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ONCOLOGY Table Of Contents

Extensive Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Treatment Overview

July 2, 2000
  • Alan Sandler, MD

New cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in an estimated 164,100 Americans in 2000, and approximately 25% or 41,000 of those cases will be small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Despite initial sensitivity to chemotherapy, only 10%

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Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease

July 1, 2000
  • Frank M. Phillips, MD

The authors have provided an excellent review of contemporary approaches to the treatment of spinal metastatic disease. With improved diagnostics, advances in spinal fixation techniques, and a more rational approach to achieving decompression

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Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 2, 2000
  • Alan Sandler, MD

Over the last decade, a group of new agents with differing mechanisms of action have shown great promise in early clinical studies in non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). These include the taxanes docetaxel (Taxotere) and

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Linezolid—A New Option for Treating Gram-Positive Infections

August 1, 2000
  • Donald H. Batts, MD

The increase in serious gram-positive infections has increased the need for treatment of gram-positive infections in patients with hematologic malignancies. Common gram-positive pathogens exhibit a variety of resistance

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Advances in Treatment of Inoperable NSCLC: Gemcitabine Doublets—A Promising Alternative

July 1, 2000
  • Federico Cappuzzo, MD
  • Caio Max S. Rocha Lima, MD
  • Mark R. Green, MD

Gemcitabine (Gemzar) was originally approved for use in combination with cisplatin (Platinol) for the treatment of advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Research began to focus on combining gemcitabine with newer

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Radioimmunotherapy Effective First-Line Treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

July 1, 2000

Radioimmunotherapy with iodine I-131 tositumomab (Bexxar) produced tumor shrinkage in 97% of previously untreated patients with advanced-stage, low-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a recent study at the University of Michigan

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Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy: Lessons Learned, Lessons to Learn

July 1, 2000
  • James S. Welsh, MD

Dr. Potters has provided an excellent and timely overview of transperineal interstitial permanent prostate brachytherapy (TIPPB). The historical context, as the title suggests, nicely illustrates the lessons already learned and those still to be learned. There are a few points I would like to discuss in further detail.

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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Pathogenesis and Treatment

July 1, 2000
  • Julie M. Vose, MD

The article by Drs. Girardi and Edelson is an extensive review of the history, diagnosis, and current management of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). This entity is classified in the Revised European-American Lymphoma/World Health Organization

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Gemcitabine/Cisplatin as Induction Therapy for Stage IIIA N2 Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 1, 2000
  • Giorgio Vittorio Scagliotti, MD

Because the majority of patients with stage IIIA N2 non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ultimately die of distant metastases, recent efforts to improve their intermediate- and long-term survival have focused on neoadjuvant

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Questions and Answers: Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 2, 2000

At the meeting in July 1999, symposium faculty also led sessions that answered questions from the participants. New applications for the management of non–small-cell lung (NSCLC) cancer provide the focus for these discussions, which

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Current Issues in the Treatment of Resistant Bloodstream Infections

August 1, 2000
  • James C. Wade, MD
  • Donald H. Batts, MD
  • John N. Greene, MD
  • David C. Linch, MD
  • Georg Maschmeyer, MD, PhD
  • Carole B. Miller, MD
  • Gary A. Noskin, MD
  • Patricia Ribaud, MD
  • Kenneth V. I. Rolston, MD
  • Kent A. Sepkowitz, MD
  • James A. Talcott, MD

Bloodstream infections cause significant morbidity and mortality for patients with hematologic malignancy. Antimicrobial drugs are the most reliable currently available treatment for infection, but several issues must be

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Irinotecan in Small-Cell Lung Cancer—Japanese Trials

July 2, 2000
  • Masahiro Fukuoka, MD
  • Noriyuki Masuda, MD, PhD
  • Shinzo Kudoh, MD
  • Shunichi Negoro, MD

Irinotecan has appeared to have significant activity against previously treated and untreated small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). The major toxicities of irinotecan are neutropenia and diarrhea, although there is interpatient

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Evolution of Combined Modality Therapy for Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 2, 2000
  • David R. Gandara, MD
  • Martin Edelman, MD
  • Primo N. Lara, Jr, MD
  • Derick H. M. Lau, MD, PhD
  • Peter Roberts, MD
  • Bryan R. Leigh, MD

A number of randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses now support the conclusion that combined modality regimens that include cisplatin (Platinol)-based chemotherapy improve survival in stage III non–small-cell lung

