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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 11/12, November-December 1998
Jude Richard and Alison Ruffin
- Mohs surgeon expands skin cancer treatment options
- Colorectal cancer campaign launched at White House
- House Call: Reducing Colorectal Cancer Risk: Modify Diet, Undergo Screening
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 10, October 1998
Beth W. Allen; Beth Notzon; Alison Ruffin; and Fran Zandstra RN, BSN, MBA, OCN
- Endometrial cancer: prompt responses yield high survival rates
- Celebrating the end of a destructive relationship: one smoker's story
- Gene therapy for brain tumors moves from laboratory to clinic
- Protocols: Trials Offer Treatment Options for Patients with Endometrial Cancer
- Protocols: Brain Tumor Trials Encompass Radiation, Drug, Biological, and Gene Therapies
- House Call: Using Antioxidants: Read the Road Signs and Yield to Caution
- DiaLog: Protecting Hard-Won Surgical Cure: Surveillance for Recurrent Endometrial Cancer, by Fran Zandstra, RN, BSN, MBA, OCN, Center Administrative Director, Gynecology Oncology Center
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 09, September 1998
Sunni Hosemann, Alison Ruffin, Stephanie Deming, and Garrett L. Walsh MD
- Epidemiologists find association between gene variants and smoking
- Health care of cancer survivors addressed in new program
- New antitobacco initiatives include clinic and computers
- Protocols: Studies in Cancer Prevention and Health Care After Cancer Therapy Focus on Specific Needs
- House Call: Kicking the Tobacco Habit: The Five Commandments
- DiaLog: Surgical Techniques Offer Hope for Those with Lung Cancer, by Garrett L. Walsh, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 08, August 1998
Don Norwood, David Bababian, Beth W. Allen, Allison Ruffin, and Stephen P. Tomosovic PhD
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma therapy innovations improve patient response
- Tamoxifen helps women escape breast cancer's shadow
- Careful inspection, early detection important in controlling oral cancer
- Protocols: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Protocols Feature Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, and Monoclonal Antibodies
- House Call: Americans’ Appetite for Alternative Medicine: Is It a Safe Diet?
- DiaLog: Comprehensive in More Ways than One, by Stephen P. Tomosovic, PhD, Associate Vice President for Educational Programs
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 07, July 1998
Sunita Patterson, Beth W. Allen, Sunni Hosemann, and Porter Storey MD
- Palliative care outreach extends to all patients, providing a way station for cancer-weary travelers
- Understanding the lure and promise of angiogenesis inhibition
- House Call: Mammography: An Opportunity to Detect Breast Cancer Early
- DiaLog: When Treatments Fail: What Physicians Can Do, What Patients Can Teach, by Porter Storey, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 06, June 1998
Sunita Patterson and Hagop Kantarjian MD
- New treatment strategies improve prognosis in patients with chronic leukemias
- Ultrasonography fosters targeted intraprostatic therapy
- Protocols: Trials for Chronic Leukemia Feature Chemotherapy and “Mini” Transplants
- House Call: Answering the Who, What, When, Why, and How of Cancer
- DiaLog: Leukemia’s Lessons in Malignant Transformation, by Hagop Kantarjian, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Leukemia
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 5, May 1998
Beth Notzon and Geoffrey Robb MD
- Careful examinations and sentinel node mapping bolster melanoma detection and staging
- M. D. Anderson plastic surgeons restore hope along with function and appearance
- Protocols: Clinical Trials Offer Treatment for Advanced Melanoma
- House Call: Keep Skins—and Cancer—Under Wraps During Summer
- DiaLog: Reconstructing More than the Breast, by Geoffrey Robb, MD, Director, Surgical Specialties Center
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 04, April 1998
Sunita Patterson, Sunni Hosemann, Alison Ruffin, and Mitchell Morris MD
- Molecular research leads to clinical trials for bladder cancer
- Patients to test exercise theory in quality-of-life study
- Practice guidelines and collaborative paths point the way
- Protocols: Bladder Cancer Clinical Trials Interventions Span Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, and Genetic Manipulation
- DiaLog: The New Math of Today’s Health Care, by Mitchell Morris, MD, Vice President for Information and Health Care Systems
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 03, March 1998
Sunita Patterson; Don Norwood; Alison Ruffin; and Linda White Hilton RN, BSN, FAAN
- Promising radio frequency treatment: new option for patients with unresectable liver tumors
- Nurse practitioners go beyond traditional nursing boundaries
- International patient center offers help, haven to patients far from home
- House Call: Old Friends, New Context: When Someone Close Has Cancer
- Protocols: Trials Open to Patients with Biliary Tract Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- DiaLog: Searching for Opportunity? First Look for Disaster by Linda White Hilton, RN, MSN, FAAN, Director, Clinical Cancer Prevention Programs
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 02, February 1998
Beth W. Allen, Alison Rufffin, and Rebecca D. Pentz Ph.D.
