Dr. Mark Kris reviews several abstracts presented at the ASCO annual meeting that support the use of gemcitabine in continuation maintenance therapy for advanced NSCLC. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
An alternative to surgery in patients with recurrent papillary thyroid cancer is ablation with ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injections. Medscape Medical News
A new study questions the USPTF mammography recommendations and shows that annual screening beginning at an earlier age results in more lives saved. Medscape Medical News
Preoperative chemotherapy has been validated in patients with inoperable or locally advanced breast cancer and is now under scrutiny for the treatment of patients with operable disease. Medscape Hematology-Oncology