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Radiation oncology health technology assessment—the best is the enemy of the good

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 563 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1203

Author: Søren M Bentzen

Nonmyeloablative stem-cell transplantation can induce long-term remission in relapsed FL

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 564 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1206

Salvage radiotherapy improves survival in men with recurrence after radical prostatectomy

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 564 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1207

Chromosomal instability confers poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 564 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1210

Small molecule JAK2 inhibitor is effective in murine model of polycythemia vera

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 565 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1208

High-dose conformal RT improves tumor control in patients with prostate cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 565 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1209

Preoperative chemoradiation in addition to preoperative chemotherapy in stage III NSCLC

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 566 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1211

Vitamin D concentration does not affect the risk of prostate cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 566 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncpuro1159

Liver resection with salvage transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 567 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep1219

Choosing a taxane for adjuvant treatment of breast cancer: more than a flip of the coin?

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 570 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1215

Author: Linda Vahdat

Trials and tribulations

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 495 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1182

Author: Vincent T DeVita Jr

Intensity of therapy for ALL can be reduced in non-high-risk patients

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 496 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1168

Extracolonic screening by CT colonography is beneficial

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 496 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1172

Multiple myeloma: high-risk immunophenotypes identified

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 496 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1195

Simple molecular-grade gene index has prognostic value in early-stage breast cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 497 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1169

Therapy with cetuximab and irinotecan in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 497 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1170

Weekly adjuvant paclitaxel improves survival after standard chemotherapy in breast cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 498 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1171

Prostate stem cell antigen is associated with diffuse-type gastric cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 498 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1191

Common single nucleotide polymorphisms are linked to neuroblastoma

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 499 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1192

Increased c-kit expression predicts poor outcome in acute myeloid leukemia

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 499 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1193