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Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Directed Natural Killer Cells for B Cell Malignancies: New take on an experimental therapy holds promise for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, other lymphoid cancers.
Preoperative Exercise Program for Pancreatic Cancer Patients: Prehabilitation regimen to improve functional status during chemotherapy evaluated in clinical trials.
Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Clinical Trial will evaluate immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with operable early-stage disease.
HOUSE CALL: Genetic Screening for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Genetic counseling, testing help people assess, manage cancer risk

Oncolog, Volume 58, Number 10, October 2013, Bryan Tutt, Sunni Hosemann, C. Wilcox Oct 2013

Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Node-Positive Breast Cancer May replace Axillary Dissection for Some Patients: Sentinel lymph node dissection has become a standard staging tool for breast cancer patients with no clinical eveidence of disease in the lymph nodes
INBRIEF: miR-200 MicroRNAs Slow Tumor Growth
Compass: Resectable or Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Initial Treatment Options-Neoadjuvent chemoradiation may benefit patients with resectable disease
HOUSE CALL: Hereditary Cancers: Genetic screening can give valuable information

Addressing the Cardiac Complications of Cancer Treatment: Patients with cancer surviving longer than ever after treatment, and new targeted therapy agents are being introduced into the clinic with increasing frequency. These advances are cause for optimism, but they have also led to an increased incidence of cardiac complications of cancer therapy
Compass: Early- and Intermediate-Stage Gastric Cancer: Neoadjuvant of adjuvant treatments offer higher cure rates than surgery alone
HOUSE CALL: Managing Disease-Related Fatigue- Patients and doctors offer can make fatigue less severe

Therapeutic Vaccines against Cancer: Clinical trials of thrapeutic vaccines in cancer patients yield positive results
Findings Could Altere Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Treatment: Phase III trials show newer drugs yield better responses than imatinib
INBRIEF: Vandetanib Shows Benefit When Combined with Docetaxel for Lung Cancer/ HPV-Positive Tumor Status Indicates Better Prognosis in Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer
HOUSE CALL: Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Massage

Oncolog Volume 53, Number 03, March 2008, John Lebas, Gordon B. Mills Md, Phd Jan 2008

In Search of the Answer
DiaLog: Mapping the Cancer Genome, by Gordon Mills, MD, PhD, Director, Kleberg Center for Molecular Markers, Chair, Department of Systems Biology
House Call: The Basics of Biopsies

Oncolog, Volume 47, Number 06, June 2002, Kate O'Suilleabhain, Dawn Chalaire, Shellie M. Scott Bs Jun 2002

Drug Development Program Paves the Way for FDA Approval of New Agents
Pediatric New Agents Working Group Advances the Study of Novel Treatments in Young Patients
DiaLog: Patients and Physicians: Partners in Health Care, by Shellie M. Scott, BS, Physician Assistant, Department of Urology
House Call: Taking a More Active Role in Your Own Health Care
As Population of Cancer Survivors Grows, Studies of Long-Term Health Effects Become More Critical, Researchers Say

Pancreatic Tumor Team Studies Disease Mechanisms, Reverses Conventional Approach
Patient Helps Underwrite Familial Cancer Study
Stomach Cancer Protocols Offer Options
Gastric Cancer's Low Survival Rate and High Relapse Rate Challenge Physicians
House Call: Environmental Carcinogens: Fact and Fiction
Protocols: Pancreatic Cancer Protocol Options Include Gemdtabine and Marimastat