Dr. Mark Pegram discusses the use of surrogate markers, dose selection, and other issues that arose in the wake of a recent drug approval for metastatic breast cancer. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
In older women with early-stage breast cancer, single-agent oral capecitabine was inferior to 2 different conventional chemotherapy regimens. Medscape Medical News
A population-based study found better survival for localized prostate cancer patients who received curative therapy than for those who underwent watchful waiting. Medscape Medical News
Adjuvant external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) improves survival in patients with operable, lymph node-negative pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the January 1st issue of Cancer. Reuters Health Information