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Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease

July 1, 2000
  • Charles W. Scarantino, MD, PhD
  • Robert D. Ornitz, MD

At the outset of their article, Drs. Gerszten and Welch state that their primary goal is to review factors that affect surgical intervention in patients with metastatic spinal disease. On their way to achieving this goal, the authors touch on some of the

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Catalog of Human Cancer Genes: McKusick’s Mendelian Inheritance in Man for Clinical and Research Oncologists (Onco-MIM)

July 1, 2000
  • John J. Mulvihill, MD
  • Mary B. Daly, MD, PhD

The author of this reference, Dr. John J. Mulvihill, has a long-standing reputation for studying the complexities of human genetic disorders. His experiences, many publications, and collaborations have focused on various topics, including definition of the

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Commentary (Fong): Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

July 1, 2000
  • Yuman Fong, MD

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common solid organ tumor worldwide. In recent decades, diagnosis and treatment of this cancer has evolved significantly. The article by Drs. Nakakura and Choti summarizes many of the advances in this field, delineates the current evidence-based treatment options, and defines promising areas for future study.

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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Pathogenesis and Treatment

July 1, 2000
  • Timothy M. Kuzel, MD
  • Steven T. Rosen, MD

Drs. Girardi and Edelson provide a concise discussion of current issues surrounding the management of patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. They discuss a number of current theories regarding etiology and pathogenesis and provide a

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Commentary (Staley): Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

July 1, 2000
  • Charles A. Staley, MD

As Drs. Nakakura and Choti point out, the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rising in many countries including the United States, mainly as the result of a steady increase in hepatitis C infections. Unfortunately, it now seems that the hepatitis C virus is more carcinogenic than the hepatitis B virus, judging from the frequency with which HCC develops among patients with hepatitis C- vs hepatitis B-induced cirrhosis.[1] Numerous studies have demonstrated changes in various oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, but no consistent sequence of genetic changes has emerged similar to the adenoma-carcinoma sequence in colon cancer.

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Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease

July 1, 2000
  • Thomas E. Whitesides, Jr, MD

The article by Drs. Gerszten and Welch is a broad, general, and philosophic review of the surgical options that are currently available for the care of our unfortunate patients with metastatic spinal disease. The authors document the poor outcomes of

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Current Treatments for Infection in Neutropenic Patients With Hematologic Malignancy

August 1, 2000
  • John N. Greene, MD
  • David C. Linch, MD
  • Carole B. Miller, MD

Neutropenic patients with cancer are a heterogeneous group of patients who carry a variable risk for infection. When such patients present with fever, appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy is initiated and continued until

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Gemcitabine/Alimta in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 1, 2000
  • David S. Ettinger, MD, FACP

The search for new combination chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer is motivated not only by the desire to increase the objective tumor response and survival rates, but also by the desire

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Paclitaxel/Carboplatin vs Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 1, 2000
  • Paris Kosmidis, MD

The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group conducted a randomized phase III trial to compare paclitaxel (Taxol) 200 mg/m² IV 3-hour infusion on day 1 plus carboplatin (Paraplatin) at an area under the curve (AUC) of 6 (group

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Expanded Data on Thalidomide in Advanced Myeloma

July 1, 2000

New clinical data presented at the 41st meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) expand on previously published results on the use of thalidomide (Thalomid) in treating advanced and refractory multiple myeloma. The studies

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Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

July 1, 2000
  • Eric K. Nakakura, MD
  • Michael A. Choti, MD

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is responsible for a significant amount of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. In many countries, including the United States, a definite increase in the incidence of HCC has been

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Changing Patterns of Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities

August 1, 2000
  • Georg Maschmeyer, MD, PhD
  • Gary A. Noskin, MD
  • Patricia Ribaud, MD
  • Kent A. Sepkowitz, MD

Nosocomial bloodstream infections across the United States and in Europe are increasingly attributable to gram-positive species— a trend that represents a reversal of the gram-negative predominance of the previous

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Triple- vs Double-Agent Chemotherapy for Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 1, 2000
  • Pasquale Comella, MD

In our previous phase I/II studies, both the cisplatin (Platinol), gemcitabine (Gemzar), and vinorelbine (Navelbine) (PGV), and cisplatin, gemcitabine, and paclitaxel (Taxol) (PGT) regimens produced a median survival of

