Giving Honest Information to Patients With Advanced Cancer Maintains Hope - Cancer Network

"Background: Oncologists often do not give honest prognostic and treatment-effect information to patients with advanced disease. One of the primary reasons stated for witholding this information is to “not take away hope.” We could find no study that tested if hope was influenced by honest clinical information...cont'd"

full access: The Role of Bisphosphonates in the Adjuvant Setting for Breast Cancer - Cancer Network

M.D. Anderson, Texas A&M and UT to forge cancer research partnership - Houston Business Journal

House Panel Probes Gene Tests - WSJ.com

ORC Oncology report - fill out form to receive copy of the report

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ORC’s Oncology Report examines three important Oncology issues: Assessing the Impact of Revised NSCLC Staging, Genetically Linked Breast Cancer and PARP-1 Inhibitors and Reactions to New Mammogram Recommendations. Submit the information below and download the full report.

Majority of Medical Oncologists and Ob-Gyns Disagree With New Mammogram Recommendations, New Infogroup's ORC Oncology Report Indicates

What is Molecular Biology?

* ''Biochemistry'' is the study of the chemical substances and vital processes occurring in living organisms. Biochemists focus heavily on the role, function, and structure of biomolecules. The study of the chemistry behind biological processes and the synthesis of biologically active molecules are examples of biochemistry.
* ''Genetics'' is the study of the effect of genetic differences on organisms. Often this can be inferred by the absence of a normal component (e.g. one gene). The study of "mutants" – organisms which lack one or more functional components with respect to the so-called "wild type" or normal phenotype. Genetic interactions (epistasis) can often confound simple interpretations of such "knock-out" studies.
* ''Molecular biology'' is the study of molecular underpinnings of the process of replication, transcription and translation of the genetic material. The central dogma of molecular biology where genetic material is transcribed into RNA and then translated into protein, despite being an oversimplified picture of molecular biology, still provides a good starting point for understanding the field. This picture, however, is undergoing revision in light of emerging novel roles for RNA.