September 2008 Oncology News International

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Cover Story

The surgeon who challenged the breast ca paradigm

Payer's budget to get right targeted drug to right patient

New paradigm in pancreatic cancer promotes coordinated patient care

DEPARTMENTS

Focus on Breast Cancer

In elderly with early breast ca, stick with standard chemo

Herceptin erases survival difference between HER2- patients

Focus on Colon Cancer

Adding oxaliplatin to FULV trends toward better survival in stage II/III colon cancer

News & Analysis

Reimbursement for new RT lags behind implementation

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Vinay K. Puduvalli, MD, is featured in this series.
Genetic consultation and next-generation sequencing can also complement treatment strategies for patients with pancreatic cancer.
An advanced computation linguistics model that can detect pancreatic cysts can help patients prevent pancreatic tumors from forming.
Brett L. Ecker, MD, focused on the use of de-escalation therapy, which is gaining momentum in neuroendocrine tumors.
Immunotherapy options like CAR T-cell therapy and antigen-presenting cell-directed agents are currently being evaluated in the pancreatic cancer field.
Certain bridging therapies and abundant steroid use may complicate the T-cell collection process during CAR T therapy.
Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2030 in the United States.
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