The Year Book of Oncology brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in oncology, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Topics include Supportive Care, Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Cancers, Genitourinary Cancers, Hematologic Malignancies, Thoracic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer and Cancer Biology. The Year Book of Oncology is available annually in November.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Chapter 1. Cancer Biology - p. 8 5. Clinically Relevant Changes in Family History of Cancer Over Time - p. 8 6. Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing - p. 9 7. Chapter 2. Cancer Prevention - p. 10 8. Chapter 3. Cancer Therapies - p. 11 9. Chapter 4. Chemotherapy: Mechanisms and Side Effects - p. 12 10. Chapter 5. Breast Cancer - p. 13 11. 5.1. General Issues in Breast Cancer - p. 13 12. Characteristics and Outcomes of Breast Cancer in Women With and Without a History of Radiation for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Multi-Institutional, Matched Cohort Study - p. 13 13. Quality-of-Life Measurement in Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review (2001–2009) - p. 14 14. 5.2. Epidemiology - p. 15 15. 5.3. Prevention - p. 17 16. 5.4. Early Stage and Adjuvant Therapy - p. 18 17. Adjuvant Therapy in Stage I Carcinoma of the Breast: The Influence of Multigene Analyses and Molecular Phenotyping - p. 18 18. Association of Occult Metastases in Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Bone Marrow With Survival Among Women With Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer - p. 19 19. Bevacizumab Added to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer - p. 20 20. Comparisons between different polychemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer: meta-analyses of long-term outcome among 100000 women in 123 randomised trials - p. 21 21. Disease-Related Outcomes With Long-Term Follow-Up: An Updated Analysis of the Intergroup Exemestane Study - p. 22 22. Preoperative Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab, Lapatinib, or Both in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Operable Breast Cancer: Results of the Randomized Phase II CHER-LOB Study - p. 23 23. Effect of Obesity on Prognosis After Early-Stage Breast Cancer - p. 24 24. Effect of Occult Metastases on Survival in Node-Negative Breast Cancer - p. 25 25. Lapatinib with trastuzumab for HER2-positive early breast cancer (NeoALTTO): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial - p. 26 26. 5.5. Breast Conserving Therapy - p. 27 27. Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Treated With Breast-Conserving Surgery and Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Comparison of the Mammosite Registry Trial With Intergroup Study E5194 - p. 27 28. Comparison of treatment outcome between breast-conservation surgery with radiation and total mastectomy without radiation in patients with one to three positive axillary lymph nodes - p. 28 29. 5.6. Diagnostic Imaging - p. 29 30. Breast Imaging Training and Attitudes: Update Survey of Senior Radiology Residents - p. 29 31. Screening Breast MR Imaging in Women with a History of Chest Irradiation - p. 30 32. 5.7. Prognostic Factors - p. 31 33. Effect of HER2 status on risk of recurrence in women with small, node-negative breast tumours - p. 31 34. Factors influencing survival in patients with breast cancer and single or solitary brain metastasis - p. 32 35. 5.8. Radiation Therapy - p. 34 36. Accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial implants: risk factors associated with increased local recurrence - p. 34 37. Accelerated partial breast irradiation: 5-year results of the German-Austrian multicenter phase II trial using interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy alone after breast-conserving surgery - p. 35 38. Age, Comorbidity, and Breast Cancer Severity: Impact on Receipt of Definitive Local Therapy and Rate of Recurrence among Older Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer - p. 36 39. Early-stage young breast cancer patients: Impact of local treatment on survival - p. 37 40. Fractionation for whole breast irradiation: An American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based guideline - p. 38 41. Irradiation effect after mastectomy on breast cancer recurrence in patients presenting with locally advanced disease - p. 40 42. 5.9. Surgical Treatment - p. 41 43. Liver resection and local ablation of breast cancer liver metastases – A systematic review - p. 41 44. Phase III randomized equivalence trial of early breast cancer treatments with or without axillary clearance in post-menopausal patients results after 5 years of follow-up - p. 42 45. Subsets of women with close or positive margins after breast-conserving surgery with high local recurrence risk despite breast plus boost radiotherapy - p. 45 46. 5.10. Tumor Biology - p. 48 47. 5.11. Axillary Management - p. 49 48. 5.12. Hormonal Therapy - p. 50 49. 5.13. Intraductal Cancer - p. 52 50. 5.14. Non-Invasive Cancer - p. 53 51. 5.15. Advanced - p. 54 52. Everolimus in Postmenopausal Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer - p. 54 53. Loss of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Expression in Metastatic Sites of HER2-Overexpressing Primary Breast Tumors - p. 55 54. Pertuzumab plus Trastuzumab plus Docetaxel for Metastatic Breast Cancer - p. 56 55. 5.16. Miscellaneous - p. 57 56. Management of hot flashes in patients who have breast cancer with venlafaxine and clonidine: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - p. 57 57. Nodal status and clinical outcomes in a large cohort of patients with triple-negative breast cancer - p. 58 58. Chapter 6. Genitourinary - p. 59 59. 6.1. Prostate - p. 59 60. 10-year experience with I-125 prostate brachytherapy at the Princess Margaret Hospital: results for 1,100 patients - p. 59 61. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and American College of Radiology (ACR) practice guideline for the transperineal permanent brachytherapy of prostate cancer - p. 60 62. Behavioral Therapy With or Without Biofeedback and Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation for Persistent Postprostatectomy Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial - p. 61 63. Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life 5 Years After SPIRIT: Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial - p. 62 64. Cost-Effectiveness of Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in the United States: Extrapolating From the European Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer - p. 63 65. Definition of medical event is to be based on the total source strength for evaluation of permanent prostate brachytherapy: A report from the American Society for Radiation Oncology - p. 64 66. Does hormone therapy reduce disease recurrence in prostate cancer patients receiving dose-escalated radiation therapy? An analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 94-06 - p. 65 67. Dose escalation and quality of life in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy: long-term results of the Dutch randomized dose-escalation trial (CKTO 96-10 Trial) - p. 66 68. Fifteen-year biochemical relapse-free survival, cause-specific survival, and overall survival following I125 prostate brachytherapy in clinically localized prostate cancers: Seattle experience - p. 67 69. Phase I dose-escalation study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer - p. 68 70. Progression From High-Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia to Cancer: A Randomized Trial of Combination Vitamin-E, Soy, and Selenium - p. 69 71. Radiotherapy and Short-Term Androgen Deprivation for Localized Prostate Cancer - p. 70 72. Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer - p. 71 73. Vitamin E and the Risk of Prostate Cancer: The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) - p. 72 74. 6.2. Testis - p. 73 75. Association of diagnostic radiation exposure and second abdominal-pelvic malignancies after testicular cancer - p. 73 76. Management of Seminomatous Testicular Cancer: A Binational Prospective Population-Based Study From the Swedish Norwegian Testicular Cancer Study Group - p. 74 77. Randomized Trial of Carboplatin Versus Radiotherapy for Stage I Seminoma: Mature Results on Relapse and Contralateral Testis Cancer Rates in MRC TE19/EORTC 30982 Study (ISRCTN27163214) - p. 75 78. Chapter 7. Gynecology - p. 76 79. 7.1. Ovarian - p. 76 80. A Multicenter, Randomized, Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Combination Docetaxel and Carboplatin and Sequential Therapy With Docetaxel Then Carboplatin in Patients With Recurrent Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer - p. 76 81. A Phase 3 Trial of Bevacizumab in Ovarian Cancer - p. 77 82. A systematic review evaluating the relationship between progression free survival and post progression survival in advanced ovarian cancer - p. 78 83. CA-125 can be part of the tumour evaluation criteria in ovarian cancer trials: experience of the GCIG CALYPSO trial - p. 79 84. Evolution of surgical treatment paradigms for advanced-stage ovarian cancer: Redefining ‘optimal’ residual disease - p. 80 85. Final overall survival results of phase III GCIG CALYPSO trial of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and carboplatin vs paclitaxel and carboplatin in platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer patients - p. 81 86. Incorporation of Bevacizumab in the Primary Treatment of Ovarian Cancer - p. 82 87. Is comprehensive surgical staging needed for thorough evaluation of early-stage ovarian carcinoma? - p. 83 88. OCEANS: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Patients With Platinum-Sensitive Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer - p. 84 89. Olaparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer - p. 85 90. Ovarian low-grade serous carcinoma: A comprehensive update - p. 86 91. Phase II, Open-Label, Randomized, Multicenter Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Olaparib, a Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor, and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin in Patients With BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations and Recurrent Ovarian Cancer - p. 87 92. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of AMG 386 Combined With Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients With Recurrent Ovarian Cancer - p. 88 93. Reclassification of Serous Ovarian Carcinoma by a 2-Tier System: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study - p. 89 94. Vignette-Based Study of Ovarian Cancer Screening: Do U.S. Physicians Report Adhering to Evidence-Based Recommendations? - p. 90 95. 7.2. Cervix - p. 91 96. A multi-institutional phase II trial of paclitaxel and carboplatin in the treatment of advanced or recurrent cervical cancer - p. 91 97. Chemoradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy in advanced cervical adenocarcinoma - p. 92 98. Comparison of treatment outcomes between squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma in locally advanced cervical cancer - p. 93 99. Consensus guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy for the definitive treatment of cervix cancer - p. 94 100. Management of recurrent cervical cancer: A review of the literature - p. 95 101. 7.3. Endometrial - p. 96 102. Association of number of positive nodes and cervical stroma invasion with outcome of advanced endometrial cancer treated with chemotherapy or whole abdominal irradiation: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study - p. 96 103. Metformin potentiates the effects of paclitaxel in endometrial cancer cells through inhibition of cell proliferation and modulation of the mTOR pathway - p. 97 104. Recurrence and Survival After Random Assignment to Laparoscopy Versus Laparotomy for Comprehensive Surgical Staging of Uterine Cancer: Gynecologic Oncology Group LAP2 Study - p. 98 105. The role of lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer: Was the ASTEC trial doomed by design and are we destined to repeat that mistake? - p. 99 106. 7.4. Miscellaneous - p. 100 107. Chapter 8. Gastrointestinal - p. 101 108. 