Current Oncology, Volume 18, Issue 2

Monitoring Response and Resistance to Treatment in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia [...]

In one of two manuscripts in this issue (Biomedical Ethics section), Dr. Jose Pereira from the University of Ottawa presents a fascinating review of the experience of the Benelux countries in their handling of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicid...

Euthanasia allows inevitable death, ideally embracing minimized, moderated, or eliminated pain, anxiety, suffering, loss of dignity, or distress. [...]

Objectives: Recent results of the U.S. Oncology Adjuvant Trial 9735 demonstrated significant disease-free survival and overall survival benefits for docetaxel and cyclophosphamide (TC) compared with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) in the adjuva...

Purpose: In-the-field projects aiming to improve quality in cancer control provide a valuable complement to health services and knowledge translation (KT) research studies. The present paper describes the methods used to develop the Knowledge Transla...

Three large randomized clinical trials have shown a survival benefit in women with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer (ECO) who receive intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy after optimal primary debulking surgery. The most recent Gynecologic Oncology G...

Second malignancies are known to be associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). [...]

Multiple primary neoplasms with synchronous or metachronous presentation are rare, although the incidence has recently increased because of several factors. We present the case of a 53-year-old patient with chronic hepatitis B who presented with abdo...

Euthanasia or assisted suicide—and sometimes both—have been legalized in a small number of countries and states. In all jurisdictions, laws and safeguards were put in place to prevent abuse and misuse of these practices. Prevention measures have incl...

Purpose: Cancer survivorship is a distinct phase of the cancer continuum, and it can have myriad associated stresses and challenges. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a positive self-talk (PST) intervention in enha...