After nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, donor T cells appear to target an antigen encoded by genes from human endogenous retrovirus. Medscape Medical News
Sequential vs combination chemotherapy? Bevacizumab? Ixabepilone? Dr. Martine Piccart offers her perspectives on treatment for metastatic breast cancer, with particular focus on quality of life. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Androgen receptor not only promotes invasiveness of androgen-dependent and androgen-refractory prostate cancer, but it appears that a more invasive phenotype can develop as the disease progresses, through the activation of the androgen receptor Medscape Medical News
Results from the QUASAR trial show that adjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil improves survival in patients with stage 2 colorectal cancer, although the benefit is small. Medscape Medical News