Preoperative staging with PET/CT and cranial imaging was more precise in identifying patients with mediastinal and extrathoracic disease, preventing stage-inappropriate surgery in some patients. Medscape Medical News
Functional polymorphisms in the gene expressing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) have opposite prognostic implications for male and female patients with metastatic colon cancer, new study findings indicate. Reuters Health Information
In a large prospective study, higher circulating serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were associated with an increased risk for aggressive prostate cancer. Medscape Medical News
Should stage I non-small-cell lung cancer patients who are unsuitable for surgery receive hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy? How safe is this form of radiation treatment? Nature Clinical Practice Oncology
