Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor of the skin with a rising
incidence. MCC has metastatic potential regardless the size of the primary tumor and a 5-…

Background Studies have documented the underrepresentation of women and blacks in
clinical trials, and their recruitment is now federally mandated. However, little is known about …

Zonation, as the term is employed here, refers to the limited north-south distributions which
character-ize most species. It is well known that these restricted distributions are to be …

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and the different biological subtypes have
different prognostic impacts. Neoadjuvant trials have recently become popular as they offer …

Purpose This randomized, controlled, multicenter, open-label, phase III study compared
docetaxel versus paclitaxel in patients with advanced breast cancer that had progressed after an …

The BioMart Community Portal ( www.biomart.org ) is a community-driven effort to provide a
unified interface to biomedical databases that are distributed worldwide. The portal provides …

PURPOSE The Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) conducted a randomized comparison
of cisplatin plus fluorouracil (5-FU) and carboplatin plus 5-FU versus single-agent …

Romidepsin (depsipeptide or FK228) is a histone deacetylase inhibitor, one of a new class
of agents active in T-cell lymphoma. A phase 2 trial was conducted in cutaneous (CTCL) and …

Purpose Patients with early-stage, hormone receptor–positive breast cancer have considerable
residual risk for recurrence after completing 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen. In May 2001, …

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