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Weekly Irinotecan and Concurrent Radiation Therapy for Stage III Unresectable NSCLC

July 2, 2000
  • Hak Choy, MD
  • Anuradha Chakravarthy, MD
  • Russell Devore Iii, MD
  • Madan Jagasia, MD
  • Kenneth R. Hande, MD
  • John R. Roberts, MD
  • David H. Johnson, MD
  • Furhan Yunus, MD

In preclinical studies, the topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan (Camptosar, CPT-11) has demonstrated activity as a radiosensitizer, probably due to its ability to inhibit potentially lethal radiation damage repair. We conducted a

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Gemcitabine/Carboplatin Combination Regimens: Importance of Dose Schedule

July 1, 2000
  • David R. Gandara, MD
  • Derick H. M. Lau, MD, PhD
  • Primo N. Lara, Jr, MD
  • Martin J. Edelman, MD

Platinum compounds, either cisplatin (Platinol) or carboplatin (Paraplatin), in combination with a number of new chemotherapeutic agents, have demonstrated improved response or survival compared to cisplatin alone or older

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New 5-Year Data Support Cryosurgery as Primary Prostate Cancer Treatment

July 1, 2000

Five-year follow-up data presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in Atlanta showed that the use of cryoablation as first-line treatment for prostate cancer can be as effective as radiation therapy. The five-center,

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Gemcitabine, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin for Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 1, 2000
  • F. Anthony Greco, MD
  • Howard A. Burris III, MD
  • John D. Hainsworth, MD

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combination of gemcitabine (Gemzar), paclitaxel (Taxol), and carboplatin (Paraplatin) in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Previously untreated

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Cisplatin/Epinephrine Shows Positive Phase III Results: Next Step, NDA

July 1, 2000

Based on the positive results of two independent, corroborative, placebo-controlled phase III clinical studies in head and neck cancer, Matrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc, has announced plans to submit a new drug application for a cisplatin/epinephrine

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Ductal Lavage Allows Early Detection of Premalignant and Malignant Breast Cells

July 1, 2000

Ductal lavage, an advanced technique for collecting epithelial cells from the breast milk ducts for cytologic examination, enables the detection of premalignant and malignant cells in women who have had normal mammograms and physical exams.

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Phase I/II Trial of Irinotecan, Carboplatin, and Paclitaxel in Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC

July 2, 2000
  • Ronald B. Natale, MD
  • Mark A. Socinski, MD
  • Alan Sandler, MD
  • Valerie P. Israel, DO
  • Langdon L. Miller, MD

This multicenter study enrolled 73 patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study design was based on the hypothesis that the non-overlapping toxicities of a 3-drug

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Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Single-Agent Therapy

August 2, 2000

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of docetaxel (Taxotere) on survival, clinical benefits, quality of life, and safety parameters for chemonaive patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), when compared to best supportive care (BSC) (no chemotherapy or systemic anticancer therapy permitted).

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Questions and Answers: Small-Cell Lung Cancer

July 2, 2000

At the meeting in July 1999, symposium faculty also led sessions that answered questions from the participants. New applications for the management of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) provide the focus for these discussions, which followed

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Phase I/II Study of Weekly Irinotecan and Paclitaxel in Patients With SCLC

July 2, 2000
  • Daniel A. Rushing, MD

This phase I/II nonrandomized, open-label study was designed to assess the safety and benefit of sequencing irinotecan (Camptosar, CPT-11) plus paclitaxel (Taxol) immediately after cisplatin (Platinol)/etoposide (VePesid,

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Tobacco Use in the United States, 1900–1999

July 1, 2000

Smoking—once a socially accepted behavior—is the leading preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. During the first decades of the 20th century, lung cancer was rare; however, as cigarette smoking became increasingly popular,

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Capecitabine Studies Show Flexible Dose Effective, Recurrent Breast Cancer Responsive

July 1, 2000

New data from a pair of studies presented at the 36th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) suggest that capecitabine (Xeloda) doses can be adjusted without compromising efficacy in patients with advanced breast

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House Republicans Block Physician Negotiating Bill

July 1, 2000

The House Rules Committee took the somewhat unusual step of blocking a key physician-backed bill from coming to the House floor for a vote. Late at night on May 24, the Committee voted to keep H.R. 1304 from coming to a vote on the House

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Advances in the Management of Lung Cancer

