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Current Oncology, Volume 18, Issue 4

August 2011 - 13 articles

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Articles (13)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
816 Views
6 Pages

1 August 2011

Chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) is a model disease in oncology: it is the first human cancer linked to a distinct chromosomal abnormality, ultimately causing constitutive overactivity of a known oncogenic tyrosine kinase that represents a drug target....

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
1,177 Views
11 Pages

Prophylactic Feeding Tubes for Patients with Locally Advanced Head-and-Neck Cancer Undergoing Combined Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy—Systematic Review and Recommendations for Clinical Practice

  • C. Orphanidou,
  • K. Biggs,
  • M.E. Johnston,
  • J.R. Wright,
  • A. Bowman,
  • S.J. Hotte,
  • A. Esau,
  • C. Myers,
  • V. Blunt and
  • M. Lafleur
  • + 2 authors

1 August 2011

Goals: This work aimed to determine the benefits and risks of prophylactic feeding tubes for adult patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who receive combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy with curative intent and to make recommen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
1,103 Views
8 Pages

Systemic Therapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Clinical Practice Guideline

  • M. MacKenzie,
  • K. Spithoff,
  • D. Jonker and
  • the Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Site Group

1 August 2011

Question: What is the optimal chemotherapy regimen in advanced gastric cancer? Perspectives: Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Despite low incidence rates for gastric cancer in Ontario, the overall prognosis is...

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