Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

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• Pharmacogenomic Progress in Individualized Dosing of Key Drugs for Cancer Patients
  Determining the correct dosage for chemotherapeutic agents presents a challenge because there is a fine balance between doses that cause significant drug toxicity and loss of efficacy.

  March 05, 2009

• Prophylactic and Therapeutic Anticoagulation for Thrombosis-Major Issues in Oncology
  Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. Authors discuss the optimal duration of anticoagulant therapy, treatment of recurrent VTE and more.

  February 13, 2009

• Capecitabine: Have We Got the Dose Right?
  This review summarizes why there may not be a universally applicable dose for capecitabine because of interpatient differences in basic physiology, pharmacogenomics and diet.

  January 02, 2009

• Drug Insight: Cetuximab in the Treatment of Recurrent and Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
  Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck carries a poor prognosis, but does cetuximab offer clinical benefits beyond those of platinum-based therapies?

  December 03, 2008

• Therapy Insight: Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Cancer and Cardiac Complications of Cancer Therapy
  Authors discuss management strategies for cardiovascular disease in patients with cancer, focusing on the prevention and treatment of congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction.

  November 11, 2008

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2009 - 6 (3)

• Targeting EGFR in head and neck cancer: a decade of progress. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Re: The clinical trials system is broken. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Re: Precancerous lesions of the breast. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Effect of bisphosphonates on pain and quality of life in patients with bone metastases. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Treatment of advanced disease in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Cetuximab therapy for patients with advanced squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Pharmacogenomic progress in individualized dosing of key drugs for cancer patients. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy: a new device for delivering brachytherapy to the breast. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Unintended pregnancy during radiotherapy for cancer. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: no country for old men? 

  March 01, 2009

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• Should irinotecan or etoposide be used in combination with carboplatin for small cell lung cancer? 

  March 01, 2009

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• Optimal timing of surgery after preoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer. 

  March 01, 2009

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• Mammography in developing countries: the risks associated with globalizing the experiences of the Western world. 

  March 01, 2009

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