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Oncolog, Volume 46, Number 04, April 2001, Kerry L. Wright, Don Norwood, Dawn Chalaire, Julie Penne

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• Clinical PET Facility Returns to M.D. Anderson
• Trial Shows Pill Is as Effective as Intravenous Chemotherapy for Advanced Colon Cancer
• House Call: After Cancer: A Survivor's Diary
• Postirradiation Oral Complications Are Serious but Preventable

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 12, December 2000, Sunni Hosemann, Noelle Heinze, Alison Rufffin

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• And Cancer Too: Treating Cancer Alongside Other Conditions
• Compass: Clinical Practice Guidelines
• New Study Measures the Effects of Mood and Hereditary Tendencies to Smoke on Tobacco Cessation
• House Call: How to Talk with Your Doctor
• Controlling Infections in Patients with Neutropenia Remains a Challenge

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 10, October 2000, Jude Richard, Dawn Chalaire, Kerry L. Wright, Alfred A. Merwald Dmin

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• Early Consultations with Specialists Increase Patients' Voice Restoration Options After Total Laryngectomy
• Protocols: Small Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
• House Call: Unconventional Cancer Treatments: Many Promises but Little Evidence
• Reunions Give Lung Cancer Survivors an Opportunity to Celebrate
• DiaLog: Treating Mind, Body, and Spirit, by The Rev. Alfred A. Merwald, D. Min., Director of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education
• Experience Leads to More Effective Treatment for Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 09, September 2000, Mariann Crapanzano, Kerry L. Wright, David L. Callender Md

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• Multidisciplinary Care Improves Treatment, Enhances Quality of Life for Patients with Colorectal Cancer
• DiaLog: Treating Cancer with a Team Approach, by David L. Callender, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
• Cervical Cancer Prevention: Could Spectroscopy Steal the Spot"light"?
• Virtual Colonoscopy a Potential Screening Reality
• Protocols: Clinical Trials for Colorectal Cancer
• Compass: Clinical Practice Guidelines
• House Call: Sharing Personal Stories: Books Written by People 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 03, March 2000, Jude Richard, Kerry L. Wright, Charles S. Cleeland Phd

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• Dental Oncologists Prepare Patients with Head and Neck Cancer for Radiation Therapy
• DiaLog: Nurses Bring Personal Touch to Clinical Research, by Charles S. Cleeland, PhD, Professor, Pain Research Group, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
• House Call: Coping with Chemotherapy
• Radiofrequency Ablation Surpasses Cryoablation as the Treatment of Choice for Localized, Unresectable Liver Malignancies

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 02, February 2000, Kerry L. Wright, Mariann Crapanzano

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• National Cooperation Leads to New Standard of Treatment for Cervical Cancer
• House Call: Stress and Cancer: What's the Connection?
• Researchers Study Hormone Intervention Therapy to Prevent Treatment-Induced Sterility
• Protocols: Cervical Cancer Clinical Trials
• Regular Pap Smears Still Key to Preventing Cervical Cancer

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 01, January 2000, Dawn Chalaire, Kerry L. Wright, Rena Sellin Md

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• Pediatric Brain Tumor Studies Focus on Reducing Side Effects, Locating Biological Targets
• Retinoid Chemoprevention Trial Aims to Reverse Genetic Changes Caused by Smoking
• DiaLog: Surviving Cancer and Staying Healthy, by Rena Sellin, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties
• House Call: From Biopsy to Diagnosis: Understanding the Process
• Protocols: Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinical Trials
• Protocols: Chemoprevention Studies Feature a Variety of Agents

Altered Fractionation Of Radical Radiation Therapy In The Management Of Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, E. Yu, K. Lochrin, P. Dixon, Y. Ung, A. Gagliardi, W. K. Evans

Edward Yu

No abstract provided.

Oncolog, Volume 44, Number 12, December 1999, Margaret E. Goode, Dawn Chalaire, John Mendelsohn Md

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• Collaboration Between Scientists, Clinicians Moves Apoptosis Studies Forward
• Answering the Who, What, and How of Medical Physics
• USHERING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES: Medical Physicists Focus on IMRT, Ultrasound-Guided Brachytherapy
• DiaLog: Building Better Patient Care on the Foundation of Scientific Research, by John Mendelsohn, MD, President, Professor of Clinical Investigation
• House Call: Make Cancer Prevention Part of Your New Year's Resolutions

Oncolog, Volume 44, Number 09, September 1999, Dawn Chalaire, Alison Rufffin, Vickie J. Williams, Aman Buzdar Md

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• Cautious Approach to Soft Tissue Sarcoma Yields More Favorable Outcomes
• What's to Eat? Encouraging children to eat well for a healthier future
• Orthopaedic Surgeons Save Limbs, Restore Function for Patients with Bone Tumors
• DiaLog: High-Dose Chemotherapy Deserves More Study, by Aman Buzdar, MD, Professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology
• House Call: Breast Cancer: Understanding the Risks
• Protocols: Sarcoma/Osteosarcoma Clinical Trials

Oncolog, Volume 44, Number 07/08, July/August 1999, Dawn Chalaire, Kimberly Jt Herrick, Robert C. Bast, Jr. Md

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• New MRI Techniques Pinpoint Brain Tumors, Reveal Brain Functions in Real Time
• Upcoming Conferences Explore Many Topics
• Protocols: Liver Cancer Clinical Trials
• DiaLog: CA 125: The Past and the Future, by Robert C. Bast Jr., MD, Head, Division of Medicine
• House Call: Hormone Replacement Therapy: End to Hot Flashes or Fuse for New Cancers?
• Aggressive Regional Therapies Offer Some Promising Results for Patients with Liver Tumors

Oncolog, Volume 44, Number 04, April 1999, Dawn Chalaire

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• 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

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 44, Number 02, February 1999, Nancy Arora, Sunni Hosemann, Kimberly Jt Herrick

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• Laryngeal Mask Airway: A New Frontier in Airway Management
• House Call: Exercise--A Hop, Skip, and a Jump for Reducing Cancer Risk
• Conferences Offer Variety of Topics
• Cervical Cancer Study Results Expected to Change Practice
• May I Take Your Order?