8.1. Screening and Detection - p. 101 109. 8.2. Esophagus, Stomach - p. 102 110. Adjuvant capecitabine and oxaliplatin for gastric cancer after D2 gastrectomy (CLASSIC): a phase 3 open-label, randomised controlled trial - p. 102 111. Bevacizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy As First-Line Therapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study - p. 103 112. Salvage Chemotherapy for Pretreated Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Chemotherapy Plus Best Supportive Care With Best Supportive Care Alone - p. 104 113. 8.3. Pancreas - p. 105 114. 8.4. Rectal Carcinoma - p. 106 115. A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Local Excision for T2N0 Rectal Cancer: Preliminary Results of the ACOSOG Z6041 Trial - p. 106 116. Primary Tumor Response to Preoperative Chemoradiation With or Without Oxaliplatin in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Pathologic Results of the STAR-01 Randomized Phase III Trial - p. 107 117. 8.5. Colorectal Cancer - p. 108 118. Chapter 9. Hematologic Malignancies - p. 109 119. 9.1. Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome - p. 109 120. Clonal origins of relapse in ETV6-RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia - p. 109 121. Radiation therapy for leukemia cutis - p. 110 122. The genetic basis of early T–cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - p. 111 123. TP53 alterations in acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype correlate with specific copy number alterations, monosomal karyotype, and dismal outcome - p. 112 124. A phase 1/2 study of chemosensitization with the CXCR4 antagonist plerixafor in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia - p. 113 125. Acute leukemia incidence and patient survival among children and adults in the United States, 2001-2007 - p. 114 126. Age-Related Prognostic Impact of Different Types of DNMT3A Mutations in Adults With Primary Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia - p. 115 127. Assessment of BCR-ABL1 Transcript Levels at 3 Months Is the Only Requirement for Predicting Outcome for Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treated With Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors - p. 116 128. Chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells are not dependent on Bcr-Abl kinase activity for their survival - p. 117 129. DNMT3A mutations in acute myeloid leukemia: stability during disease evolution and clinical implications - p. 118 130. Frequency and prognostic impact of mutations in SRSF2, U2AF1, and ZRSR2 in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes - p. 119 131. Increased BMI correlates with higher risk of disease relapse and differentiation syndrome in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with the AIDA protocols - p. 120 132. Outcomes after matched unrelated donor versus identical sibling hematopoietic cell transplantation in adults with acute myelogenous leukemia - p. 121 133. Pediatric-inspired intensified therapy of adult T-ALL reveals the favorable outcome of NOTCH1/FBXW7 mutations, but not of low ERG/BAALC expression: a GRAALL study - p. 122 134. Poor response to second-line kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia patients with multiple low-level mutations, irrespective of their resistance profile - p. 123 135. Prediction of Early Death After Induction Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Pretreatment Risk Scores: A Novel Paradigm for Treatment Assignment - p. 124 136. Prognostic and therapeutic implications of minimal residual disease detection in acute myeloid leukemia - p. 125 137. Prognostic Relevance of Integrated Genetic Profiling in Acute Myeloid Leukemia - p. 126 138. 9.2. Lymphoma - p. 127 139. Chapter 10. Thoracic Cancer - p. 128 140. 10.1. Biology - p. 128 141. DNA Repair Capacity in Peripheral Lymphocytes Predicts Survival of Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy - p. 128 142. Genetic Variations and Patient-Reported Quality of Life Among Patients With Lung Cancer - p. 129 143. 10.2. Non Small Cell: Early Stage and Adjuvant Therapy - p. 130 144. Occult metastases in lymph nodes predict survival in resectable non–small-cell lung cancer: report of the ACOSOG Z0040 trial - p. 130 145. Phase III Comparison of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Versus Observation in Patients With Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Primary Analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Study RTOG 0214 - p. 131 146. Randomized Phase III Study of Surgery Alone or Surgery Plus Preoperative Cisplatin and Gemcitabine in Stages IB to IIIA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 132 147. Randomized Phase III Study of Thoracic Radiation in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin With or Without Thalidomide in Patients With Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The ECOG 3598 Study - p. 133 148. Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic Screening - p. 134 149. 10.3. First Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - p. 135 150. First-SIGNAL: First-Line Single-Agent Iressa Versus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Trial in Never-Smokers With Adenocarcinoma of the Lung - p. 135 151. Impact on disease-free survival of adjuvant erlotinib or gefitinib in patients with resected lung adenocarcinomas that harbor EGFR mutations - p. 136 152. Ipilimumab in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin As First-Line Treatment in Stage IIIB/IV Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Phase II Study - p. 137 153. Prospective Molecular Marker Analyses of EGFR and KRAS From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Erlotinib Maintenance Therapy in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 138 154. Randomized Phase II Trial of Erlotinib Alone or With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Patients Who Were Never or Light Former Smokers With Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma: CALGB 30406 Trial - p. 139 155. