OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 10, October 1999

  Dawn Chalaire, Alison Ruffin, and Vickie J. Williams

  • Stereotadic Unit Expands Treatment Options for Patients with Brain Tumors
  • New Center Teams With Community Physicians to Treat Patients With Advanced Cancer
  • IRS Deduction Gives Smokers One More Reason to Quit
  • Accuracy Essential in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • House Call: Vitamins and Cancer Risk: Why You Should Eat Your (Fruits and) Vegetables
  • Protocols: Brain Tumor Protocols Include Stereotactic Treatments, Surgery, and Radiation Therapy

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 09, September 1999

  Dawn Chalaire, Alison Ruffin, Vickie J. Williams, and Aman Buzdar MD

  • Cautious Approach to Soft Tissue Sarcoma Yields More Favorable Outcomes
  • What's to Eat? Encouraging children to eat well for a healthier future
  • Orthopaedic Surgeons Save Limbs, Restore Function for Patients with Bone Tumors
  • DiaLog: High-Dose Chemotherapy Deserves More Study, by Aman Buzdar, MD, Professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology
  • House Call: Breast Cancer: Understanding the Risks
  • Protocols: Sarcoma/Osteosarcoma Clinical Trials

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 07/08, July/August 1999

  Dawn Chalaire; Kimberly JT Herrick; and Robert C. Bast, Jr. MD

  • New MRI Techniques Pinpoint Brain Tumors, Reveal Brain Functions in Real Time
  • Upcoming Conferences Explore Many Topics
  • Protocols: Liver Cancer Clinical Trials
  • DiaLog: CA 125: The Past and the Future, by Robert C. Bast Jr., MD, Head, Division of Medicine
  • House Call: Hormone Replacement Therapy: End to Hot Flashes or Fuse for New Cancers?
  • Aggressive Regional Therapies Offer Some Promising Results for Patients with Liver Tumors

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 06, June 1999

  Jude Richard, Michael Courtney, Alison Ruffin, and Dawn Chalaire

  • After Diagnosis, Another Hurdle: Cancer Screening for the Cancer Patient
  • House Call: Reduce Cancer Risk With Regular Cancer Screening
  • M. D. Anderson Participates in Multinational Breast Cancer Prevention Trial of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene
  • Nerve Grafting Attempts to Restore Erectile Function After Prostatectomy
  • M. D. Anderson Researchers Study Children's School Lunch Habits and Choices

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 05, May 1999

  Vickie J. Williams and Dawn Chalaire

  • Researchers Seek Genetic Cues to High Prostate Cancer Incidence in African Americans
  • House Call: "Got Milk?" Say Yes to Calcium's Benefits
  • Overcoming Barriers to Pain Relief in Hispanic and African-American Patients
  • Prostate Cancer Initiatives: Progress Through Collaboration
  • Protocols: Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 04, April 1999

  Dawn Chalaire

  • Pancreatic Tumor Team Studies Disease Mechanisms, Reverses Conventional Approach
  • Patient Helps Underwrite Familial Cancer Study
  • Stomach Cancer Protocols Offer Options
  • Gastric Cancer's Low Survival Rate and High Relapse Rate Challenge Physicians
  • House Call: Environmental Carcinogens: Fact and Fiction
  • Protocols: Pancreatic Cancer Protocol Options Include Gemdtabine and Marimastat

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 03, March 1999

  Dawn Chalaire, Beth W. Allen, and Alison Ruffin

  • Vaccines, Other New Options Expand Renal Cancer Therapy Program
  • Thirteen-story Alkek Hospital Makes Debut
  • Training Takes Prevention and Early Detection Worldwide
  • Nephrectomy Before or After Systemic Therapy­--That Is the Question
  • House Call: Alcohol and Cancer: Making Sense of a Cocktail of Risks and Benefits
  • Protocols: Renal Cell Carcinoma Trials Offer Therapies for Treated and Untreated Patients
  • Compass: New Quarterly Supplement Offers Perspectives on Clinical Guidelines

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 02, February 1999

  Nancy Arora, Sunni Hosemann, and Kimberly JT Herrick

  • Laryngeal Mask Airway: A New Frontier in Airway Management
  • House Call: Exercise--A Hop, Skip, and a Jump for Reducing Cancer Risk
  • Conferences Offer Variety of Topics
  • Cervical Cancer Study Results Expected to Change Practice
  • May I Take Your Order?

