Combination Slows Advanced RCC Avelumab-axitinib beneficial, irrespective of PD-L1 status Oct 23, 2018
Nearly 90% Free of Prostate Ca Progression With ADT, Pelvic Node RT Data also showed trend toward reduction in distant metastases Oct 22, 2018
Ethoxyquin Analogue May Prevent Chemotherapy Nerve Damage Modified agent prevented nerve fiber loss and sensory changes in animal models Oct 22, 2018
Aggressive RT, Surgery Doubles OS in NSCLC With Limited Mets If new drug produced such a response it would make "millions," said expert Oct 22, 2018 video
Prostate RT Ups Overall Survival in Metastatic Disease Benefit limited to men with low disease burden Oct 22, 2018
PI3K Inhibitor Doubles PFS in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer Benefit limited to patients with PIK3CA mutations Oct 22, 2018
No Increase in Late Effects With Weekly RT in Breast Ca 10-year data show low rate of late-onset effects with 28.5 Gy regimen Oct 21, 2018
RT Add-On Boosts Outcomes in 'Low-Risk' DCIS Breast Ca Highest benefit seen in patients who also used tamoxifen Oct 21, 2018
Practice-Changing PARP Inhibitor Study in Ovarian Cancer "Unprecedented" increase in PFS with upfront olaparib maintenance Oct 21, 2018
Immunotherapy Wins in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Atezolizumab-chemo combo extends PFS, OS in metastatic disease Oct 21, 2018
Adding Radium-223 to Abiraterone No Help in Prostate Ca More fractures, deaths in patients with mCRPC and bone mets Oct 20, 2018
Morning Break: Human Side of Addiction; Eyeing Da Vinci's Genius; No CV Indication for Ilaris Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ·¬ΗΡΙηΗψ staff Oct 19, 2018
No 'Sound Science' Behind Avoiding Topical Agents Before RT Increased dose to skin only seen when applying 'copious' amounts Oct 18, 2018
SBRT Doubles 5-Year Survival in Oligometastatic Cancers Most patients in phase II trial had up to three metastatic lesions Oct 17, 2018
Nerve Plane Block May Improve Mastectomy Pain Also: obese children and post-surgery pain; patient-controlled epidurals after C-section Oct 16, 2018
Alternative Therapies Popular With Sarcoma Patients Drug-drug interactions still poorly understood Oct 11, 2018
Lung Screening Saves Lives, but Who Should Be Screened? Experts debate controversial screening issues in meeting "Smackdown" Oct 11, 2018
Inherited JAK3 Mutation May Up Head/Neck Ca Risk in African Americans About 8% carry the single nucleotide polymorphism Oct 11, 2018
Knowledge Gaps on HPV's Link to Head/Neck Ca for Docs in Training Few are equipped to perform HPV vaccine counseling, study found Oct 10, 2018
SSA Transition Safe, Effective for NETs Long-term survival, cost-effectiveness examined in other studies Oct 09, 2018
Molecular Profiling Can ID Cancer Risk in Thyroid Lesions In lesions with atypia, different mutations confer higher and lower risks Oct 09, 2018
Surgery Improves Survival for most pNETs Mortality odds 70%-80% lower for all but stage I disease Oct 06, 2018
ACG: Focus on the Practical at Annual Meeting Topics will range from gluten contamination to artificial intelligence for polyp detection Oct 05, 2018
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Fall Short in VA Adherence was 77% among those with negative baseline screens Oct 04, 2018
Deaths from Non-Obesity-Related Cancers Higher in T2D Even in some obesity-related malignancies, high BMI was inversely tied to cancer death Oct 03, 2018
Sickle Cell in the ED: Old Therapies, New Strategies With treatments unchanged in decades, docs seek to improve delivery Oct 02, 2018
Mastectomy Not the Only Option in Extensive DCIS Lumpectomy plus RT viable if risks, benefits are explained Sep 28, 2018
More Evidence that Screening Cuts Lung Cancer Deaths Significantly lower risk in men and women Sep 26, 2018
Newer ALK Inhibitor Tops Standard in NSCLC Significant improvement in PFS with brigatinib after short follow-up Sep 26, 2018
Docs Need to Discuss Money Matters with Cancer Patients Breast cancer, older patients report high levels of "financial toxicity" Sep 26, 2018
Anti-PD-L1 Drug Boosts Survival in Stage III NSCLC New standard of care for patients with inoperable disease Sep 26, 2018
Add-On Keytruda Boosts OS in Advanced Squamous Lung Cancer Benefit seen across all subgroups, PD-L1 expression levels Sep 25, 2018
No Survival Benefit with Cranial RT for NSCLC Better disease-free survival, fewer brain mets Sep 25, 2018
High Anxiety with Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer? Not Really In my case, the first week after diagnosis was bad, but that was it Sep 23, 2018
Levaquin With Chemo Reduces Bacteremia in Pediatric AML/ALL But no advantage seen among those undergoing transplant Sep 11, 2018
Cardiac Imaging in Breast Ca Driven by Therapy Mismatch between patient risk, imaging decisions Sep 06, 2018
Survey: Cancer Patients Will Pay Anything for Treatment Confirms what drug companies already knew Aug 29, 2018
ESC: Aspirin Holds Little Net Benefit for Primary CV Prevention 'No compelling evidence' emerges in two randomized trials Aug 26, 2018 video
