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Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal Cancer Screening: Major Communication Gap in the Clinical Setting

A study by researchers at the American Cancer Society investigating the prevalence of receiving a clinician recommendation...

Leukemia
Issues in Oncology

Retrospective Study Reports Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Used in CML Associated With Nephrotoxicity

Investigators reported that the tyrosine kinase inhibitor dasatinib, commonly used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)...

Prostate Cancer

Addition of Olaparib to Abiraterone in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Overall Survival Results in the PROpel Trial

As reported by Fred Saad, MD, and colleagues in The Lancet Oncology, the final prespecified overall survival analysis of the phase III PROpel trial...


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Skin Cancer

Previously Untreated Advanced Melanoma: Addition of Bempegaldesleukin to Nivolumab

In the phase III PIVOT IO 001 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical OncologyAdi Diab, MD, and colleagues found that the addition of bempegaldesleukin...

Gastroesophageal Cancer

Addition of First-Line Regorafenib to Nivolumab and Chemotherapy in Metastatic Esophageal Cancer

In a single-institution phase II study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Cytryn et al found that the combination of regorafenib...

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Hepatobiliary Cancer

Lipika Goyal, MD, on Treating Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma With Futibatinib

Gynecologic Cancers
Cost of Care

Nearly Half of Surveyed Patients With Gynecologic Cancer Report Experiencing Financial Toxicity

In a new study designed to provide a more comprehensive picture of how a diverse cohort of patients with gynecologic cancer are affected by financial distress, nearly half reported financial toxicity, which was associated with economic cost-coping strategies. These findings were reported by Esselen ...

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Impact of Genes on Total Number and Type of Nevi

A study by Duffy et al in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reported on specific gene variations affecting the number and types of moles on the body and their role in causing skin cancer.  “The goal was to investigate the genetic underpinnings of different mole classes, or...

Breast Cancer

Priya Rastogi, MD, on Breast Cancer: Predicting the Benefit of Extended Letrozole Therapy

Kidney Cancer
Immunotherapy

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Extends Disease-Free Survival in High-Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma

Immunotherapy following surgery significantly improved disease-free survival compared to placebo among patients with high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to results from the international phase III KEYNOTE-564 study presented at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting by Toni K....

Lymphoma
Immunotherapy

Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Demonstrates Improvement Across Multiple Endpoints in Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

In the treatment of relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, a comparison of data from the ZUMA-5 trial with those of the external control cohort of the SCHOLAR-5 trial showed substantial improvement in all clinical endpoints with axicabtagene ciloleucel. John G. Gribben, DSc, FRCP, FRCPath,...

Gemcitabine/Eribulin in Cisplatin-Ineligible Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

In the final analysis from a phase II California Cancer Consortium trial (NCI-9653) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Sadeghi et al found the combination of gemcitabine and eribulin showed activity in cisplatin-ineligible patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Study Details...

Immunotherapy
Issues in Oncology

Charlotte E. Ariyan, MD, PhD, on Metastasectomy After Immunotherapy: Is It Effective?

Breast Cancer
Survivorship

Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Model for Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Received Chest Radiation

In an analysis from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) and the Dutch Hodgkin Late Effects and LATER cohorts reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Moskowitz et al developed a model for predicting the risk of breast cancer among childhood cancer survivors treated with chest...

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Deintensified Chemoradiotherapy for HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

In a phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Chera et al found that deintensified chemoradiotherapy produced favorable outcomes in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Study Details In the multicenter trial, 114 patients were recruited...

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