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 Cervical
cancer prevention Impending preventive
vaccines and currently available DNA tests mean major changes to existing
practices Eduardo L. Franco, MPH, DrPH,
Marie-Hélène Mayrand, MD, MSc, FRCSC and Helen Trottier, MSc, PhD
 Can
foods combat cancer? What epidemiological, laboratory, animal and
clinical studies show Richard Béliveau,
PhD and Denis Gingras, PhD
 Medical
decision making What the research shows about patient preferences
and the effects of participation Lesley F.
Degner, RN, PhD
 Canadian
clinical trials in lung cancer An insiders view of the growing
role of the NCIC-CTG Glenwood Goss, MD, FRCPC
and Nevin Murray, MD, FRCPC
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an educational grant from AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Cover
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Essential
reading: research updates and commentaries
Review of important clinical trial data
recently presented at the 42nd Annual
Meeting of the American Society of
Clinical Oncology
With commentaries by Susan
Dent, MD, FRCPC, Debjani Grenier, MD, FRCPC, Lyly Le, MD, CM, FRCPC,
Joseph Ragaz, MD, FRCPC and Eric Winquist, MD, FRCPC
RENAL CANCER
COLORECTAL CANCER
BREAST CANCER:
neoadjuvant chemotherapy,
chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity,
switching hormonal therapies,
hormonal therapies and bone health,
biological therapies and EGFR and
biomarkers predicting chemotherapy effect

 Professional
meetings roster Your calendar dates for essential conferences
and symposia
 New
drugs and indications A review of recent cancer therapy approvals
in Canada and the U.S.
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