The Institute of Medicine reports that the NCI Clinical Trials Cooperative Group needs an overhaul of its organization, management, and funding. Medscape Medical News
This study examined the function of Hes-6 in breast cancer and tested the hypothesis that Hes-6 enhances breast cancer cell proliferation and is regulated by estrogen (E2). Breast Cancer Research
Computed tomographic (CT) colonography may be a reasonable alternative to colonoscopy for some patients at increased risk for colorectal cancer, Italian investigators suggest. Reuters Health Information
An investigational spectroscopic device is easy to use, noninvasive, and allows for a rapid, accurate assessment of cervical abnormalities. br / iMedscape Medical News/i
Dr. Kathy Miller takes aim at the FDA for skirting the Avastin decision and effectively putting breast cancer patients, researchers, and treating physicians in limbo for another 3 months. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
This study suggests that breast cancer nomograms developed to predict non-SLN metastases should be used cautiously in SLN-positive patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Clinical Breast Cancer
