Update in hematology and oncology.

This Update in Hematology and Oncology features 16 articles published in 2009 that the authors judged to be of high clinical relevance. Hematology topics include the use of dabigatran, anticoagulation in patients with deep venous thrombosis, estimation of warfarin dose, use of oral vitamin K to counter overanticoagulation, and adverse effects of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Oncology topics include screening for prostate and breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy and risk for breast cancer, cancer genomics and targeted therapies, short- and long-term cardiac effects of cancer treatment, and palliative care for patients with cancer.