Fergus J. Couch, PhD; Hermela Shimelis, PhD; Chunling Hu, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1190-1196. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0424
This case-control study evaluates pathogenic variants in panel genes tested in women with breast cancer.
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Editorial
Multigene Panel Testing and Breast Cancer Risk: Is It Time to Scale Down?
Elias I. Obeid, MD, MPH; Michael J. Hall, MD, MS; Mary B. Daly, MD, PhD
JAMA Oncol
Elizabeth C. Smyth, MB, BCh, MSc; Andrew Wotherspoon, MD; Clare Peckitt, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1197-1203. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6762
This study examines the association among mismatch repair deficiency, microsatellite instability, and survival in patients with resectable gastroesophageal cancer randomized to surgery alone or perioperative chemotherapy.
Birke Bausch, MD; Francesca Schiavi, PhD; Ying Ni, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1204-1212. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0223
This longitudinal registry study assesses the clinical spectra and age-related penetrance in individuals with pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas and mutations in the SDHA, TMEM127, MAX, and SDHAF2 genes.
Deena R. Levine, MD; Belinda N. Mandrell, PhD, RN; April Sykes, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1214-1220. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0368
This survey evaluates pediatric patients’ and parents’ perceptions of symptom burden during early cancer treatment and assesses their attitudes toward early integration of palliative care in pediatric oncology.
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Invited Commentary
Pediatric Palliative Care—A Shared Priority
Jennifer W. Mack, MD, MPH
JAMA Oncol
Raja Pramanik, DM; Sandeep Agarwala, MCh; Yogendra Kumar Gupta, MD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1222-1227. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0324
This randomized clinical trial compares the effects of metronomic chemotherapy on progression-free survival vs placebo in pediatric patients with primary extracranial, nonhematopoietic solid malignant tumors that progress after at least 2 lines of chemotherapy.
Natalie J. Engmann, MSc; Marzieh K. Golmakani, MS; Diana L. Miglioretti, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1228-1236. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6326
This population-based, case-control, cohort study uses data from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium to assess risk factors associated with breast cancer in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, MD; Nils Homann, MD; Claudia Pauligk, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):1237-1244. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0515
This phase 2 trial assesses the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery on survival in patients with metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Vahid Montazerhodjat, PhD; Shomesh E. Chaudhuri, MS; Daniel J. Sargent, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):e170123. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0123
This study analyzes how patient preferences and burden of disease can be incorporated into randomized clinical trials in oncology using Bayesian decision analysis and the impact that these factors have on statistical thresholds for drug approval.
Thomas Powles, MD; Peter H. O'Donnell, MD; Christophe Massard, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(9):e172411. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.2411
This phase 1/2 open-label study reports a planned update of the safety and efficacy of durvalumab in patients with locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma who had progressed on, were ineligible for, or refused prior chemotherapy.