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Biological and targeted therapies
Biomarkers
Find out about how nanocytology may provide an entirely new platform for cancer detection and monitoring in this editorial from Biomarkers in Medicine.
Chemotherapy
This article outlines the importance of homologous recombination repair pathway in development of breast carcinoma (BC), and the influence of gene alterations in chemotherapy treated BC samples.
Clinical trials
Editor, Jade Parker recently spoke with world-renowned sarcoma expert, Robin L Jones. In this interview discover challenges in the diagnosis, treatment and clinical trials of sarcoma and other rare tumors.
Diagnostics
Find out about how nanocytology may provide an entirely new platform for cancer detection and monitoring in this editorial from Biomarkers in Medicine.
Drug development
As part of our recent Spotlight focus on biosimilars in oncology, we asked you to share your thoughts and opinions on the role of biosimilars in oncology. Thanks to all who shared your thoughts with us – the results have been translated into this summary infographic.
Epidemiology
A review of the latest epidemiological evidence strengthens a causal link between the consumption of alcohol and cancers at seven sites in the body.
Genetics
Editor Jade Parker, speaks to Peter Campbell (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK) to find out how he is working towards identifying the preventable causes of cancer.
Immunotherapy
Find out about immunotherapeutic strategies for penile cancer, with a particular focus on the role of HPV as a potential target for immunotherapy in this commentary article.
Metastasis
Dr Hafez Halawani talks to Oncology Central regarding the predictive and prognostic potential of tumor location in metastatic colorectal cancer – a debate that was perpetuated with the presentation of the Venook et al study at the 2016 ASCO meeting.
Pathology and cancer biology
In this editorial from Future Oncology the different types of endometrial cancer are appraised.
Personalized medicine
Find out about how nanocytology may provide an entirely new platform for cancer detection and monitoring in this editorial from Biomarkers in Medicine.
Prevention and screening
Prostate cancer screening and detection remain challenging issues, with changes in recommendations for prostate-specific antigen testing causing a significant change in approach. In this editorial discover the multiple roles and applications of prostate MRI.
Radiation oncology
This article reviews yttrium-90 radioembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma from a clinical perspective, considering safety and efficacy, patient selection, and optimal assessment and management of patients.
Supportive oncology
This article reviews progress made in the creation of a transplantable artificial ovary and discusses future trends for its development.
Surgical oncology
As part of our spotlight we spoke with Daniel B Brown from the Vanderbilt Cancer Center (TN, USA) about his work in the field of interventional oncology and minimally invasive surgery.