • How the Sequester Cuts Are Harming Oncology

How an Expert Approaches It


  • Secondary Hormone Therapy for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Clinical Quandaries


  • Rising PSA Level in a 46-Year-Old Man

Test Your Image IQ


  • Image IQ: NSCLC Patient Develops Erythema After Vancomycin Infusion

Pro/Con


  • Making Good Results Even Better: The Evolving Role of Radiotherapy in Patients With Early DLBCL
  • Radiotherapy Is NOT Essential to Cure Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Consultations in Ethics


  • Don't Tell Me Anything Negative

Review Articles


Advances in the Systemic Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
Melinda Yushak, MD, MPH1, Harriet M. Kluger, MD1, Mario Sznol, MD1 , May 15, 2013

Within the relatively short time that ipilimumab and vemurafenib have been commercially available, phase II data for the investigational agents nivolumab and MK-3475, for the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib, and for adoptive cell therapy strongly suggest even further improvements in treatment outcomes.
• Treatment for Advanced Melanoma: New Drugs, New Opportunities, New Challenges
• The Past, Present, and Future of Melanoma Therapy

New Targets and New Mechanisms in Lung Cancer
Daniel R. Carrizosa, MD, MS1, Kathryn F. Mileham, MD1, Daniel E. Haggstrom, MD1, Gregory M. Brouse, MD1, Raghava Induru, MD1, Edward S. Kim, MD1 , May 15, 2013

This review will describe the well-known use of VEGF antibodies; the current uses of EGFR and ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors; newer agents being used against MET, FGFR, and other intracellular targets; insights regarding the field of immunotherapy in lung cancer; and finally, newer developments in chemotherapy.
• Lessons From Considering the Cancer Landscape
• Adapting to the Brave New World of Lung Cancer Treatment

It’s Time for Clinicians to Reconsider Their Proscription Against the Use of Soyfoods by Breast Cancer Patients
Mark Messina, PhD, MS1, Bette J. Caan, DrPH2, Donald I. Abrams, MD3, Mary Hardy, MD4, Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD5 , May 13, 2013

Recently published research questions the need for the advised restriction against the use of soyfoods by women with a history of breast cancer.
• Soyfood Consumption in Breast Cancer Survivors: Don't Overstate the Facts!
• A Fitting Prescription for All: Whole Soyfoods as Part of a Varied Plant-Based Diet

Cancer Metabolism as a Therapeutic Target
Surabhi Batra, MD1,2, Kehinde U. A. Adekola, MBBS1, Steven T. Rosen, MD1,2, Mala Shanmugam, PhD1,3 , May 15, 2013

Ongoing studies are attempting to understand the reasons that tumor cells engage in aerobic glycolysis in lieu of oxidative phosphorylation. In this review, we discuss known benefits to tumor cells from this metabolic switch, and we highlight key enzymes that play a role in aerobic glycolysis. We also describe novel therapeutic options targeting glucose metabolism.
• Metabolic Synthetic Lethality
• Finding the Right Target(s) in the Context of Tumor Heterogeneity, Evolution, and Metabolic Plasticity