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Oncolog, Volume 62, Number 05-06, May - June 2017, Joe Munch, Bryan Tutt, Kathryn Hale

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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 60, Number 04, April 2015, Jill Deisigne, Joe Munch, Bryan Tutt, Sarah Bronson

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• Multidisciplinary Globe-Sparing Treatment for Lacrimal Gland Carcinoma Preserves Vision and Minimizes Morbidity: Until recently, the treatment of lacrimal gland carcinoma almost always required removal of the eye. But for some patients with these tumors, globe-sparing surgery followed by radiation therapy can preserve vision and decrease ocular morbidity and facial disfigurement.
• Novel Trial Design Streamlines Development of Breast Cancer Therapies: Developing a cancer-fighting drug can take around a billion dollars and a dozen or more years. Even then, fail in clinical trials. To identify effective cancer therapies more quickly and efficiently, researchers have tuned to an innovative clinical model in which …

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

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• 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 06, June 2011, John H. Mccool, Sunni Hoseman

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• 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

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

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• 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 02, February 2011, Joe Munch, John Lebas

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• Risk-Based Cancer Screening: M.D. Anderson's revised guidelines offer more precise individualized recommendations on screening for common cancers.
• Screen Guidelines in Brief
• Electronic Navigation Biopsy for Peripheral Lung Lesion Diagnosis
• House Call: Couples and Cancer: Cancer-Related Issues Can Disrupt Relationships
• in Brief: Researchers Find Glioblastoma's Resistance to Treatment Rooted in Immunosuppression

Oncolog Volume 55, Number 10, October 2010, Sunni Hoseman, Stephanie Deming

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• Protecting the Patient during Radiation Theraphy: Staff expertise and equipment accuracy are essential to safe and effective treatment
• Compass Fall 2010: Stage II Colon Cancer: Adjuvant Therapy? After Surgery, some patients benefit from chemotherapy
• HOUSE CALL: Managing Cancer-Related Pain
• INBRIEF: Researchers identify Enzyme Involved in Chemotherapy Resistance

Oncolog Volume 55, Number 07, July 2010, Joe Munch, Sunni Hoseman

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• Refining Approaches to Thyroid Cancer: Time-proven treatments and newer biologic agents offer hope, particularly for patirnts with advanced disease.
• Thyroid Cancer in Children.
• Compass Summer 2010: Locoregional Cancer of the Esophagus: Timimg Surgery and Other Therapies for Resectable Disease.
• HOUSE CALL: Understanding Clinical Trials

Oncolog Volume 55, Number 01, January 2010, Bryan Tutt, Bita Esmaeli

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• Ocular Cancer: Tumors of the eye threaten sight and often indicate presence of extensive disease
• Eye Care for Cancer Patients
• Doctors Team Up to Battle Retinoblastoma
• Compass Winter 2010: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Choosing Treatment for a Common Group of Early, Confined Breast Cancers
• Toward Tomorrow
• House Call: Three Targets for New Year's Resolutions

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Oncolog Volume 54, Number 10, October 2009, John Lebas, Bryan Tutt

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• Early Testicular Cancer
• Metastatic Rectal Cancer
• House Call: What Is Pancreatic Cancer?

Oncolog Volume 51, Number 09, September 2006, Dawn Chalaire, Angelique Siy, Christopher G. Wood Md

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• Zeroing In on a Moving Target
• New Life for an Old Drug
• House Call: Managing Your Medications
• DiaLog: Adjuvant Therapy for Aggressive Kidney Cancer, by Christopher G. Wood, MD, Associate Professor of Urology and Cancer Biology

Oncolog Volume 51, Number 06, June 2006, Karen Stuyck, Manny Gonzales

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• Breast Cancer in the Prime of Life
• Early Nutritional Intervention Recommended for Cancer Patients
• House Call: How to Deal with Pain

Oncolog Volume 51, Number 04, April 2006, Sunni Hosemann, Martha Morrison, Therese B. Bevers Md

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• Redefining Unresectable Disease: Strategies for Treating Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer
• Cancer Screening Guidelines Revised: One on One with Dr. Therese Bevers
• House Call; What Is "Breast Self-Awareness"?
• DiaLog: The Revolutionary Cervical Cancer Vaccine, by Therese B. Bevers, MD, Medical Director, Cancer Prevention Center

Oncolog, Volume 49, Number 12, December 2004, David Galloway, Katie Prout Matias, Diane Witter, Paul Mathew Md

