Satins have been shown to exert pleiotropic effects on cell proliferation, survival, and migration, which suggests they could have chemopreventive properties. The author proposes that statins might have therapeutic potential in thyroid proliferative disease. Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism
Among patients with breast and prostate cancers, fatigue experienced during radiation therapy may be linked to activation of the proinflammatory cytokine network and its associated biomarkers. Medscape Medical News
Cetuximab combined with cisplatin/vinorelbine showed a small overall survival benefit in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer over chemotherapy alone. Medscape Medical News
Canada has followed the United States in revoking the metastatic breast cancer indication for bevacizumab, but it remains in place in Europe. News Alerts
