Immunotherapy Lurches Forward in Prostate Cancer Combination trials in mCRPC yield responses in immunologically "cold" tumor Feb 15, 2019
Surveillance of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Tripled Radical prostatectomy gained some ground for high-risk disease Feb 12, 2019 video
Radiological Agent Shows Promise in Heavily Treated mCRPC PSA decline of 50% or greater in two-thirds of patients Feb 12, 2019 video
Better Survival for African-Americans With mCRPC Significant improvement vs whites with androgen-directed agents Feb 11, 2019 video
Andexanet Holds Strong as Antidote to Apixaban, Rivaroxaban Reversal agent for factor Xa inhibitors soon to be subject to a randomized trial Feb 08, 2019
Fewer Colectomy Procedures Performed Among Ulcerative Colitis Patients Surveillance efforts may lead to more treatment options for this patient group Feb 08, 2019
Colonoscopy Misses More Adenomas Than Thought Forget 'one and done' -- adenomas per positive colonoscopy better measure of quality, researchers say Feb 08, 2019
Rats, My PSA Went Up. Do I Need Another Bleeping Biopsy? "Active surveillance" doesn't have to mean invasive testing for every biomarker blip Jan 29, 2019
Rapid Heart Rate Tied to Higher Mortality in Cancer Patients Unexplained tachycardia linked with threefold increase in risk of death Jan 28, 2019
Genetic Profiling Disappoints for CUP Survival But testing in cancer of unknown primary site did help with prognosis Jan 24, 2019
High Response Rate in HER2+ Esophagogastric Cancer Summary findings from the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Jan 23, 2019
Death Risk Rises With No Colonoscopy After Stage I CRC Three-fold increase, but is colonoscopy the driver? Jan 22, 2019
Mixed Results with Immune Tx in Advanced, Refractory Colon Ca Overall survival gains were modest to none in different stages of CRC Jan 20, 2019
Metastatic Gastric Ca Treatments Show Mixed Results FTD/TPI effective, but mFOLFOX plus biologic didn't improve survival Jan 20, 2019
'Incredibly Impressive' Activity in Biliary Ca with Combo Tx Responses in about 40% of patients with BRAF/MEK inhibitor pairing Jan 20, 2019
Will Biomarkers Eventually Replace Physicians? Milton Packer imagines the end of nonprocedural medicine as we know it Jan 16, 2019
Surgery/HIPEC Safer Than Other High-Risk Cancer Procedures Lower infection, 30-day mortality rates than with Whipple, esophagectomy Jan 15, 2019
Active Smokers Far More Likely to Fail on Chemo for Bladder Ca Higher rates of disease recurrence seen as well Jan 10, 2019
V600K-Mutant Melanoma May Merit First-Line Immunotherapy Higher mutational load is less responsive to targeted therapy with BRAF/MEK inhibition Jan 10, 2019
Less Invasive Surgery Wins in Esophageal Cancer Large reduction in major complications at 1 month out Jan 09, 2019
Does Johnson's Baby Powder Cause Cancer? Milton Packer says the $4.69-billion verdict is about anger, not medicine Jan 09, 2019
Trump Proposes Overhaul of Part B Drugs Plan hinges on benchmarking U.S. prices to those abroad Jan 04, 2019
MSI Status in Prostate Ca Could ID Immunotherapy Responders But not all MSI-high patients saw benefit with checkpoint inhibitors Dec 27, 2018
Cancer Treatment and Arthritis: A Growing Complaint Will checkpoint inhibitor-related arthritis outstrip RA in frequency? Dec 27, 2018
Increased Risk of Chemo-Associated AML for Nearly All Solid Cancers Extended beyond 5 years for most types with greater risk seen in young patients Dec 20, 2018
Kidney Stones Tied to Renal Carcinoma But more research is needed to unravel mechanisms behind the relationships, study authors say Dec 20, 2018
Sorafenib 'New Standard of Care' for Patients With Desmoid Tumors Toxicity led to treatment discontinuation in 20% of patients Dec 19, 2018
Higher Risk of Shingles Seen in Patients With Certain Cancers Vaccine development may help with prevention of herpes zoster in this population Dec 14, 2018
Immunotherapy Combo Flops in Metastatic NSCLC Durvalumab plus tremelimumab failed to improve survival versus chemotherapy Dec 13, 2018
Patients Say Quality of Life Suffered With Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer Breast-conservation options were associated with better sexual, psychosocial outcomes Dec 07, 2018
Visual Guide to AVERT's VTE Prevention in Cancer Apixaban effective against important chemotherapy side effect Dec 07, 2018
ASH Poster Rounds: Adding BTK Inhibitor Safe in First-Line MCL Plus: Lenalidomide upfront in PTCL; skipping RT in primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma Dec 07, 2018
SABCS: Axillary RT as Good as Surgery in Breast Cancer Radiation non-inferior to surgery after positive sentinel node Dec 07, 2018
Low-Dose Tamoxifen Feasible Option in Breast Cancer Women appear to prevent recurrence in early stage cancers with 5 mg dosing Dec 06, 2018
ASH Poster Rounds: Obesity Impacts CLL Survival in Women Plus: New risk model predicts CLL survival; novel BTK inhibitor works after ibrutinib Dec 06, 2018
Xeloda Disappoints in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer No improvement after standard chemo, though subset may derive some benefit Dec 05, 2018
T-DM1: A New Adjuvant Standard in High-Risk HER2+ Breast Ca? Substantial improvements in survival outcomes in KATHERINE trial Dec 05, 2018
Chemo-Free Tx Tops Best Option in Younger CLL Patients Improved overall survival and safety with ibrutinib-based therapy Dec 04, 2018