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

Variability Of Target Volume Delineation In Cervical Esophageal Cancer, Patricia Tai, Jake Van Dyk, Edward Yu, Jerry Battista, Larry Stitt, Terry Coad

Edward Yu

PURPOSE: Three-dimensional (3D) conformal radiation therapy (CRT) assumes and requires the precise delineation of the target volume. To assess the consistency of target volume delineation by radiation oncologists, who treat esophageal cancers, we have performed a transCanada survey. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One of three case presentations, including CT scan images, of different stages of cervical esophageal cancer was randomly chosen and sent by mail. Respondents were asked to fill in questionnaires regarding treatment techniques and to outline boost target volumes for the primary tumor on CT scans, using ICRU-50 definitions. RESULTS: Of 58 radiation oncologists who agreed to participate, 48 …

Oncolog, Volume 43, Number 08, August 1998, Don Norwood, David Bababian, Beth W. Allen, Allison Ruffin, Stephen P. Tomasovic Phd

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• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma therapy innovations improve patient response
• Tamoxifen helps women escape breast cancer's shadow
• Careful inspection, early detection important in controlling oral cancer
• Protocols: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Protocols Feature Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, and Monoclonal Antibodies
• House Call: Americans’ Appetite for Alternative Medicine: Is It a Safe Diet?
• DiaLog: Comprehensive in More Ways than One, by Stephen P. Tomosovic, PhD, Associate Vice President for Educational Programs

Oncolog, Volume 43, Number 02, February 1998, Beth W. Allen, Alison Rufffin, Rebecca D. Pentz Ph.D.

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• Genetic findings prompt cancer survivor to elect surgery
• Protocols: Radiotherapy Protocols Offer Treatment for Range of Sites and Types of Cancer
• Radiation oncology: targeting effective treatment
• House Call: Cancer: Is it in the Genes or in the Stars?
• DiaLog: Genetic Tests Demand New Answers by Rebecca D. Pentz, PhD, Clinical Ethicist

Oncolog, Volume 43, Number 01, January 1998, Sunita Patterson, Stephanie Deming, Therese Bevers Md

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• Taking Mammography on the Road
• Reassurance and Education Foster Rehabilitation After Colorectal Surgery
• Protocols: Protocols focus on chemoprevention, improving preoperative radiotherapy, and treating advance-stage colorectal cancer
• Sphincter-Preserving Surgery Improves Outcome for Patients with Rectal Cancer
• House Call: Stopping Cancer Before It Occurs: Spell P-r-e-v-e-n-t-i-o-n
• Dialog: Reaching Out and In by Therese Bevers, MD, Cancer Prevention Center Director
• Protocols: Protocols focus on chemoprevention, improving preoperative radiotherapy, and treating advance-stage colorectal cancer

Oncolog, Volume 41, Number 01, January-March 1996, Stephanie P. Deming, Kathryn L. Hale, Vickie J. Williams

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• Malignant brain tumors a new target for gene therapy
• Benign pituitary tumors threaten endocrine and nervous systems
• New guidebook helps patients and caregivers cope with advanced cancer

Oncolog, Volume 41, Number 02, April-June 1996, Kathryn L. Hale, Stephanie P. Deming

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• lntraoperative lymphatic mapping elegant way to identify lymph node metastases in melanoma patients
• New Patient Referral Office changes with M. D. Anderson's referral policy
• Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy bringing hope for inoperable lung cancer

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 38, Number 04 October-December 1993, Staff

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• Rotationplasty: an alternative that approaches limb salvage Patient Advocacy nurtures partnership between caregivers and patients
• Chemoradiation protocol maintains control rates, has fewer toxic effects

Oncolog, Volume 37, Issue 03, July-September 1992, Scott M. Lippman Md, Mark A. Schusterman M.D., Eva Singletary Md, Merrick I. Ross M.D., Daryl Ogden Ms

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• Retinoic acid/interferon combination shows promising response rates
• Cross-matching test helps find donors for patients in dire need of platelets
• Silicone gel-filled implants: Women should have the option to choose

Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 01, January-March 1991, Michael S. Ewer Md, Mph, T. C. Hsu Ph.D., John R. Redman M.D.

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• Decision making in critical illness: Who knows best?
• Successful Hodgkin's disease treatment can also preserve reproductive function
• Chromosomes and cancer

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

Oncolog, Volume 35, Number 02, April-June 1990, Staff

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• Chemotherapy for Brain Metastasis Sees Progress in the Last Decade
• Researchers Hope Chemoprevention Will Reverse Tumorigenic Process
• Immunocytochemical Assays for Steroid Receptors: A New Application for Fine Needle Aspiration

Oncolog, Volume 35, Number 01, January-March 1990, Staff

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• Is Malpractice Litigation Undermining Informed Consent?
• Total Parenteral Nutrition: The Double-Edged Sword
• Expandable Stents Provide Relief for Patients with Tumor-Compressed Tissue