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• Advances in Prostate Cancer Treatment
• Everyday Drugs Show New Promise for Cancer
• Are COX-2 Inhibitors Safe?
• House Call: Myths & Facts about Cancer Prevention
• DiaLog: Neoadjuvant Trials in Prostate Cancer, by Paul Mathew, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology

Oncolog, Volume 48, Number 12, December 2003, Karen Stuyck, Dawn Chalaire, Martha A. Askins Phd, Martha Aschenbrenner

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• On the Move: Efforts Under Way to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Renal Cancer
• Protocols: Studies Examine Treatments for Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Art Therapy Helps Children Affected by Cancer Express Their Emotions
• Children's Art Project Has Been Improving the Lives of Children with Cancer for 30 Years
• DiaLog: When a Parent Is Sick: Talking to Children about Cancer, by Martha A. Askins, PhD, Division of Pediatrics, and Martha Aschenbrenner, Director, Child Life Services

Oncolog, Volume 48, Number 06, June 2003, Dawn Chalaire, Sunni Hosemann, Kate O'Suilleabhain, Kerry L. Wright, Daniel J. Booser Md

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• Largest-Ever NCI Trial to Study Lung Cancer Screening
• “What Choices Do I Have?” Breast Reconstruction Book and CD-ROM Help Patients Make Complicated Decisions
• House Call: Coping with the Adverse Effects of Cancer Treatment
• New Proton Therapy Center to Deliver Radiation with Precision, Few Side Effects
• DiaLog: Treating Breast Cancer with Hormone Therapy: Past, Present, and Future, by Daniel J. Booser, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology

Oncolog, Volume 47, Number 07-08, July-August 2002, Don Norwood, Sunni Hosemann, Martin N. Raber Md

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• New Agents and Strategies Help Oncologists Balance Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy
• House Call: Exercise Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Cancer
• Intravenous Administration of Busulfan Reveals a Therapeutic Window
• Studies Look for Better Ways to Treat Infections in Patients with Cancer
• DiaLog: Why Refer Patients to a Major Cancer Center?, by Martin N. Raber, MD, Professor of Medicine
• Prevention, Early Diagnosis, and Effective Therapies Are Keys to Controlling Infections in Patients with Cancer

Oncolog, Volume 46, Number 11/12, November-December 2001, Karen Stuyck, Kerry L. Wright

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• Multidisciplinary Team Helps Patients with Cancer Overcome Cognitive Problems
• Protocols: Studies Focus on Cognitive Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
• House Call: Simple Steps Can Put Patients on the Road to Well-Being
• Highly Selective Synthetic Binding Agents Target Different DNA Conformations

Oncolog, Volume 46, Number 10, October 2001, Dawn Chalaire, Kerry L. Wright, Mary K. Hughes Ms, Rn

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• Surgical Techniques, New Agents Target Breast Disease with Increasing Accuracy
• Undiagnosed Breast Clinic Provides Answers for Concerned Patients
• House Call: Tips for Coping with the Cosmetic Effects of Breast Cancer
• DiaLog: Breast Cancer and Body Image, by Mary K. Hughes, MS, RN, Department of Psychiatry
• New Screening and Diagnostic Techniques Are Changing the Practice of Breast Imaging

Oncolog, Volume 46, Number 03, March 2001, Dawn Chalaire, Beth Notzon, Janette Weaver, Leonard A. Zwelling Md, Mba, Kerry L. Wright

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• Researchers Examine Link Between Stress and Response to Cancer Treatment
• Emotional Side Effects: Section of Behavioral Medicine in Department of Pediatrics Helps Patients and Their Families Cope with Cancer
• House Call: Getting the Facts About Clinical Trials
• DiaLog: Where Patient Care and Research Meet, by Leonard A. Zwelling, MD, MBA, Vice President for Research Administration
• Moving Toward Recovery: Exercise Video Features Adolescents with Cancer

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 06, June 2000, Kerry L. Wright, Margaret E. Goode, Jack Roth Md, Gary S. Clayman Md, Dds

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• Newly Organized Ophthalmology Section Expands Treatment of Ocular Malignancies
• Turning Knowledge Into Effective Gene Therapies, by Jack A. Roth, MD, Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Gary S. Clayman, MD, DDS, Associate Professor, Head and Neck Surgery
• Microarrays Reduce Time, Labor, and Cost of DNA Analysis
• New DNA Microarray Technology Could Speed Up Discovery of the Genetic Causes of Lung Cancer
• House Call: Virtual Health: Finding Reliable Medical Resources on the Internet
• Clinical Practice Guidelines: Case Report: Ovarian Cancer
• Protocols: Studies Aim to Detect and Treat Ocular Malignancies

