This case presentation outlines the importance of effective antiemetic protection in the setting of moderately emetogenic cancer chemotherapy and highlights the challenges in achieving that goal. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Regular and long-term use of incense increases the risk for squamous cell carcinomas in the respiratory tract, but is not associated with an increased risk for lung cancer. Medscape Medical News
The results of a cost analysis regarding efficacy of the HPV vaccine may have been oversimplified and even misinterpreted by the lay press. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Review the role of taxanes in the management of breast cancer, and discover new therapeutic options for taxane-resistant breast cancer, including the use of epothilones.
Identification of the active region of telomerase, an enzyme that plays a major role in the development and progression of nearly all human malignancies, might eventually lead to new targeted therapies. Medscape Medical News
Taller men and those with longer leg-to-trunk height ratios may be at slightly increased risk for prostate cancer overall, and for high-grade cancer in particular, suggest results of a case-control study and meta-analysis. But the finding, while interesting, does not suggest a need for changes in screening or treatment, and should not be of concern to basketball players or other tall men. Medscape Medical News
High serum levels of calcium might be a modifiable risk factor for prostate cancer, say researchers who report a 3-fold increase in fatal prostate cancer in men with high levels 10 years before they were diagnosed. Medscape Medical News
