Controversy: Surgical Margins in Breast Cancer
What is a clear margin in breast-conserving cancer surgery? ASCO Connection (link) hosts a point-counterpoint discussion by two contributors regarding surgical margins in breast cancer that would be of general interest to surgical pathologists. It is fairly brief (you can... (Source: The Daily Sign-Out)
Source: The Daily Sign-Out - January 4, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Mark D. Pool, M.D. Tags: Breast cancer Source Type: blogs
Video: Dr. Jack West discusses changing views on molecular testing in NSCLC
The Lungevity blog features a video of Dr. Jack West from Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle discussing his evolving views regarding molecular testing for actionable driver mutations in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dr. West is a thought-leader in lung oncology... (Source: The Daily Sign-Out)
Source: The Daily Sign-Out - January 3, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Mark D. Pool, M.D. Tags: Lung adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Molecular Pathology Source Type: blogs
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Lung Cancer: Mechanism for Resistance to EGFR-TKIs?
Despite all of the encouraging clinical results with molecularly targeted therapies against non-small cell lung cancer, there are still important and significant questions that continue to vex. The discovery of activating mutations in EGFR radically changed the treatment options for... (Source: The Daily Sign-Out)
Source: The Daily Sign-Out - January 2, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Mark D. Pool, M.D. Tags: Biomarkers in Lung Cancer Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Non small cell lung cancer Source Type: blogs