- Genetic findings prompt cancer survivor to elect surgery
- Protocols: Radiotherapy Protocols Offer Treatment for Range of Sites and Types of Cancer
- Radiation oncology: targeting effective treatment
- House Call: Cancer: Is it in the Genes or in the Stars?
- DiaLog: Genetic Tests Demand New Answers by Rebecca D. Pentz, PhD, Clinical Ethicist
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OncoLog Volume 43, Number 01, January 1998
Sunita Patterson, Stephanie Deming, and Therese Bevers MD
- Taking Mammography on the Road
- Reassurance and Education Foster Rehabilitation After Colorectal Surgery
- Protocols: Protocols focus on chemoprevention, improving preoperative radiotherapy, and treating advance-stage colorectal cancer
- Sphincter-Preserving Surgery Improves Outcome for Patients with Rectal Cancer
- House Call: Stopping Cancer Before It Occurs: Spell P-r-e-v-e-n-t-i-o-n
- Dialog: Reaching Out and In by Therese Bevers, MD, Cancer Prevention Center Director
- Protocols: Protocols focus on chemoprevention, improving preoperative radiotherapy, and treating advance-stage colorectal cancer
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OncoLog Volume 41, Number 01, January-March 1996
Stephanie P. Deming, Kathryn L. Hale, and Vickie J. Williams
- Malignant brain tumors a new target for gene therapy
- Benign pituitary tumors threaten endocrine and nervous systems
- New guidebook helps patients and caregivers cope with advanced cancer
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OncoLog Volume 41, Number 02, April-June 1996
Kathryn L. Hale and Stephanie P. Deming
- lntraoperative lymphatic mapping elegant way to identify lymph node metastases in melanoma patients
- New Patient Referral Office changes with M. D. Anderson's referral policy
- Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy bringing hope for inoperable lung cancer
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OncoLog Volume 41, Number 03, July-September 1996
Maureen E. Goode and Vickie J. Williams
- M. D. Anderson researchers stress importance of annual colorectal cancer screening
- Informed consent explains concerns about genetic testing
- New program focuses on inherited predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer
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OncoLog Volume 40, Number 01 January-March 1995
Stephanie P. Deming, Kathryn L. Hale, and Linda N. Eppich
- Genetic testing: a new paradigm for medullary thyroid carcinoma
- Bone marrow transplantation now available as an outpatient procedure
- Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: 20 years of progress at M. D. Anderson
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OncoLog Volume 40, Number 02, April-June 1995
Margaret E. Goode, Vickie` J. Williams, and Sunita Patterson
- Creative strategies key in fight against liver cancer
- Getting patients home and back to their routines more quickly
- Teaching physicians how to prevent cancer
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OncoLog Volume 40, Number 03, July-September 1995
Kathryn L. Hale, Vickie` J. Williams, and Sunita Patterson
- M. D. Anderson leads the fight against bone pain from metastatic cancer
- New computer program enhances the surgeon-patient consultation
- Bladder cancer: molecular markers may guide treatment
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OncoLog Volume 40, Number 04, October-December 1995
Kathryn L. Hale and Vickie J. Williams
- Psychiatry at M. D. Anderson: Helping patients learn to live with cancer
- Technology and cooperation powerful tools in locating genes
- Second opinion clinic helps patients get the best treatment
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OncoLog Volume 38, Number 01 January-March 1994
Sunita Patterson, Maureen E. Goode, and Kathryn L. Hale
- Liposomal muramyl tripeptide kills bone cancer cells by stimulating the immune system Gene therapy at M. D. Anderson
- Researcher studies the hemopreventive power of garlic
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OncoLog Volume 39, Number 02 April-June 1994
Vickie J. Williams and Kathryn L. Hale
- Outwitting unknown primary tumors
- Synthetic peptide effectively controls the spread of HIV in human cell cultures
- Biological response modifiers promising adjuvants to cancer therapy
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OncoLog Volume 39, Number 03 July-September 1994
Kimberly J. T. Herrick and Sunita Patterson
