[Update on anticancer drugs]

Update on anticancer drugs. A thorough review of the clinical trials published over the last two years in major medical and oncological journals on a comprehensive spectrum of oncological conditions aims to provide at the same time (as the authors are well known representatives of the critical and complementary competences of clinical care and research methodology) an interesting double opportunity of update on: a) what is truly (i.e.documented and reliable) innovative and deserves adoption in daily care,vs what is either purely suggestive or clearly misleading; b) what are the methological, concrete, simple rules to observe in a field which is certainly moving fast, but at the same time generates highly controversial behaviors in research as well as in daily practices. The accompanying editorial (pag 60-63) further illustrates the way and the yield of using this material and approach both in the areas of nursing sciences and practice.