Advanced renal cell carcinoma
Novel systemic therapies are changing medical management and improving outcomes
M. Neil Reaume, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC and Christina M. Canil, MD, FRCPC
D, FRCPC

Review of important clinical trial data recently presented at the 29th SABCS and the 48th ASH
Inflammatory breast cancer
Metastatic breast cancer
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
With commentaries by Stephen Chia, MD,
ABIM, FRCPC and Douglas A. Stewart, MD, FRCPC

Cannabinoid-based therapies in supportive oncology
A review of evidence for the diverse
symptom control effects of medical
marihuana and cannabinoid-based
pharmaceutical agents
Vincent Maida, BSc, MD, CCFP, ABHPM
Vincent Maida, BSc, MD, CCFP, ABHPM

Circulating tumour cells in
breast cancer
New methods of detection and analysis may help treatment planning
Catalin Mihalcioiu, MD, FRCPC

A novel option for management of intractable pain
Intravenous lidocaine in home care
Virginia Jarvis, RN, RM, BScN, MPC, Catherine Smyth, MD, PhD, FRCPC and Edward J. Fitzgibbon MD, MSc, CCFP

Health-related quality of life
An introduction to measurement
methodologies
George Rodrigues, MD, FRCPC, MSc

Selected abstracts from the
2007 Annual Meeting of
the Canadian Association of
Medical Oncology

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.