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F1000 Factor 3.0

Confirmation

Comparison of Different Treatment Approaches for One to Two Brain Metastases in Elderly Patients.
Rades D, Pluemer A, Veninga T, Schild SE
Strahlenther Onkol 2008 Nov 184(11):565-571 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Elizabeth Gore

Evaluated 28 Nov 2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Confirmation

Oral melphalan, prednisone, and thalidomide in elderly patients with multiple myeloma: updated results of a randomized controlled trial.
Palumbo A, Bringhen S, …, Cavo M, Boccadoro M
Blood 2008 Oct 15 112(8):3107-14 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Arati Rao

Evaluated 26 Nov 2008

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F1000 Factor 4.8

Hypothesis

New Finding

Seeding and propagation of untransformed mouse mammary cells in the lung.
Podsypanina K, Du YC, …, Hambardzumyan D, Varmus H
Science 2008 Sep 26 321(5897):1841-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Larry Suva / Christos Sotiriou with Michail Ignatiadis
First evaluation 7 Nov 2008 | Latest evaluation 11 Nov 2008

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F1000 Factor 6.0

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Patterns of Dementia Diagnosis in Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Breast Cancer Survivors Who Use Chemotherapy.
Heck JE, Albert SM, Franco R, Gorin SS
J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Aug 4 56 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]

Selected by | Lodovico Balducci
Evaluated 28 Oct 2008

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F1000 Factor 6.0

Changes
Clinical Practice

Confirmation

New Finding

A Manual of Guidelines to Score the Modified Cumulative Illness Rating Scale and Its Validation in Acute Hospitalized Elderly Patients.
Salvi F, Miller MD, …, Rappelli A, Dessì-Fulgheri P
J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Sep 22 56 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]

Selected by | Lazzaro Repetto
Evaluated 17 Oct 2008

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F1000 Factor 6.0

Confirmation

Controversial

Diabetes and mortality in men with locally advanced prostate cancer: RTOG 92-02.
Smith MR, Bae K, …, Sandler HM, Shipley WU
J Clin Oncol 2008 Sep 10 26(26):4333-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Derek Raghavan
Evaluated 2 Oct 2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Confirmation

Lung cancer in octogenarians: factors affecting long-term survival following resection.
Dominguez-Ventura A, Cassivi SD, …, Pairolero PC, Deschamps C
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007 Aug 32(2):370-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]

Selected by | Martine Extermann
Evaluated 29 Sep 2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

New Finding

Controversial

Pooled analysis of the effect of age on adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy for completely resected non-small-cell lung cancer.
Früh M, Rolland E, …, Spiro S, Shepherd FA
J Clin Oncol 2008 Jul 20 26(21):3573-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Jack West
Evaluated 26 Sep 2008

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F1000 Factor 9.0

New Finding

A randomized study of clofarabine versus clofarabine plus low-dose cytarabine as front-line therapy for patients aged 60 years and older with acute myeloid leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
Faderl S, Ravandi F, …, Kwari M, Kantarjian HM
Blood 2008 Sep 1 112(5):1638-45 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Arati Rao
Evaluated 5 Sep 2008

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F1000 Factor 4.9

Changes
Clinical Practice

Confirmation

New Finding

Cancer and the risk of suicide in older americans.
Miller M, Mogun H, …, Hempstead K, Solomon DH
J Clin Oncol 2008 Oct 10 26(29):4720-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Elizabeth Gore / Lodovico Balducci / Mellar Davis
First evaluation 21 Aug 2008 | Latest evaluation 17 Nov 2008

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