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Impact of Age on Survival in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Gastroesophageal Cancer
Cancer, 2009 Oct 21, F Braiteh, et al
Patients ≤60 years of age had better OS and fewer surgical complications than did those >70 years.
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Predicting Benefit From EGFR Inhibitors in HNSCC 
Oral Oncol, 2009 Oct 1, EEW Cohen, et al
Older age, better performance status, and rash were linked to clinical benefit from EGFR treatment for head and neck cancer.
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MDS Clinical Trial Design in the Era of New Therapy Options
Blood, 2009 Sept 24, MA Sekeres, et al
Clear definitions for prior treatment and disease progression will aid in designing clinical trials for new MDS agents.
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Patient Perception and Adjuvant Therapy Use in Breast Cancer
J Clin Oncol, 2009 Sept 21, NA Bickell, et al
Underuse of adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is more common among patients with certain knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes.
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Preoperative Chemotherapy Improves Long-Term Survival in Esophageal Cancer
J Clin Oncol, 2009 Sept 21, WH Allum, et al
Long-term follow-up confirmed the survival benefit of preoperative chemotherapy plus surgery in esophageal cancer.
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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Offers DFS, RFS Advantage in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
J Clin Oncol, 2009 Sept 21, MS Roh, et al
The NSABP R-03 trial demonstrated significantly improved DFS and RFS with neoadjuvant vs adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
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Exercise Is an Important Intervention for Lymphoma Patients
J Clin Oncol, 2009 Sept 20, K Courneya, et al
Exercise training during or after chemotherapy may provide physical and psychological benefits for patients with lymphoma.
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Low p27 Expression Is Prognostic in Tamoxifen-Treated Postmenopausal HR+ Breast Cancer
Clin Cancer Res, 2009 Sept 15, M Filipits, et al
Low p27 expression predicted relapse and death in postmenopausal women with early HR+ breast cancer treated with long-term tamoxifen.
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Rheumatologic Assessment of Arthralgia in Patients on Aromatase Inhibitors
J Clin Oncol, 2009 Sept 14, O Dizdar, et al
Approximately one-third of patients on AIs experienced arthralgia, many of whom had tenosynovial changes.
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Bone Marrow Micrometastases and SLN Status in Early Breast Cancer
Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, 2009 Sept 1, AK Lodhi , et al
Commentary reviews evidence suggesting that BMM status adds prognostic information to sentinel lymph node status.
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Drug Interactions Between Antineoplastic and Antiretroviral Therapies
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 2009 Oct 1, N Mounier, et al
Antineoplastic drugs used to treat HIV-related malignancies may interact, through the CYP system, with anti-HIV agents.
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Toxicities of Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
Oral Oncol, 2009 Oct 1, RM Logan
This review of toxicities to conventional and targeted therapies also discusses toxicity clusters and risk factors.
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Chemotherapy in Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Eur J Cancer, 2009 Sept 1, WEE Eberhardt, et al
Relapse patterns, optimal indications, consolidation, new drug combinations, immunotherapy, and toxicity are discussed.
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Molecular Biology and Therapy of Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Blood Rev, 2009 Sept 1, A Obrador-Hevia, et al
New drug classes that target key molecular pathways in mantle cell lymphoma may help to overcome treatment resistance.
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