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Table of Contents: March 2009
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Pharmacogenomic progress in individualized dosing of key drugs for cancer patients
Christine M Walko and Howard McLeod
Determining the correct dosage for the majority of chemotherapeutic agents presents a challenge for clinicians because there is a fine balance between doses that cause significant drug toxicity and loss of efficacy. This Review discusses the current limitations of body surface area-based dosing, provides examples of successful pharmacogenomics investigations that have used drug-metabolizing enzymes to decrease drug toxicity or improve efficacy, and highlights promising advances in pharmacogenomic-directed pharmacotherapy.
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Unintended pregnancy during radiotherapy for cancer
Saskia N de Wildt, Nobuko Taguchi and Gideon Koren
Women with cancer treated with radiotherapy who become pregnant have an increased risk of poor fetal outcome. The case of a 27-year-old woman who became pregnant while receiving radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma, and gave birth to a healthy infant is described. The authors suggest that careful evaluation of fetal exposure to radiation should be performed in each individual case to allow pregnant patients to decide on the fate of their pregnancy.
ESO e-grandround
The European School of Oncology (ESO) in partnership with Nature Clinical Practice Oncology is pleased to announce the 41st e-grandround, entitled "Optimizing approaches to head and neck cancer. Metastatic head and neck cancer? New options". This topic will be discussed by Dr Lisa Licitra during a live webcast on Thursday 26 March 17:15–18:00 UK time. Online participants will be able to submit questions.
Please visit www.e-eso.net for further information.
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