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of Single-Agent Oral Talactoferrin in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer That Progressed After Chemotherapy - p. 140 156. Weekly nab-Paclitaxel in Combination With Carboplatin Versus Solvent-Based Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin as First-Line Therapy in Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Final Results of a Phase III Trial - p. 141 157. 10.4. Second Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - p. 142 158. Sunitinib Plus Erlotinib Versus Placebo Plus Erlotinib in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase III Trial - p. 142 159. Vandetanib Versus Placebo in Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer After Prior Therapy With an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase III Trial (ZEPHYR) - p. 143 160. 10.5. Small Cell Lung Cancer - p. 144 161. Carboplatin- or Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in First-Line Treatment of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The COCIS Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data - p. 144 162. Cisplatin, Irinotecan, and Bevacizumab for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CALGB 30306, a Phase II Study - p. 145 163. 10.6. Advanced Diseases - p. 146 164. Randomized Phase II Study of Dulanermin in Combination With Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Bevacizumab in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 146 165. Randomized Phase II Study of Erlotinib in Combination With Placebo or R1507, a Monoclonal Antibody to Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor, for Advanced-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 147 166. Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study of Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin With Celecoxib and Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression as a Biomarker for Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: the NVALT-4 Study - p. 148 167. 10.7. Miscellaneous - p. 149 168. Longitudinal Perceptions of Prognosis and Goals of Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care - p. 149 169. ROS1 Rearrangements Define a Unique Molecular Class of Lung Cancers - p. 150 170. Chapter 11. Endocrine - p. 151 171. Chapter 12. Head and Neck - p. 152 172. A Phase 2 Trial of Bortezomib Followed by the Addition of Doxorubicin at Progression in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (E1303) - p. 152 173. A prospective, comparative study on the early effects of local and remote radiation therapy on carotid intima–media thickness and vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1 in patients with head and neck and prostate tumors - p. 153 174. Chapter 13. Pediatric Cancer - p. 154 175. 13.1. Leukemia - p. 154 176. Anti–Escherichia coli asparaginase antibody levels determine the activity of second-line treatment with pegylated E coli asparaginase: a retrospective analysis within the ALL-BFM trials - p. 154 177. Developmental origins and impact of BCR-ABL1 fusion and IKZF1 deletions in monozygotic twins with Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia - p. 155 178. Improved Survival for Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Between 1990 and 2005: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group - p. 156 179. Outcome modeling with CRLF2, IKZF1, JAK, and minimal residual disease in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children’s Oncology Group Study - p. 157 180. Outcomes after Induction Failure in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - p. 158 181. 13.2. Neuro-Oncology - p. 159 182. Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma - p. 159 183. Genome-Wide Analyses Identify Recurrent Amplifications of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and Cell-Cycle Regulatory Genes in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma - p. 160 184. Pre-Enucleation Chemotherapy for Eyes Severely Affected by Retinoblastoma Masks Risk of Tumor Extension and Increases Death From Metastasis - p. 161 185. 13.3. Solid Tumors - p. 162 186. Clinical and Biologic Features Predictive of Survival After Relapse of Neuroblastoma: A Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Project - p. 162 187. Outcome After Surgery Alone or With Restricted Use of Chemotherapy for Patients With Low-Risk Neuroblastoma: Results of Children’s Oncology Group Study P9641 - p. 163 188. PAX3/FOXO1 Fusion Gene Status Is the Key Prognostic Molecular Marker in Rhabdomyosarcoma and Significantly Improves Current Risk Stratification - p. 164 189. Pilot Induction Regimen Incorporating Pharmacokinetically Guided Topotecan for Treatment of Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Children’s Oncology Group Study - p. 165 190. Prognostic Significance and Tumor Biology of Regional Lymph Node Disease in Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group - p. 166 191. 13.4. Miscellaneous - p. 167 192. Chapter 14. Melanoma - p. 168 193. Chapter 15. Sarcoma - p. 169 194. Chapter 16. Late Effects of Therapy - p. 170 195. Anthracycline-Related Cardiomyopathy After Childhood Cancer: Role of Polymorphisms in Carbonyl Reductase Genes—A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group - p. 170 196. Congenital Anomalies in the Children of Cancer Survivors: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study - p. 171 197. Nonmalignant Late Effects and Compromised Functional Status in Survivors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation - p. 172 198. Pharmacogenomic Prediction of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children - p. 173 199. Secondary solid cancers after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation using busulfan-cyclophosphamide conditioning - p. 174 200. Chapter 17. Novel Targets - p. 175 201. Chapter 18. Supportive Care - p. 176 202. Impact of Awareness of Terminal Illness and Use of Palliative Care or Intensive Care Unit on the Survival of Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer: Prospective Cohort Study - p. 176 203. Semuloparin for Thromboprophylaxis in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer - p. 177 204. Chapter 19. Miscellaneous - p. 178
