New Therapies for Prostate Cancer: The Practicalities 
OncLive
The FDA approved its use for asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrationresistant prostate cancer (CRPC). 1,2 Sipuleucel-T offers a new option?immunotherapy? between initial androgen deprivation and second-line hormone manipulation.

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This Week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute 
GenomeWeb
Also in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute this week, researchers in Italy examine the best way to devise a TNM ? tumor, node, metastasis ? staging system for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. Both the European Neuroendocrine Tumor ...

 

Neoplastic leptomeningitis presenting in a melanoma patient treated with ... 
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
IntroductionLeptomeningeal metastases are occurring at higher frequency in cancer patients. The prognosis of leptomeningeal metastases is poor and standard treatment, which includes radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is mostly ineffective.

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Upper Tract Tumors 
UroToday
The propensity of upper tract tumors for multifocal recurrence and metastatic spread with more dysplastic lesions makes follow-up complicated. Postoperative evaluation must routinely include evaluation of the bladder, the ipsilateral (if organ-sparing ...

 

Homonymous Quadrantanopsia as the First Manifestation of Cerebral Metastasis ... 
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Invasive mole is a benign tumor that arises from myometrial invasion of a hydatidiform mole via direct extension through tissue or venouschannels. Cerebral metastasis of invasive mole is rare and there has been no report demonstrating homonymous ...

 

Italian Team Shows LNA-Modified qPCR Method Outperforms Sanger Sequencing for ... 
GenomeWeb
To evaluate ASLNAqPCR against Sanger sequencing, the group analyzed three hundred tumor samples from 281 patients, including samples from primary tumors from the lung, colon, pancreas, and thyroid, as well as metastases at various sites.

 

Re-examining a 'Discarded' Anti-neoplastic Strategy: Should It Ever Happen? 
Clinical Oncology News
While these approaches are occasionally employed?for example, with recurrent chemotherapy-sensitive metastatic germ cell tumors?rather definitive data in breast cancer in both the adjuvant and metastatic settings has revealed the lack of a major ...

 

Half forehead reconstruction with a single rotational scalp flap for ... 
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a soft tissue neoplasm of intermediate to lowgrade malignancy. Although metastasis rarely occurs, DFSP has a locally aggressive behavior with a high recurrence rate. In the head and neck area, ...

 

Image-guided radiofrequency ablation 
Express Healthcare
The early beginnings of today's RF ablation stretch back to 1980s, when the concept of percutaneous treatment of cancer was first introduced by the modern day pioneers of interventional radiology. It started 30 years back by percutaneous injections of ...