- Familial cancer syndromes a focus of cancer genetics research
- New test identifies Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemias
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OncoLog Volume 39, Number 04 October-December 1994
Linda N. Eppich, Maureen E. Goode, and Kathryn L. Hale
- Looking for solutions to ethical problems in the clinic
- Interferon: the evolution of a biological therapy
- Colon cancer registry coordinates treatment, education, and research
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OncoLog Volume 38 , Number 01, January-March 1993
Staff
- Texas Outreach Program offers neuroblastoma screening in infant
- Cryosurgery for prostate cancer shows promise in pilot study
- Clinicians' ability to predict cancer risk may lie in new assay
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OncoLog Volume 38, Number 02 April-June 1993
Staff
- Ultraviolet radiation suppresses immune system, laboratory studies show
- New physician network brings M. D. Anderson to local communities
- The physician as scientist
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OncoLog Volume 38, Number 03 July-September 1993
Staff
- Liposomal cisplatin analogue is less toxic and more effective than cisplatin
- Physicians can help allay fear by helping patients understand cancer risk
- The physician's role in smoking cessation
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OncoLog Volume 38, Number 04 October-December 1993
Staff
- Rotationplasty: an alternative that approaches limb salvage Patient Advocacy nurtures partnership between caregivers and patients
- Chemoradiation protocol maintains control rates, has fewer toxic effects
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Oncolog, Volume 37, Issue 04, October-December 1992
Thomas W. Burke M.D., Kathryn Hale, and Joseph T. Painter MD
- Universal access to health care requires insurance reform, says AMA's Painter
- Tissue conservation techniques for patients with vulvar cancer
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Oncolog, Volume 37, Issue 03, July-September 1992
Scott M. Lippman MD, Mark A. Schusterman M.D., Eva Singletary MD, Merrick I. Ross M.D., and Daryl Ogden MS
- Retinoic acid/interferon combination shows promising response rates
- Cross-matching test helps find donors for patients in dire need of platelets
- Silicone gel-filled implants: Women should have the option to choose
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Oncolog, Volume 37, Issue 02, April-June 1992
Ralph S. Freedman MD, PhD; Bartlett D. Moore III,PhD; and Nicholas H.A. Terry PhD
- The primacy of patient welfare
- Potential doubling time of tumors may be the key to accurate prognosis, appropriate treatment
- Cognitive deficits in survivors of childhood cancers
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Oncolog, Volume 37, Issue 01, January-March 1992
Roman Perez-Soler MD, Waldemar Priebe MD, Michael Needle, and Sidney Wallace MD
- Clinician and chemist forge new approach to liposome research
- Computerized network enhances interdisdplinary patient management
- Neurofibromatosis: a new clinic brings new opportunities
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Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 04, October-December 1991
Stephen S. Kroll M.D. and James M. Bowen
- Antisense RNA technology successfully blocks K-ras-induced cancer
- Immediate breast reconstruction reduces the trauma of mastectomy
- The human face of data
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Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 03, July-September 1991
Emil J. Freireich M.D. and James M. Bowen
- From cell culture to clinical protocol: In cancer research, the goals of scientist and clinician converge New clinic treats depressed cancer patients
- Half-century of progress in leukemia research
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Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 02, April-June 1991
Gilbert H. Fletcher M.D. and James M. Bowen
- Redefining the risks of chemotherapy during pregnancy Renewing the assault on pancreatic cancer
- Significance of cancer volume in radiotherapy
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Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 01, January-March 1991
Michael S. Ewer MD, MPH; T. C. Hsu Ph.D.; and John R. Redman M.D.
- Decision making in critical illness: Who knows best?
