In this issue of Cancer Control, five reviews address the current state of the art for the pharmacologic treatment of cancer. For centuries, surgery was considered the only curative treatment for cancer. Likewise, radiation therapy offered some patients a possible cure for cancers that were localized. However, once the disease spread from its original site of origin, the patient was deemed inop...

The Manchester base will be set up as a charitable company limited by guarantee, jointly owned by the funding partners; the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health. Under the scheme half a million middle-aged people will be picked at random and invited by their doctor to provide general information about their health. They will be asked to give a blood sample, ...

The meta-analysis study is a type of systematic review with strong scientific rigor; it has a number of characteristics that makes it a very useful tool. However, performing and reading meta-analysis could be a challenge-the meta-analysis overcomes the limitation of small sample sizes or rare outcomes by pooling results from individual studies in order to generate a single and better estimate. ...

In the introduction to this theme issue, Honing et al. suggest that the origins of musicality--the capacity that makes it possible for us to perceive, appreciate and produce music--can be pursued productively by searching for components of musicality in other species. Recent studies have highlighted that the behavioural relevance of stimuli to animals and the relation of experimental procedures...

BACKGROUND Obtaining informed consent for participation in genomic research in low-income settings presents specific ethical issues requiring attention. These include the challenges that arise when providing information about unfamiliar and technical research methods, the implications of complicated infrastructure and data sharing requirements, and the potential consequences of future research ...

Background: It is widely accepted that lower levels of sexual satisfaction and function are among the common problems in postmenopausal women. Several studies have examined the effect of plants containing phytoestrogens for the prevention and treatment of menopause complications. Aim: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of medicin...

Gastric cancer is one of the most common neoplasms and a main cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Surgery remains the mainstay for cure and is considered for all patients with potentially curable disease. However, despite the fact that surgery alone usually leads to favorable outcomes in early stage disease, late diagnosis usually means a poor prognosis. In these settings, multimodal t...

The label 'chronic fatigue syndrome' (CFS) has persisted for many years because of the lack of knowledge of the aetiological agents and the disease process. In view of more recent research and clinical experience that strongly point to widespread inflammation and multisystemic neuropathology, it is more appropriate and correct to use the term 'myalgic encephalomyelitis' (ME) because it indicate...