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Interviews and expert commentary tagged “comments” — the latest oncology research and clinical practice from the Audio Journal of Oncology.

Live Report from ASH:<br />Ibritumomab Provides Benefit in Patients with Follicular Lymphoma
Anton Hagenbeek ANTON HAGENBEEK, University Medical Centre Utrecht For patients with advanced-stage follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ibritumomab tiuxetan seems to prolong progression free surv

Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results
Ake Hjalmarson Gordon Tomaselli REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 2, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida N Engl J Med 2007;357 AKE HJAL

TRITON-TIMI 38 Prasugrel Or Clopidogrel In Percutaneous Intevention?
Gordon Tomaselli Daniel Jones REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins Universit

Long Term Outcomes of Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in Patients Undergoing PCI
Laura Mauri Raymond Gibbons REFERENCE: Late Breaking Special Session, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida LAURA MAURI, Brigham and Woman’s Hospit

Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT-Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub-Study Results
REFERENCE: Abstract: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida LESLEE SHAW, Emory University, Atlanta COMMENT: DANI

Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab: Marked Benefit in HER2-Positive Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Jose Baselga Gordon McVie REFERENCE: ABSTRACT 2030, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007 JOSE BASELGA, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona CO

Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection for Colorectal Cancer
Pierre Guillou David Jayne REFERENCE: J Clin Oncol 25:3061-3068 PIERRE GUILLOU, St James’ Hospital, Leeds COMMENT: DAVID JAYNE, St James’ Hospital, Leeds Laparoscopic-assisted resection fo

Looking for Atherosclerosis in the Legs Could Save Lives
Curt Diehm REFERENCE: European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria CURT DIEHM, University of Heidelberg Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can be diagnosed easily by a

Chronic Stable Angina: Should ESC Guidelines on Clopidogrel as Pre-Treatment to Planned Coronary Angiography be Changed?

KRAS Mutation: Powerful Molecular Predictor of Cetuximab Response in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Pierre Laurent-Puig Bill Hait REFERENCE: ABSTRACT: 5671, American Association for Cancer Research, April 14-18, 2007, Los Angeles PIERRE LAURENT-PUIG, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris COMMEN

Virus Plus Cytokine Fight Primary and Metastatic Cancer
Paul Fisher REFERENCE: Meet the Professor Session, AACR 2007, Los Angeles PAUL FISHER, Columbia University, New York Patients with cancer could soon be treated with adenoviruses capable of infecting b