- Successful Hodgkin's disease treatment can also preserve reproductive function
- Chromosomes and cancer
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Oncolog, Volume 35, Number 04, October-December 1990
Staff
- Search Continues for the Cause of Cervical Cancer
- Clinical Applications of Fine Needle Aspiration Increase
- The Uncertain Role of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy
- Breast Conservation Should Be the Patient's Choice
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Oncolog, Volume 35, Number 03, July-September 1990
Staff
- Treatment Team Addresses Needs of the Dying Patient
- Fludarabine Opens a New Dimension in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
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Oncolog, Volume 35, Number 02 April-June 1990
Staff
- Chemotherapy for Brain Metastasis Sees Progress in the Last Decade
- Researchers Hope Chemoprevention Will Reverse Tumorigenic Process
- Immunocytochemical Assays for Steroid Receptors: A New Application for Fine Needle Aspiration
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Oncolog, Volume 35, Number 01, January-March 1990
Staff
- Is Malpractice Litigation Undermining Informed Consent?
- Total Parenteral Nutrition: The Double-Edged Sword
- Expandable Stents Provide Relief for Patients with Tumor-Compressed Tissue
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OncoLog, Volume 34, Number 04, October-December 1989
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi MD
- For Cancer Patients, Home May Be Their Hospital
- Neoadiuvant Chemotherapy for Patients with Stage III Breast Cancer
- Newer Methods of Delivery To Enhance GI Cancer Treatment
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Oncolog, Volume 34, Number 03, July-September 1989
Stephen L. Huber MS; Nicky Dozier PharmD; and Naguib A. Samaan MD, PhD
- Understanding Dose Intensity is Essential for Optimizing Chemotherapeutic Regimens
- Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome Identifies Patients at High Risk for Melanoma
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
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Oncolog, Volume 34, Number 02, April-June 1989
Vicki Huff PhD
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Supports Patients through High-Dose Chemotherapy
- Genetic Linkage Analysis of Familial Wilms' Tumor
- Osteosarcoma: Expandable Prostheses and Allografts Reduce the Need for Amputation
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Oncolog, Volume 34, Number 01 , January-March 1989
Mark S. Roh MD and Lillian M. Fuller MD
- Treatment Options for Colorectal Liver Metastases
- Improved Treatments for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Early Discharge for Mastectomy Patients Does Not Increase Morbidity
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Oncolog, Volume 33, Number 04, October-December 1988
OncoLog Staff
- Neodymium: YAG Laser Therapy for Palliative Treatment of Penile Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Knowing How Normal Cells Differentiate Will Add Rationality to Stopping Cancer Cells
- New Range of Fungal Infections Seen in Cancer Patients
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Oncolog, Volume 33, Number 03, July-September 1988
C. Stratton Hill, Jr. MD
- Narcotics and Cancer Pain Control
- For Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Combinations of Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Radiotherapy
- Shared Research Resources Provide Expertise and Cost Savings
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Oncolog, Volume 33, Number 02, April-June 1988
David M. Gershenson MD, Saroj Vadhan-Raj MD, Kathryn F. Kennedy, and Wayne L. Dorris PhD
- Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Treatment Has Improved, But Not Enough
- The Psychosocial Impact of Cancer and the Role of Social Work
- Hematopoiesis in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Improves with Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Oncolog, Volume 33, Number 01, January-March 1988
Michael J. Wargovich PhD
- Portable Pumps and Controlled Drug Toxicity Keep More Patients Ambulatory and at Home
- Clarifications of Tumor Cell Diversification Bring New Ideas for Stopping the Process
- Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer
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Oncolog, Volume 32, Number 03, October - December 1987
Douglas E. Johnson MD
- Improved Survival Results from Early Detection and Diagnosis of Testicular Cancer
- Current Laboratory Research Modernizes Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
- Gastrointestinal Radiotherapy Team Creates Atmosphere of Comfort and Confidence for Patients
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Oncolog, Volume 32, Number 04, October-December 1987
Cheryl Mokrzecky
