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OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians, 1990-1999

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians, 1990-1999

The OncoLog collection is a historical collection from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Department of Scientific Publications. These documents are meant to be used as historical records and not to be considered for health care decisions.

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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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 12, December 1999

Margaret E. Goode, Dawn Chalaire, and John Mendelsohn MD
- Collaboration Between Scientists, Clinicians Moves Apoptosis Studies Forward
- Answering the Who, What, and How of Medical Physics
- USHERING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES: Medical Physicists Focus on IMRT, Ultrasound-Guided Brachytherapy
- DiaLog: Building Better Patient Care on the Foundation of Scientific Research, by John Mendelsohn, MD, President, Professor of Clinical Investigation
- House Call: Make Cancer Prevention Part of Your New Year's Resolutions
OncoLog, Volume 44, Number 11, November 1999

Beth Notzon, Dawn Chalaire, and Rhonda L. Moore PhD
- Overcoming Side Effects: Department of Internal Medicine Specialties Finds Ways to Continue Critical Treatments
- Partners in Knowledge, News in Cancer: P.I.K.N.I.C. Program Brings Physicians, Patients Together
- House Call: CIS: Answering the Call for Help
- Advances in Control of Nausea, Vomiting Aim to Reduce 'Misery Quotient'
- DiaLog: Finding Meaning in Stories of Pain and Suffering, by Rhonda L. Moore, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Epidemiology
- Protocols: Side Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatments Are the Subject of Clinical Investigations
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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