Daniel M. Keller

Newly IDʼd Mechanism of Metastasis Argues for Early Systemic Therapy in High-Risk Melanoma

A National Cancer I n s t i t u t e f u n d e d multi-site study is lending evidence to the idea that multidisciplinary cancer care improves patient care processes and patient outcomes. The Multidisciplinary Care Research Project, undertaken by the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), investigated whether specific elements of multidisciplinary care—for example, case planning or care coordination—appear to influence treatment decisions, overall survival, and care processes such as time to initial treatment. First-in-Kind Study Documents Improved Outcomes with Multidisciplinary Care

Proton beam radiation – the ‘chicken and egg’ dilemma, Part 2

With little data from randomised controlled trials d e m o n s t r a t i n g b e t t e r efficacy or lower adverse effects, medical centres continue to build and open new proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) facilities. At costs of between

From Shotgun to Gatling Gun: Multibarreled Approach to Cancer Treatment

100 million (£65 million) and

Melanoma: Engineered Herpes Virus Effective in Treating Local and Distant Lesions

225 million (£160 million) each facility, more research into the relative efficacy and safety of PBRT compared with current photon (X-ray) therapies is needed and planned.