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New options and benefits regarding breast cancer treatment presented at ASCO

June 21, 2010, 3:03PM

Sentinel lymph node biopsy. First of three panel illustration showing radioactive substance and/or blue dye is injected near the tumor, the injected material is followed visually or with a probe, and the first lymph nodes to take up the material are removed and checked for cancer cells.

Results from four separate clinical trials presented at ASCO this year should change clinical practice and could spare many women the side effects of some common cancer therapies.

Clinical Trial Design and the Future of Cancer Clinical Trials

June 7, 2010, 4:49PM

Portrait of Dr. James Doroshow, Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. Credit: NCI, Ernie Branson; Photographer

At the opening presidential session of the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, NCI Director John E. Niederhuber, M .D., gave an introduction to James H. Doroshow, M.D., director of NCI’s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. It was Dr. Niederhuber’s task to present the multiple achievements that Dr. Doroshow has brought to advancing clinical trial reform and development at NCI.

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Options

December 7, 2009, 5:25PM

chemotherapy drugs in vials

Colorectal cancer mortality rates have been declining in the last decade. Along with screening, advances in colorectal cancer treatment have played a pivotal role in reducing mortality rates. Surgery, traditional chemotherapy and newer targeted therapies have been important tools in treating this disease.

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