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Oncology, Volume 56, Number 10, October 2011, Bryan Tutt, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients: Pregnancy is usually a joyous, hopeful time; a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. When pregnancy and cancer occur together, they present special challenges for patients and physicians. Fortunately, these challenges often can be overcome by a multidisciplinary approach to treatment
• Compass: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stage IIIA-Many factors affect treatment sequences
• HOUSE CALL: Understanding Cancer Risk and Risk Factors: Your risk factors might affect your need for cancer screening

Oncology, Volume 56, Number 08, August 2011, Stephanie Deming, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• 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

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 07, July 2011, Kate Newberry, Joe Munch

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• A New Era in Treating Patients Who Have Multiple Myeloma: During the past decade, several novel treatments have extended the median survival time for patients with multiple myeloma from less than 3 years to more than 7 years, and researchers are working to further improve treatment
• Landmark Trial Shows Potential of Low-Dose Computed Tomography for Lung Cancer Screening
• HOUSE CALL: Eating Healthier May Reduce Cancer Risk: Healthy eating habits may also increase energy and heart health
• IN BRIEF: Inotuzumab Ozogamicin Shows Promise for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 06, June 2011, John H. Mccool, Sunni Hoseman

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• MD Anderson Celebrates 70th Anniversary: Its first clinical facility was a converted Army barracks, its first headquarters was renovated residential estate near downtown Houston, and its first cancer research was conducted by four scientists in a former horse stable
• Compass: Stage II or III Soft Tissue Sarcoma-Chemotherapy and radiation therapy before or after surgery benefit patients

Early Toxicity Predicts Long-Term Survival In High-Grade Glioma., Y. R. Lawrence, M Wang, Adam Dicker, David W Andrews, Walter J Curran, J M Michalski, L Souhami, W-Ka Yung, M Mehta

Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Patients with high-grade gliomas are treated with surgery followed by chemoradiation. The risk factors and implications of neurological side effects are not known.

METHODS: Acute and late ≥ grade 3 neurological toxicities (NTs) were analysed among 2761 patients from 14 RTOG trials accrued from 1983 to 2003. The association between acute and late toxicity was analysed using a stepwise logistic regression model. The association between the occurrence of acute NT and survival was analysed as an independent variable.

RESULTS: There were 2610 analysable patients (86% glioblastoma, 10% anaplastic astrocytoma). All received a systemic agent during radiation (83% chemotherapy, 17% …

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 03, March 2011, Bryan Tutt, Joe Munch

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Glioblastoma Cure Remains Elusive Despite Treatment Advances: Aggressive surgery followed by radiation therapy and chemo-therapy offers hope of long-term survival for some patients with glioblastoma, but for most glioblastoma patients, the prognosis is poor
• Assessing and Addressing the Biological Effects of Stress in Cancer Patients: Stress has long been linked to cancer progression. But the precise mechanisms by which stress exacts its pro-tumor effects are not fully understood
• MD Anderson One of Four Centers to Test Cancer Cell Detection Chip: A new test that could monitor the effectiveness of cancer treatment
• HOUSE CALL: Yoga and Tai Chi: Two distinct disciplines …

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 01, January 2011, Bryan Tutt, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• New Drug Control Symptoms of Myeloproliferative Disorders and Improve Quality of Life for Patients: Recent clinical trials have demonstrated that a new class of drugs can effectively treat myeloproliferative disorders
• Compass: Metastatic Melanoma: Experimental treatments could be preferable to standard therapies for metastatic melanoma
• HOUS CALL: Breast Awareness: Guidelines recommend breast awareness rather than formal self-exams