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 05, May 2000, Kerry L. Wright, Stephanie Deming, Gordon B. Mills Md, Phd

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• Early Detection of Melanoma Spread May Increase Survival Benefits of Adjuvant Therapy
• No Easy Answers: Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer Face Difficult Choices
• DiaLog: Understanding Risk: A Prerequisite for Making Informed Decisions, by Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhD, Chairman, Department of Molecular Therapeutics
• House Call: Looking for Trouble: How to Spot Signs of Melanoma
• Protocols: Melanoma Clinical Trials
• Biochemotherapy Means Hope for Patients with Advanced Melanoma

Oncolog, Volume 44, Number 03, March 1999, Dawn Chalaire, Beth W. Allen, Alison Rufffin

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• Vaccines, Other New Options Expand Renal Cancer Therapy Program
• Thirteen-story Alkek Hospital Makes Debut
• Training Takes Prevention and Early Detection Worldwide
• Nephrectomy Before or After Systemic Therapy­--That Is the Question
• House Call: Alcohol and Cancer: Making Sense of a Cocktail of Risks and Benefits
• Protocols: Renal Cell Carcinoma Trials Offer Therapies for Treated and Untreated Patients
• Compass: New Quarterly Supplement Offers Perspectives on Clinical Guidelines

Oncolog, Volume 43, Number 10, October 1998, Beth W. Allen, Beth Notzon, Alison Ruffin, Fran Zandstra Rn, Bsn, Mba, Ocn

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• Endometrial cancer: prompt responses yield high survival rates
• Celebrating the end of a destructive relationship: one smoker's story
• Gene therapy for brain tumors moves from laboratory to clinic
• Protocols: Trials Offer Treatment Options for Patients with Endometrial Cancer
• Protocols: Brain Tumor Trials Encompass Radiation, Drug, Biological, and Gene Therapies
• House Call: Using Antioxidants: Read the Road Signs and Yield to Caution
• DiaLog: Protecting Hard-Won Surgical Cure: Surveillance for Recurrent Endometrial Cancer, by Fran Zandstra, RN, BSN, MBA, OCN, Center Administrative Director, Gynecology Oncology Center

Oncolog, Volume 43, Number 05, May 1998, Beth Notzon, Geoffrey Robb Md

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• Careful examinations and sentinel node mapping bolster melanoma detection and staging
• M. D. Anderson plastic surgeons restore hope along with function and appearance
• Protocols: Clinical Trials Offer Treatment for Advanced Melanoma
• House Call: Keep Skins—and Cancer—Under Wraps During Summer
• DiaLog: Reconstructing More than the Breast, by Geoffrey Robb, MD, Director, Surgical Specialties Center

Oncolog, Volume 43, Number 03, March 1998, Sunita Patterson, Don Norwood, Alison Ruffin, Linda White Hilton Rn, Bsn, Faan

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• Promising radio frequency treatment: new option for patients with unresectable liver tumors
• Nurse practitioners go beyond traditional nursing boundaries
• International patient center offers help, haven to patients far from home
• House Call: Old Friends, New Context: When Someone Close Has Cancer
• Protocols: Trials Open to Patients with Biliary Tract Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• DiaLog: Searching for Opportunity? First Look for Disaster by Linda White Hilton, RN, MSN, FAAN, Director, Clinical Cancer Prevention Programs

Oncolog, Volume 40, Number 01 January-March 1995, Stephanie P. Deming, Kathryn L. Hale, Linda N. Eppich

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• Genetic testing: a new paradigm for medullary thyroid carcinoma
• Bone marrow transplantation now available as an outpatient procedure
• Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: 20 years of progress at M. D. Anderson

Oncolog, Volume 40, Number 03, July-September 1995, Kathryn L. Hale, Vickie` J. Williams, Sunita Patterson

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• M. D. Anderson leads the fight against bone pain from metastatic cancer
• New computer program enhances the surgeon-patient consultation
• Bladder cancer: molecular markers may guide treatment

Oncolog, Volume 39, Number 02 April-June 1994, Vickie J. Williams, Kathryn L. Hale

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• Outwitting unknown primary tumors
• Synthetic peptide effectively controls the spread of HIV in human cell cultures
• Biological response modifiers promising adjuvants to cancer therapy

Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 02, April-June 1991, Gilbert H. Fletcher M.D., James M. Bowen

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• Redefining the risks of chemotherapy during pregnancy Renewing the assault on pancreatic cancer
• Significance of cancer volume in radiotherapy