The Year Book of Oncology brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in oncology, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Topics include Supportive Care, Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Cancers, Genitourinary Cancers, Hematologic Malignancies, Thoracic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer and Cancer Biology. The Year Book of Oncology is available annually in November.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Chapter 1. Cancer Biology - p. 8 5. Clinically Relevant Changes in Family History of Cancer Over Time - p. 8 6. Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing - p. 9 7. Chapter 2. Cancer Prevention - p. 10 8. Chapter 3. Cancer Therapies - p. 11 9. Chapter 4. Chemotherapy: Mechanisms and Side Effects - p. 12 10. Chapter 5. Breast Cancer - p. 13 11. 5.1. General Issues in Breast Cancer - p. 13 12. Characteristics and Outcomes of Breast Cancer in Women With and Without a History of Radiation for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Multi-Institutional, Matched Cohort Study - p. 13 13. Quality-of-Life Measurement in Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review (2001–2009) - p. 14 14. 5.2. Epidemiology - p. 15 15. 5.3. Prevention - p. 17 16. 5.4. Early Stage and Adjuvant Therapy - p. 18 17. Adjuvant Therapy in Stage I Carcinoma of the Breast: The Influence of Multigene Analyses and Molecular Phenotyping - p. 18 18. Association of Occult Metastases in Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Bone Marrow With Survival Among Women With Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer - p. 19 19. Bevacizumab Added to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer - p. 20 20. Comparisons between different polychemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer: meta-analyses of long-term outcome among 100000 women in 123 randomised trials - p. 21 21. Disease-Related Outcomes With Long-Term Follow-Up: An Updated Analysis of the Intergroup Exemestane Study - p. 22 22. Preoperative Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab, Lapatinib, or Both in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Operable Breast Cancer: Results of the Randomized Phase II CHER-LOB Study - p. 23 23. Effect of Obesity on Prognosis After Early-Stage Breast Cancer - p. 24 24. Effect of Occult Metastases on Survival in Node-Negative Breast Cancer - p. 25 25. Lapatinib with trastuzumab for HER2-positive early breast cancer (NeoALTTO): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial - p. 26 26. 5.5. Breast Conserving Therapy - p. 27 27. Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Treated With Breast-Conserving Surgery and Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Comparison of the Mammosite Registry Trial With Intergroup Study E5194 - p. 27 28. Comparison of treatment outcome between breast-conservation surgery with radiation and total mastectomy without radiation in patients with one to three positive axillary lymph nodes - p. 28 29. 5.6. Diagnostic Imaging - p. 29 30. Breast Imaging Training and Attitudes: Update Survey of Senior Radiology Residents - p. 29 31. Screening Breast MR Imaging in Women with a History of Chest Irradiation - p. 30 32. 5.7. Prognostic Factors - p. 31 33. Effect of HER2 status on risk of recurrence in women with small, node-negative breast tumours - p. 31 34. Factors influencing survival in patients with breast cancer and single or solitary brain metastasis - p. 32 35. 5.8. Radiation Therapy - p. 34 36. Accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial implants: risk factors associated with increased local recurrence - p. 34 37. Accelerated partial breast irradiation: 5-year results of the German-Austrian multicenter phase II trial using interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy alone after breast-conserving surgery - p. 35 38. Age, Comorbidity, and Breast Cancer Severity: Impact on Receipt of Definitive Local Therapy and Rate of Recurrence among Older Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer - p. 36 39. Early-stage young breast cancer patients: Impact of local treatment on survival - p. 37 40. Fractionation for whole breast irradiation: An American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based guideline - p. 38 41. Irradiation effect after mastectomy on breast cancer recurrence in patients presenting with locally advanced disease - p. 40 42. 5.9. Surgical Treatment - p. 41 43. Liver resection and local ablation of breast cancer liver metastases – A systematic review - p. 41 44. Phase III randomized equivalence trial of early breast cancer treatments with or without axillary clearance in post-menopausal patients results after 5 years of follow-up - p. 42 45. Subsets of women with close or positive margins after breast-conserving surgery with high local recurrence risk despite breast plus boost radiotherapy - p. 45 46. 5.10. Tumor Biology - p. 48 47. 5.11. Axillary Management - p. 49 48. 5.12. Hormonal Therapy - p. 50 49. 5.13. Intraductal Cancer - p. 52 50. 5.14. Non-Invasive Cancer - p. 53 51. 5.15. Advanced - p. 54 52. Everolimus in Postmenopausal Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer - p. 54 53. Loss of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Expression in Metastatic Sites of HER2-Overexpressing Primary Breast Tumors - p. 55 54. Pertuzumab plus Trastuzumab plus Docetaxel for Metastatic Breast Cancer - p. 56 55. 5.16. Miscellaneous - p. 57 56. Management of hot flashes in patients who have breast cancer with venlafaxine and clonidine: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - p. 57 57. Nodal status and clinical outcomes in a large cohort of patients with triple-negative breast cancer - p. 58 58. Chapter 6. Genitourinary - p. 59 59. 6.1. Prostate - p. 59 60. 10-year experience with I-125 prostate brachytherapy at the Princess Margaret Hospital: results for 1,100 patients - p. 59 61. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and American College of Radiology (ACR) practice guideline for the transperineal permanent brachytherapy of prostate cancer - p. 60 62. Behavioral Therapy With or Without Biofeedback and Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation for Persistent Postprostatectomy Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial - p. 61 63. Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life 5 Years After SPIRIT: Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial - p. 62 64. Cost-Effectiveness of Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in the United States: Extrapolating From the European Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer - p. 63 65. Definition of medical event is to be based on the total source strength for evaluation of permanent prostate brachytherapy: A report from the American Society for Radiation Oncology - p. 64 66. Does hormone therapy reduce disease recurrence in prostate cancer patients receiving dose-escalated radiation therapy? An analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 94-06 - p. 65 67. Dose escalation and quality of life in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy: long-term results of the Dutch randomized dose-escalation trial (CKTO 96-10 Trial) - p. 66 68. Fifteen-year biochemical relapse-free survival, cause-specific survival, and overall survival following I125 prostate brachytherapy in clinically localized prostate cancers: Seattle experience - p. 67 69. Phase I dose-escalation study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer - p. 68 70. Progression From High-Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia to Cancer: A Randomized Trial of Combination Vitamin-E, Soy, and Selenium - p. 69 71. Radiotherapy and Short-Term Androgen Deprivation for Localized Prostate Cancer - p. 70 72. Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer - p. 71 73. Vitamin E and the Risk of Prostate Cancer: The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) - p. 72 74. 6.2. Testis - p. 73 75. Association of diagnostic radiation exposure and second abdominal-pelvic malignancies after testicular cancer - p. 73 76. Management of Seminomatous Testicular Cancer: A Binational Prospective Population-Based Study From the Swedish Norwegian Testicular Cancer Study Group - p. 74 77. Randomized Trial of Carboplatin Versus Radiotherapy for Stage I Seminoma: Mature Results on Relapse and Contralateral Testis Cancer Rates in MRC TE19/EORTC 30982 Study (ISRCTN27163214) - p. 75 78. Chapter 7. Gynecology - p. 76 79. 7.1. Ovarian - p. 76 80. A Multicenter, Randomized, Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Combination Docetaxel and Carboplatin and Sequential Therapy With Docetaxel Then Carboplatin in Patients With Recurrent Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer - p. 76 81. A Phase 3 Trial of Bevacizumab in Ovarian Cancer - p. 77 82. A systematic review evaluating the relationship between progression free survival and post progression survival in advanced ovarian cancer - p. 78 83. CA-125 can be part of the tumour evaluation criteria in ovarian cancer trials: experience of the GCIG CALYPSO trial - p. 79 84. Evolution of surgical treatment paradigms for advanced-stage ovarian cancer: Redefining ‘optimal’ residual disease - p. 80 85. Final overall survival results of phase III GCIG CALYPSO trial of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and carboplatin vs paclitaxel and carboplatin in platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer patients - p. 81 86. Incorporation of Bevacizumab in the Primary Treatment of Ovarian Cancer - p. 82 87. Is comprehensive surgical staging needed for thorough evaluation of early-stage ovarian carcinoma? - p. 83 88. OCEANS: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Patients With Platinum-Sensitive Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer - p. 84 89. Olaparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer - p. 85 90. Ovarian low-grade serous carcinoma: A comprehensive update - p. 86 91. Phase II, Open-Label, Randomized, Multicenter Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Olaparib, a Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor, and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin in Patients With BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations and Recurrent Ovarian Cancer - p. 87 92. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of AMG 386 Combined With Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients With Recurrent Ovarian Cancer - p. 88 93. Reclassification of Serous Ovarian Carcinoma by a 2-Tier System: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study - p. 89 94. Vignette-Based Study of Ovarian Cancer Screening: Do U.S. Physicians Report Adhering to Evidence-Based Recommendations? - p. 90 95. 7.2. Cervix - p. 91 96. A multi-institutional phase II trial of paclitaxel and carboplatin in the treatment of advanced or recurrent cervical cancer - p. 91 97. Chemoradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy in advanced cervical adenocarcinoma - p. 92 98. Comparison of treatment outcomes between squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma in locally advanced cervical cancer - p. 93 99. Consensus guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy for the definitive treatment of cervix cancer - p. 94 100. Management of recurrent cervical cancer: A review of the literature - p. 95 101. 7.3. Endometrial - p. 96 102. Association of number of positive nodes and cervical stroma invasion with outcome of advanced endometrial cancer treated with chemotherapy or whole abdominal irradiation: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study - p. 96 103. Metformin potentiates the effects of paclitaxel in endometrial cancer cells through inhibition of cell proliferation and modulation of the mTOR pathway - p. 97 104. Recurrence and Survival After Random Assignment to Laparoscopy Versus Laparotomy for Comprehensive Surgical Staging of Uterine Cancer: Gynecologic Oncology Group LAP2 Study - p. 98 105. The role of lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer: Was the ASTEC trial doomed by design and are we destined to repeat that mistake? - p. 99 106. 7.4. Miscellaneous - p. 100 107. Chapter 8. Gastrointestinal - p. 101 108. 