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  OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 01, January 1999

  Stephanie Deming, Lewis Foxhall M.D., Sunni Hosemann, and Beth W. Allen

  • Innovative PET Camera Readied for Tumor Detection Trials
  • House Call: How to Talk With Your Doctor
  • Community Physicians: Important Partners With M. D. Anderson
  • DiaLog: Liaison Program Strives to Enhance Access, by Lewis Foxhall, MD, Associate Vice President for Health Policy
  • Fatigue: The Multidimensional Side Effect
  • High Resolution, High Sensitivity, and Variable Field of View Set MDACAM Apart

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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. Tomasovic 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 05, 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 Ruffin, 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 39, 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 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 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 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 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 36, Issue 04, October-December 1991

  Stephen S. Kroll M.D. and James M. Bowen PhD

  • 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 MD and James M. Bowen PhD

  • 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 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 36, Issue 02, April-June 1991

  Gilbert H. Fletcher M.D. and James M. Bowen PhD

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 32, Number 02, April-June 1987

  Lillian M. Fuller MD and Gabriel Lopez-Berestein

  • 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 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 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 31, Number 02, April-June 1986

  Ralph S. Freedman 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 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 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 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 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 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 04, October-December 1985

  OncoLog Staff

  • Endocrine Therapy for Prostatic Cancer Can Replace Orchiectomy and Estrogens

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  OncoLog, Volume 29, Number 01, January-March 1984

  Isaiah J. Fidler DVM, PhD; Donna R. Copeland PhD; Jack M. Fletcher PhD; Betty Pfefferbaum-Levine MD; Norman Jaffe MD; Hubert L. Ried MD; and Moshe H. Maor MD

  • Researcher Describes Early Success with Macrophages in Treating Metastasis
  • Home Hyperalimentation Promotes Self-Care
  • CNS Irradiation of Children Found to Impair Arithmetic-Related Abilities

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  OncoLog, Volume 29, Number 02, April-June 1984

  Jorge R. Quesada MD, James M. Reuben PhD, John T. Manning MD, Evan M. Hersh MD, Jordan U. Gutterman MD, and Terence J. Fleming DDS

  • Alpha Interferon Induces High Response In Patients with Hairy-Cell Leukemia
  • Daily Fluoride Routine Prevents Radiation and Drug-Induced Caries in Cancer Patients
  • Cyclotron Provides Fast-Neutron Therapy for Patients with Radioresistant Tumors

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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

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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 28, Number 02, April - June 1983

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Donna R. Copeland PhD, Jorge R. Quesada MD, David A. Swanson, Antonio Trindade, and Jordan U. Gutterman MD

  • Advanced Staging Procedures Promote Survival in Patients with Hodgkin's Disease
  • Implantable Pump Allows Unlimited Treatment Without Extended Periods of Hospitalization
  • Hypnotherapy Offers Relief from Discomfort and Anxiety for Receptive Pediatric Patients
  • Leukocyte Interferon Potential Therapy for Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

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  OncoLog, Volume 28, Number 01, January-March 1983

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and James M. Bowen PhD

  • Newsletter Becomes OncoLog
  • Prolactinoma, a Prevalent Gonadoinhibitory Tumor, Responds Well to Treatment
  • Laboratory Research Continues to Advance Methods of Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Radiotherapy Plays Vital Role in Treatment or Patients with Malignant Parolld Tumors

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  OncoLog, Volume 28, Number 03, July-September 1983

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Hwee-Yong Yap MD; George R. Blumenschein MD; Brian C. Barnes MD; Frank C. Schell MD; Gerald P. Bodey MD; and Herbert A. Fritsche Jr., PhD

  • Cellular Studies Guide Scheduling of Ara-C Treatment for Patients with Acute Leukemia
  • Potent Noncardiotoxic Drug Proves Effective for Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • Factors Affecting Accurate Reading Of CEA Tumor Marker Levels Detailed

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  OncoLog, Volume 28, Number 04, October-December 1983

  Christopher J. Logothetis MD, Melvin L. Samuels MD, Andrew C. von Eschenbach MD, Antonio Trindade MD, Sheryl Ogden BSN, Cindy Grant BS, Douglas E. Johnson MD, Helmuth Goepfert MD, Jordan U. Gutterman MD, William J. Dichtel MD, Roy B. Sessions MD, Ayten Cangir MD, and Marcelle Sulek

  • Implant Relieves Chronic Pain, Delivers Drug Directly to Central Nervous System
  • New Drug Combination Improves Survival For Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  • Leukocyte Interferon Inhibits Growth Of Virally Related Laryngeal Tumor