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Oncolog, Volume 59, Number 08, August 2014, Kathryn L. Hale, Bryan Tutt, Sunita Patterson, R. Molar-Candanosa Aug 2014

Oncolog, Volume 59, Number 08, August 2014, Kathryn L. Hale, Bryan Tutt, Sunita Patterson, R. Molar-Candanosa

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  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Show Promise Against Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Other Difficult-to-Treat Cancers: A decade ago, oncologists had little to offer most patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, a breakthrough discovery that has already changed the treatment of metastatic melanoma is showing promise against other metastatic cancers-including metastatic RCC-and giving patients new hope for long-term survival
  • Clinical Study Offers Definitive Local Treatment of Bone Metastases from Breast Cancer: Metastatic breast cancer carries a poor prognosis, and most systemic treatments for metastatic disease aim to slow its progression rather than to cure it. In a select group of patients, …


Oncolog, Volume 59, Number 02, February 2014, Sarah Bronson, Kathryn L. Hale, Bryan Tutt, M. Yeoman Feb 2014

Oncolog, Volume 59, Number 02, February 2014, Sarah Bronson, Kathryn L. Hale, Bryan Tutt, M. Yeoman

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  • New Approaches Revolutionize the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma: Recent breakthroughs in immunotherapy and targeted therapy have improved outcomes for patients with advanced melanoma
  • Comprehensive Tobacco Treatment Approach Helps Patients Quit on Their Terms: Kicking a tobacco habit is a formidable task. Quitting tobacco after a diagnosis of cancer, can be even more difficult
  • Targeted Drug Shows Promise Against Advanced Breast Cancer: Adding the experimental kinase inhibitor palbociclib to standard hormonal therapy may delay disease progression in patients with advanced breast cancer that is estrogen receptor (ER) positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER@) negative
  • HOUSE CALL: Avoiding Food-Drug …