8.1. Screening and Detection - p. 101 109. 8.2. Esophagus, Stomach - p. 102 110. Adjuvant capecitabine and oxaliplatin for gastric cancer after D2 gastrectomy (CLASSIC): a phase 3 open-label, randomised controlled trial - p. 102 111. Bevacizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy As First-Line Therapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study - p. 103 112. Salvage Chemotherapy for Pretreated Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Chemotherapy Plus Best Supportive Care With Best Supportive Care Alone - p. 104 113. 8.3. Pancreas - p. 105 114. 8.4. Rectal Carcinoma - p. 106 115. A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Local Excision for T2N0 Rectal Cancer: Preliminary Results of the ACOSOG Z6041 Trial - p. 106 116. Primary Tumor Response to Preoperative Chemoradiation With or Without Oxaliplatin in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Pathologic Results of the STAR-01 Randomized Phase III Trial - p. 107 117. 8.5. Colorectal Cancer - p. 108 118. Chapter 9. Hematologic Malignancies - p. 109 119. 9.1. Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome - p. 109 120. Clonal origins of relapse in ETV6-RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia - p. 109 121. Radiation therapy for leukemia cutis - p. 110 122. The genetic basis of early T–cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - p. 111 123. TP53 alterations in acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype correlate with specific copy number alterations, monosomal karyotype, and dismal outcome - p. 112 124. A phase 1/2 study of chemosensitization with the CXCR4 antagonist plerixafor in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia - p. 113 125. Acute leukemia incidence and patient survival among children and adults in the United States, 2001-2007 - p. 114 126. Age-Related Prognostic Impact of Different Types of DNMT3A Mutations in Adults With Primary Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia - p. 115 127. Assessment of BCR-ABL1 Transcript Levels at 3 Months Is the Only Requirement for Predicting Outcome for Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treated With Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors - p. 116 128. Chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells are not dependent on Bcr-Abl kinase activity for their survival - p. 117 129. DNMT3A mutations in acute myeloid leukemia: stability during disease evolution and clinical implications - p. 118 130. Frequency and prognostic impact of mutations in SRSF2, U2AF1, and ZRSR2 in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes - p. 119 131. Increased BMI correlates with higher risk of disease relapse and differentiation syndrome in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with the AIDA protocols - p. 120 132. Outcomes after matched unrelated donor versus identical sibling hematopoietic cell transplantation in adults with acute myelogenous leukemia - p. 121 133. Pediatric-inspired intensified therapy of adult T-ALL reveals the favorable outcome of NOTCH1/FBXW7 mutations, but not of low ERG/BAALC expression: a GRAALL study - p. 122 134. Poor response to second-line kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia patients with multiple low-level mutations, irrespective of their resistance profile - p. 123 135. Prediction of Early Death After Induction Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Pretreatment Risk Scores: A Novel Paradigm for Treatment Assignment - p. 124 136. Prognostic and therapeutic implications of minimal residual disease detection in acute myeloid leukemia - p. 125 137. Prognostic Relevance of Integrated Genetic Profiling in Acute Myeloid Leukemia - p. 126 138. 9.2. Lymphoma - p. 127 139. Chapter 10. Thoracic Cancer - p. 128 140. 10.1. Biology - p. 128 141. DNA Repair Capacity in Peripheral Lymphocytes Predicts Survival of Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy - p. 128 142. Genetic Variations and Patient-Reported Quality of Life Among Patients With Lung Cancer - p. 129 143. 10.2. Non Small Cell: Early Stage and Adjuvant Therapy - p. 130 144. Occult metastases in lymph nodes predict survival in resectable non–small-cell lung cancer: report of the ACOSOG Z0040 trial - p. 130 145. Phase III Comparison of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Versus Observation in Patients With Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Primary Analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Study RTOG 0214 - p. 131 146. Randomized Phase III Study of Surgery Alone or Surgery Plus Preoperative Cisplatin and Gemcitabine in Stages IB to IIIA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 132 147. Randomized Phase III Study of Thoracic Radiation in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin With or Without Thalidomide in Patients With Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The ECOG 3598 Study - p. 133 148. Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic Screening - p. 134 149. 10.3. First Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - p. 135 150. First-SIGNAL: First-Line Single-Agent Iressa Versus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Trial in Never-Smokers With Adenocarcinoma of the Lung - p. 135 151. Impact on disease-free survival of adjuvant erlotinib or gefitinib in patients with resected lung adenocarcinomas that harbor EGFR mutations - p. 136 152. Ipilimumab in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin As First-Line Treatment in Stage IIIB/IV Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Phase II Study - p. 137 153. Prospective Molecular Marker Analyses of EGFR and KRAS From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Erlotinib Maintenance Therapy in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 138 154. Randomized Phase II Trial of Erlotinib Alone or With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Patients Who Were Never or Light Former Smokers With Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma: CALGB 30406 Trial - p. 139 155. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of Single-Agent Oral Talactoferrin in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer That Progressed After Chemotherapy - p. 140 156. Weekly nab-Paclitaxel in Combination With Carboplatin Versus Solvent-Based Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin as First-Line Therapy in Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Final Results of a Phase III Trial - p. 141 157. 10.4. Second Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - p. 142 158. Sunitinib Plus Erlotinib Versus Placebo Plus Erlotinib in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase III Trial - p. 142 159. Vandetanib Versus Placebo in Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer After Prior Therapy With an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase III Trial (ZEPHYR) - p. 143 160. 10.5. Small Cell Lung Cancer - p. 144 161. Carboplatin- or Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in First-Line Treatment of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The COCIS Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data - p. 144 162. Cisplatin, Irinotecan, and Bevacizumab for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CALGB 30306, a Phase II Study - p. 145 163. 10.6. Advanced Diseases - p. 146 164. Randomized Phase II Study of Dulanermin in Combination With Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Bevacizumab in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 146 165. Randomized Phase II Study of Erlotinib in Combination With Placebo or R1507, a Monoclonal Antibody to Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor, for Advanced-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - p. 147 166. Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study of Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin With Celecoxib and Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression as a Biomarker for Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: the NVALT-4 Study - p. 148 167. 10.7. Miscellaneous - p. 149 168. Longitudinal Perceptions of Prognosis and Goals of Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care - p. 149 169. ROS1 Rearrangements Define a Unique Molecular Class of Lung Cancers - p. 150 170. Chapter 11. Endocrine - p. 151 171. Chapter 12. Head and Neck - p. 152 172. A Phase 2 Trial of Bortezomib Followed by the Addition of Doxorubicin at Progression in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (E1303) - p. 152 173. A prospective, comparative study on the early effects of local and remote radiation therapy on carotid intima–media thickness and vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1 in patients with head and neck and prostate tumors - p. 153 174. Chapter 13. Pediatric Cancer - p. 154 175. 13.1. Leukemia - p. 154 176. Anti–Escherichia coli asparaginase antibody levels determine the activity of second-line treatment with pegylated E coli asparaginase: a retrospective analysis within the ALL-BFM trials - p. 154 177. Developmental origins and impact of BCR-ABL1 fusion and IKZF1 deletions in monozygotic twins with Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia - p. 155 178. Improved Survival for Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Between 1990 and 2005: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group - p. 156 179. Outcome modeling with CRLF2, IKZF1, JAK, and minimal residual disease in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children’s Oncology Group Study - p. 157 180. Outcomes after Induction Failure in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - p. 158 181. 13.2. Neuro-Oncology - p. 159 182. Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma - p. 159 183. Genome-Wide Analyses Identify Recurrent Amplifications of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and Cell-Cycle Regulatory Genes in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma - p. 160 184. Pre-Enucleation Chemotherapy for Eyes Severely Affected by Retinoblastoma Masks Risk of Tumor Extension and Increases Death From Metastasis - p. 161 185. 13.3. Solid Tumors - p. 162 186. Clinical and Biologic Features Predictive of Survival After Relapse of Neuroblastoma: A Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Project - p. 162 187. Outcome After Surgery Alone or With Restricted Use of Chemotherapy for Patients With Low-Risk Neuroblastoma: Results of Children’s Oncology Group Study P9641 - p. 163 188. PAX3/FOXO1 Fusion Gene Status Is the Key Prognostic Molecular Marker in Rhabdomyosarcoma and Significantly Improves Current Risk Stratification - p. 164 189. Pilot Induction Regimen Incorporating Pharmacokinetically Guided Topotecan for Treatment of Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Children’s Oncology Group Study - p. 165 190. Prognostic Significance and Tumor Biology of Regional Lymph Node Disease in Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group - p. 166 191. 13.4. Miscellaneous - p. 167 192. Chapter 14. Melanoma - p. 168 193. Chapter 15. Sarcoma - p. 169 194. Chapter 16. Late Effects of Therapy - p. 170 195. Anthracycline-Related Cardiomyopathy After Childhood Cancer: Role of Polymorphisms in Carbonyl Reductase Genes—A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group - p. 170 196. Congenital Anomalies in the Children of Cancer Survivors: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study - p. 171 197. Nonmalignant Late Effects and Compromised Functional Status in Survivors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation - p. 172 198. Pharmacogenomic Prediction of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children - p. 173 199. Secondary solid cancers after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation using busulfan-cyclophosphamide conditioning - p. 174 200. Chapter 17. Novel Targets - p. 175 201. Chapter 18. Supportive Care - p. 176 202. Impact of Awareness of Terminal Illness and Use of Palliative Care or Intensive Care Unit on the Survival of Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer: Prospective Cohort Study - p. 176 203. Semuloparin for Thromboprophylaxis in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer - p. 177 204. Chapter 19. Miscellaneous - p. 178