Urinary biomarkers are showing promise as an effective, noninvasive way of detecting the presence or recurrence of brain tumors, a new pilot study suggests. Medscape Medical News
Partial nephrectomy is more commonly used for renal cell carcinoma, but there are concerns about complete tumor excision with this procedure. The current review examines the data in regard to this issue as well as best practices to improve the success of partial nephrectomy. Nature Clinical Practice Urology
Might an equivocal HER2 amplification result from a breast core biopsy specimen be consistently representative of the HER2 status of the overall breast tumor? What are the testing implications? American Journal of Clinical Pathology
These summaries highlight important data presented at the 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in the areas of pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
