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US ONCOLOGY REVIEW 2005 - DECEMBER 2004 |
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Cancer is the second largest cause of death in developed countries, accounting for nearly one in five deaths. The financial costs of such a widespread killer are staggering, affecting both the individual as well as society as a whole. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimated the overall annual costs for cancer in 2003 at US$189.5 billion within the US alone, with US$64.2 billion for direct medical costs (total of all health expenditures), US$16.3 billion for indirect morbidity costs (costs of loss of productivity due to illness) and US$109 billion for indirect mortality costs (cost of lost productivity due to premature death) (ACS 2004).
Contents:
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Advisory Panel
Foreword
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Foreword
King F Kwong, MD, FCCP
Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Diagnostics & Imaging
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Metastatic Breast Cancer – Opportunities from Novel Diagnostic Modalities
Paolo Morandi, MD and Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, FACP
Visiting Scientist and Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Computed Tomography and Position Emission Tomography in Radiation Oncology
Sasa Mutic, MS
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Siteman Cancer Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine
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Pharmacologic Therapies - Breast Cancer
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The Fall of Tamoxifen?
Ruth M O’Regan, MD Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
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Pharmacologic Therapies - Ovarian Cancer
Pharmacologic Therapies - Colorectal & GI Cancers
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Trends in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
Mary F Mulcahy, MD and Al B Benson III, MD, FACP
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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A Primary Pancreatic Carcinoid Tumor with Unusual Clinical Complaints – A Case Report
Olivier Saint-Marc,1, 2 Andrea Cogliandolo, 2 Alessandro Pozzo, 2
and Rocco Roberto Pidoto, 2
1. Editorial Board, World Journal of Surgical Oncology
2. Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Endocrinienne, Hospital de La Source
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Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
Gauri R Varadhachary, MD and James L Abbruzzese, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor, and Chairman, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Pharmacologic Therapies - Prostate Cancer
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Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer
Ravi J Kumar, MBBS, Al Baha Barqawi, MD and E David Crawford, MD
Fellow, Urological Oncology, Member, Cancer Center, and Director, Clinical Cancer Unit, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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Pharmacologic Therapies - Hematology
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Colony Stimulating Factors in Solid Tumor Cancer and Acute Leukemia
John Godwin, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and in Pathology, Loyola University Chicago, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
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Absence of Annexin I Expression in B-cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas and Cell Lines
Jamboor K Vishwanatha,1 Eric Salazar2 and Velliyur K Gopalakrishnan1
1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center,
2. St Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas
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Novel Biologically Based Therapies for Multiple Myeloma
Laurence Catley, MD and Kenneth Anderson, MD
Research Associate, and Director, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Radiation Oncology
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Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Early-stage, Low-risk Breast Cancer
Phillip M Devlin, MD
Director, Brachytherapy and Fellowship Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Conformal Radiation
Eric C Rost, MD
Director, Nikki Lynn TomoTherapy Program, Southeast Regional Cancer Center of Tallahassee and Chairman and Founder, CancerHope Foundation
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Patient Selection for Prostate Brachytherapy
Gregory S Merrick, MD,1 Wayne M Butler, PhD1 and Kent E Wallner, MD2
1. Schiffler Cancer Center and Wheeling Jesuit University, 2. Puget Sound Healthcare Corporation, Group Health Cooperative, and University of Washington, Seattle
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Surgery
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Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer
Harry J D’Agostino Jr, MD, FACS
Director, Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, University of Florida Health Science Center
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Management of Side Effects
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A Synopsis of Cancer-related Anorexia and Weight Loss
Karin F Giordano, MD and Aminah Jatoi, MD
Fellow, Division of Medical Oncology, and Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic
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Issues in Nutrition, Weight, and Cancer – An Overview for Clinicians
Faith Ottery, MD, PhD, FACN
Member, Editorial Board, Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC)
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Topical Agents for the Management of Oral Complications in Cancer Patients
Joel B Epstein, DMD, MSD, FRCD(C), FCDS(BC) and
Judith E Raber-Durlacher, DDS, PhD
Professor and Head of Oral Medcine, and Visiting Adjunct Associate Professor,
Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Illinois
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Psycho-oncology
Steven D Passik, PhD and Kenneth L Kirsh, PhD
Symptom Management and Palliative Care Program, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky
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Erythropoietic Therapy for Cancer-related Anemia
Robert E Smith Jr, MD
Director, Cancer Treatment and Research Institute, Baptist Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
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Reference Section
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Pregnancy After Breast Cancer
Alessandra Balduzzi, MD1,2 and Monica Castiglione-Gertsch, MD1
International Breast Cancer Study Group, Switzerland, 2. Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Italy
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Novel Biologically Based Therapies for Multiple Myeloma
Laurence Catley, MD and Kenneth Anderson, MD
Research Associate, and Director, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Gynecologic Cancers – A Shifting Paradigm
Carmel J Cohen, MD
Professor of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Therapeutic Strategies for the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma – What is New is Old
Marc S Ernstoff, MD
Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Director, Melanoma Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
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Bone Metastases in Breast Cancer
Allan Lipton, MD
Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University
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Conformal Radiation
Eric C Rost, MD
Director, Nikki Lynn TomoTherapy Program, Southeast Regional Cancer Center of Tallahassee and Chairman and Founder, CancerHope Foundation
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Bone Metastases in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Fred Saad, MD, FRCS
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada
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Technology & Services Section
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Varian Medical Systems
Dynamic Targeting™ Image-guided Radiation Therapy -
A Revolution in Cancer Care
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