- Patients with Highly Invasive Cutaneous Melanoma Need Selective, Focused Evaluations Before Surgery\
- Diagnostic Radiologists Use Expandable Metallic Stents for Symptom Relief in Selected Patients
- Nutritional and Psychological Aspects of Feeding Children Who Have Cancer
- Adjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Survival of Patients with Stage II and III Breast Cancer
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Oncolog, Volume 32, Number 02, April-June 1987
Lillian M. Fuller MD and Gabriel Lopez-Berestein MD
- Limited Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Effective in Stage I and II Hodgkin's Disease in Adults
- Gene Rearrangement May Affect Prognosis of Some Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients
- Liposomal Antibiotic Better, Less Toxic Than Free Drug for Treating Fungal Infections
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Oncolog, Volume 32, Number 01, January-March 1987
Lovell A. Jones PhD
- Anderson Physicians Staff AIDS Hospital to Advance Treatment and Halt Disease Spread
- Counseling Patients with AIDS and ARC Begins with Unconditional Acceptance
- The Realities of Cancer in Minority Communities
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Oncolog, Volume 31, Number 04, October-December 1986
Bruce M. Boman MD, PhD and Frances M. Davis PhD
- Hereditary Colon Cancer: Molecular Research and Family Studies Aim for Early Detection
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Success Brings Patients and Physicians to Reunion
- Houston-Galveston Hybridoma Researchers Review Laboratory and Clinical Progress
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Oncolog, Volume 31, Number 03, July-September 1986
Staff
- Learning How and Why Drugs Kill Cells Is Chemotherapy Researchers' Prime Goal
- Cancer Prevention Begins at Home: With MDA Screening and Detection Clinic
- Grant Taylor Organized First Collaborative Drug Research Group in This Part of the Country
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Oncolog, Volume 31, Number 02, April-June 1986
Ralph S. Freeman MD, PhD and Elton Stubblefield PhD
- Conference Report: Gynecologic Cancer Outcome Improves Because of New Treatment Applications
- A Geneticist's View of Cancer: New Insight from Developmental Mechanisms
- Counseling, Practical Advice Help Women with Cervical Cancer Resume Sexual Activity
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Oncolog, Volume 31, Number 01, January-March 1986
Lester J. Peters MD
- From Ability to Measure Cell Survival Come New Radiotherapeutic Strategies
- Diagnosing the Rare Lesion: Ovarian and Omental Ependymomas
- Radiotherapy Tailored to Patient's Disease
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Oncolog, Volume 30, Number 04, October-December 1985
OncoLog Staff
- Endocrine Therapy for Prostatic Cancer Can Replace Orchiectomy and Estrogens
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Oncolog, Volume 30, Number 03, July-September 1985
Fernando F. Cabanillas MD
- Natural Killer Cells: Research Shows They Are Early Destroyers of Malignancy
- Better Classification and New Drug Regimens Have Advanced Treatment for Lymphoid Cancer
- Rural Science Park is Laboratory for Basic Work on Carcinogenesis
- New Book: Candidiasis
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Oncolog, Volume 30, Number 02, April-June 1985
Karel A. Dicke MD, PhD
- Ultraviolet Radiation Perturbs Immune System, Makes Mice More Susceptible to Tumor Growth
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Makes High-Dose Cytoreductive Regimens, Remissions Possible
- Psychological and Social Cures Next for Children Who Recover from Cancer
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Oncolog, Volume 30, Number 01, January-March 1985
Jordan U. Gutterman MD and Edwin C. Murphy, Jr. MD
- Investigators Explore Role of Oncogenes in Normal Growth and Carcinogenesis
- Lung Cancer Surpasses Breast Cancer as Mortality Risk to Texas Women
- New NCI Data Base Offers Physicians Up-to-Date Cancer Treatment Information
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Oncolog, Volume 29, Number 04, October-December 1984
Guy R. Newell MD
- Computer Program Simulates Cell Growth, Provides Data for Cytotoxic Drug Studies
- UT MDAH Code of Ethics Guides Personnel in Making Complex Decisions Concerning Patients
- Epidemiologist Relates Hodgkin's Disease, Testicular Cancer, and Multiple Sclerosis
- Leech Gland Extract Inhibits Metastasis Enhancement by Drugs or Radiation in Mice
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Oncolog, Volume 29, Number 03, July-September 1984
Jesus E. Medina MD
- Clinician Relates Thickness of Stage I Melanoma to Prognosis and Treatment
- Researcher Associates High Potassium, Low Sodium Intake with Decreased Cancer Rates
- Gene Probes Used in Leukemia Diagnosis
- MOPP Chemotherapy Proves Effective for Infants and Children with Brain Tumors