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

Live Report from ASH:<br />Oblimersen Extends Survival in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Susan O’Brien SUSAN O’BRIEN, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston For patients with relapsed or refractory CLL, oblimersen extends survival when added to standard fludarabine/cyclophosphamid

Live Report from ASH: Azacitidine ‘New Standard’ In High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Pierre Fenaux PIERRE FENAUX, Paris 13 University Results from a phase III study presented at ASH suggest that the hypomethylating agent azacitidine should be the new standard of care for patients with

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

Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage
Megan Nguyen REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University in Pomona, Calif

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

Fire Ants: Purveyors of Pain, or Possible Source of New Antimicrobials?
Heather White Heather White, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson If you have ever been bitten by a fire ant you’ll remember the pain! But a study presented in Washington has shown