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Current Oncology, Volume 15, Issue 6

December 2008 - 9 articles

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Articles (9)

  • Article
  • Open Access
94 Citations
602 Views

The Colon Health and Life-Long Exercise Change Trial: A Randomized Trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group

  • K. S. Courneya,
  • C. M. Booth,
  • S. Gill,
  • P. O’Brien,
  • J. Vardy,
  • C. M. Friedenreich,
  • A. J. Au,
  • M. D. Brundage,
  • D. Tu and
  • H. Dhillon
  • + 1 author

1 December 2008

Background: Observational studies indicate that physical activity (pa) is strongly associated with improved disease outcomes in colon cancer survivors, but a randomized controlled trial is needed to determine whether the association is causal and whe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
1,192 Views
6 Pages

1 December 2008

Dynamic protein–protein interactions between proapoptotic and pro-survival Bcl-2 family members regulate outer-mitochondrial membrane permeabilization and cytochrome c release, key events in the path to apoptosis. Their relative levels often dictate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
1,686 Views
8 Pages

Residual Cancer Burden in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: A Superior Tool

  • Z. Nahleh,
  • D. Sivasubramaniam,
  • S. Dhaliwal,
  • V. Sundarajan and
  • R. Komrokji

1 December 2008

Objectives: Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) poses a difficult clinical challenge with an overall poor long-term prognosis. The strength of the association between tumour characteristics, treatment response, and outcome is not well defined. In t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
717 Views
7 Pages

1 December 2008

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) and chemotherapy have both demonstrated efficacy in recurrent metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following failure of first-line platinum-based chemotherap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
924 Views
7 Pages

Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Pituitary Macroadenomas

  • H. Elhateer,
  • T. Muanza,
  • D. Roberge,
  • R. Ruo,
  • E. Eldebawy,
  • C. Lambert,
  • H. Patrocinio,
  • G. Shenouda and
  • L. Souhami

1 December 2008

Background: The use of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) has evolved with technical advances in noninvasive immobilization, radiation delivery, and image guidance. The application of FSRT to pituitary tumours is aimed at reducing toxicity...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
1,057 Views
5 Pages

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas

  • A. Al-Shehri,
  • S. Silverman and
  • K. M. King

1 December 2008

Pancreatic malignancies can be subdivided into endocrine and non-endocrine processes. Of the non-endocrine tumours, ductal carcinoma is the most common, and the ductal carcinomas can be further subdivided into adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcin...