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ONCOLOGY
ISSN 2054-619X Vol 3.1 • March 2015 • emjreviews.com
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD................................................................................................................................. 4
EDITOR’S PICK: PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS 12
• Katelijn Sap and Philippe Van Trappen
FIELD CANCERISATION OF THE UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT: SCREENING FOR SECOND
PRIMARY CANCERS OF THE OESOPHAGUS IN CANCER SURVIVORS............................................. 21
• Hans Scherübl et al.
PERSPECTIVES IN SURGERY OF OLIGOMETASTATIC NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER......... 29
• Fabio Villa et al.
SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN GASTROENTEROPANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE
TUMOURS.............................................................................................................
ONCOLOGY ISSN 2054-619X
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
ONCOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS TARGETING THE PI3
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Prof Ahmad Aw
Oncology Prof Dr Jeff Lipton, Professor of M
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Foreword Prof Ahmad Awada
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EDITOR’S PICK My p
year in the United States. However, ovarian
ULTRA-RADICAL SURGERY FOR ADVANCED OVARIAN CANCER
laparoscopic procedures, the robotic approach
Deep injection into the cervix has a
targeted therapies partial response was seen in u
21. Rutten MJ et al. Laparoscopy to predict the
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FIELD CANCERISATION OF THE UPPER AERODIGESTIVE T
are increasing too; they are at increased risk of
compared with HPV-negative HNSCC.22 The r
ENDOSCOPIC SCREENING FOR EARLY OSCN The aim of s
preferred routine screening technique for second
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Superficial HNCs OSCC patients have a risk
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2012;41(5):723-9. 21. Curado M
PERSPECTIVES IN SURGERY OF OLIGOMETASTATIC
and grade, as well as the ‘seed and soil’ crossta
Stage 1 NSCLC with a solitary brain metastasis, c
of bleeding.28 Nevertheless, the monoclon
1998-2004. 13. Albain KS et al. Survival determin
SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN GASTROENTERO
syndromes.3 Incidence in industrialised natio
iii) Insulinomas Insulinomas are rare neoplasm
will metastasise.22,23 They are most commonly fou
been overwhelmingly on medical therapies. A
REFERENCES 1. Ramage JK et al. Guidelines for th
45. Vinik E et al. Development of the Norfolk qua
RECENT ADVANCES IN DEFINITIVE RADIOTHERAPY
for every EBRT fraction and reduction of safety m
DOSE ESCALATION Several randomised EBRT dose esc
randomised studies have shown an OS advantage for
Table 2: Randomised Phase III hypofractionation t
ABC Prostate PTV boost GTV PTV prostate Spac
future. The current standard implicates the deliv
30. Pilepich MV et al. Phase III radiation therap
DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS TARGETING THE PI3K SIGNALLIN
examples of targeted therapies include anti-
PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signalling in Leukaemia and Lymphom
antibody ofatumumab) (Table 1). BKM-120 is a pan-
CAL-101(idelalisib) BEZ-235 MK-2206
Table 1: Overview of current clinical trials with
Table 1 continued. ID ClinicalTrials.gov Phas
These loops explain that synergy between selected
the PTEN/MMAC1 gene in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
64. Bartalucci N et al. Co-targeting Cell
ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPAENIC DISORDERS:
platelet function: they serve as receptors
NAIT should be considered when
REFRACTORINESS TO PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS Platelet
transplantation, or an allogeneic bone marro
26. Reik RA et al. Unique donor-suitability issue
MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND RENAL FAILURE *Patrizi
diabetic nephropathy or nephroangiosclerosi
light-chain deposition disease.6,33 A recent repo
appropriate dose reduction schedule as
28. San Miguel JF et al. Bortezomib plus melphala
CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY:
and is kept in check by the immune system. The fin
There have been two mAbs to CTLA-4 which h
use of systemic steroids to treat immune-related
showed a significant association between PD-1
CONCLUSION In conclusion, immunomodulatory mAbs,
2002;8(8):793-800. 29. Iwai Y et al. Involve
EUROPEAN MEDICAL JOURNAL provides influential arti
HOW I TREAT: PROGNOSTICATION IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYT
No disease activity Prognostic Factors Clinic
or, in selected cases, allogeneic stem
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