July 1, 2000
  • Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD
  • Mark R. Green, MD

In October 1999, 40 leading experts from Europe, the United States, and the Far East met in St. Julians, Malta, to discuss recent progress in the management of lung cancer. Emphasis was placed on novel treatment strategies for non–small-cell

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Ambulatory Antimicrobial Therapy for Hematologic Malignancies

August 1, 2000
  • Kenneth V. I. Rolston, MD
  • James A. Talcott, MD

Risk prediction in patients with neutropenia and fever in a reliable and timely manner has only become possible in the last decade. Patients have been categorized as high risk or low risk based on certain presenting

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Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease

July 1, 2000
  • Christopher B. Michelsen, MD

The article entitled “The Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease,” by Drs. Peter C. Gerszten and William C. Welch, is a timely, comprehensive review of the current state of the art in the diagnosis and surgical management of spinal

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Higher Radiation Doses Reduce Recurrence Rates in Patients With Aggressive Prostate Tumors

July 1, 2000

A multi-institutional study demonstrated that prostate cancer patients with aggressive tumors benefited from higher-than-standard doses of radiation. In the trial, 79% of 102 patients receiving radiation therapy for cancer confined to the prostate

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Medicare Considers Cut in Average Wholesale Price

July 1, 2000

Donna Shalala, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), assured a key House Republican that Medicare and Medicaid are taking steps to cut their drug reimbursements. The two agencies—part of HHS’s Health Care

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FDA Approves First Antibody-Targeted Chemotherapy Agent

July 1, 2000

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg) for the treatment of patients 60 years of age and older who are in first relapse with CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and are not considered

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Combination Chemoradiotherapy With Gemcitabine: Potential Applications

July 1, 2000
  • Hak Choy, MD

Gemcitabine (Gemzar) is a novel deoxycitidine drug that has demonstrated promising single-agent activity in non–small-cell lung cancer and has been proven to be a potent radiosensitizer. Although the exact mechanism of the

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Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

July 1, 2000
  • James V. Sitzmann, MD

The article, “Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” by Drs. Nakakura and Choti, is an excellent, comprehensive overview of the treatment modalities used for one of the most challenging cancers. The thoroughness of this review underscores the current frustration of the clinician in the management of this disease and the inadequacies of available therapies. The authors list more than 17 treatments for the various stages of this disease. However, if any one of the therapies mentioned offered cure to a majority of patients, there would be little need for more review articles or randomized controlled trials. There are few cancers that command such a vast array of differing therapies from so many different specialties.

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Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease

July 1, 2000
  • Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH
  • William C. Welch, MD, FACS

Despite advances in the treatment of many malignancies, a large number of cancer patients will require evaluation and possible surgical intervention for lesions that have metastasized or directly invaded the spinal column. The need for heightened awareness of and aggressive early intervention for spinal metastases is underscored by many studies that have reported a relationship between pretreatment and posttreatment neurologic function in these patients. Recommendations for operative intervention should be made following an evaluation of the patient by multiple specialties, both medical and surgical. In the last decade, advances in surgical techniques for tumor decompression and spine stabilization, neurophysiologic monitoring, and anesthetic expertise have allowed surgeons to perform more extensive procedures with improved outcomes and reduced morbidity. This article will review the factors favoring an operative recommendation in patients with metastatic spinal disease, preoperative evaluation, and available surgical options. Patients with symptomatic spinal metastases should receive early surgical consultation as part of a multidisciplinary approach to their disease process. [ONCOLOGY 14(7):1013-1024, 2000]

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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Pathogenesis and Treatment

July 1, 2000
  • Michael Girardi, MD
  • Richard L. Edelson, MD

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a malignancy of a distinctive subset of T-helper cells designated “cutaneous T cells” because of their central role in the normal functioning of the skin immune system. Guided by

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Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy: Lessons Learned, Lessons to Learn

July 1, 2000
  • Louis Potters, MD, FACR, FASTRO

Current techniques for permanent prostate brachytherapy are associated with excellent biochemical control in patients with localized prostate cancer. Data now available confirm 5- to 10-year results with this treatment

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ASCO Launches Online Educational Initiative: ‘Grand Rounds’

July 1, 2000

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently launched a new online education resource—ASCO Grand Rounds— for cancer professionals, featuring biweekly CME-accredited lectures on current topics in cancer. The lectures will

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