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Showing 1251 - 1300Expert Point of View: Martin J. van den Bent, MD
Commenting on the EF14 study was Martin J. van den Bent, MD, of The Brain Tumor Center at Erasmus MC Cancer Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, who was reticent to predict that tumor treating fields will become a standard of care. He noted that 57% of patients are still alive; therefore, the...
Medicare to Reimburse Doctors for End-of-Life Counseling
In a breakthrough proposal announced on July 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to reimburse physicians for end-of-life counseling, a move that the oncology community has long been lobbying for. Arriving just as the presidential election cycle begins to heat up, the CMS ...
2015 Oncology Meetings
AUGUST 6th Annual Pain Management Symposium: From Evidence to Clinical PracticeAugust 20-21 • Pasadena, California For more information:http://www.keck.usc.edu/events/6th-annual-pain-management-symposium-from-evidence-to-clinical-practice/ World Congress on Cancer and Prevention MethodsAugust 27-29 ...
The Importance of Including Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer in Their Advance Care Planning
Three years ago, a study of adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 28 with metastatic or recurrent cancer or HIV/AIDS compared the usefulness of two previously developed advance care planning guides—one prepared specifically for adolescents and young adults and one specifically for adults. The...
2015–2016 ASCO President Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, FASCO: Leading During a Year of Historic Changes
Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, FASCO, began her term as the 2015–2016 President of ASCO at the 2015 Annual Meeting on June 1, 2015. Dr. Vose, a leading expert in the treatment of patients with lymphoma, is the current Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professorial Chair and Chief of the Oncology/Hematology ...
Using Gene Analytics to Identify Patients at Risk for Treatment Toxicity
Genomic applications are now an accepted part of oncologic science and practice. Differences in gene expression have been used to understand and predict tumor behaviors and response to treatment. And now it seems likely that genomics may also play a pivotal role in guiding treatment preferences by...
2015 Oncology Meetings
www.fasciacongress.orgwww.fasciacongress.org SEPTEMBER 2015 World Molecular Imaging CongressSeptember 2-5 • Honolulu, Hawaii For more information: www.wmis.org/meetings/ International Palliative Care WorkshopSeptember 3-5 • Fez, Morocco For more information:...
Strengthening the Doctor-Patient Relationship: An Interview With Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO
Earlier this summer, Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO, a medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, was named Editor-in-Chief of Cancer.Net, ASCO’s patient information website. Prior to taking on this role, Dr....
New Symposium Brings Together Oncologists and Primary Care Providers to Advance Survivorship Care and Research
With two-thirds of Americans now living at least 5 years after a cancer diagnosis, there are currently 14.5 million cancer survivors living in the United States. By 2024, that number is expected to increase by nearly 25%.1 Although the growing number of survivors is a welcome sign of progress, this ...
APOS Announces 2015 Award Winners at the World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) honored five award winners at the 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, held from July 28–August 1 in Washington, DC. Holland Distinguished Leadership Award: Matthew J. Loscalzo, LCSW Professor Loscalzo is the Liliane Elkins Professor in...
Learning to Refine the Use of Regorafenib to Best Advantage in Advanced Colorectal Cancer
In patients with advanced colorectal cancer who have been heavily treated with a sequence of chemotherapy regimens and/or targeted therapies, the goals of treatment on or off a clinical trial are readily definable. These patients and their managing teams are striving to extend the length of lives,...
Managing Cancer Pain at the End of Life
Cancer-related pain does not exist in a vacuum. To effectively treat it, clinicians should understand the contributing factors. Proper assessment and management of cancer pain at the end of life can significantly alleviate patient suffering, according to Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM, Department Chair ...
Dispelling the Myths Associated With Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
Osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with cancer treatment is frequently misunderstood, according to Cesar Augusto Migliorati, DDS, MS, PhD, who delivered an update on its proper recognition and management at the 2015 Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of...
Short Course of Radiotherapy May Be Adequate for Elderly and Frail Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme
No difference in overall survival or progression-free survival was observed between elderly and/or frail patients undergoing short and standard courses of radiotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme, according to data presented by Elena Fidarova, MD, at the 2015 Multinational Association of Supportive ...
2015 Oncology Meetings
SEPTEMBER 2015 Breast Cancer SymposiumSeptember 25-27 • San Francisco, California For more information: breastcasym.org The European Cancer CongressSeptember 25-29 • Vienna, Austria For more information: www.esmo.org/Conferences/European-Cancer-Congress-2015 17th Annual International Meeting of...
From Small-Town Mexico to Big Pharma, a Look at Opiates for Good and Bad
Bookmark Title: Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic Author: Sam Quinones Publisher: Bloomsbury Press Publication date: April 21, 2015 Price: $28.00; hardcover, 384 pages Despite growing awareness within the oncology community and the emergence of the palliative care...
A Cancer Handbook for Inquisitive Laypersons and Health-Care Professionals
Bookmark Title: The Cancer Solution: Taking Charge of Your Life With CancerAuthor: Jack C. Westman, MD, MSPublisher: Archway PublishingPublication date: January 15, 2015Price: $20.00; paperback, 310 pages I was at a meeting in San Francisco in 1978 and received a call from my wife, Nancy:...
Suicide After Cancer: Understanding the Challenges Across the Treatment Trajectory
Suicidal thoughts and impulses are among the most challenging symptoms in patients with cancer, and they may occur both during and after treatment. It has long been known that a cancer diagnosis carries an increased risk for suicide, but the problem is not widely addressed. Suicide is one of the...
International Psycho-Oncology Society and American Psychosocial Oncology Society Meet to Foster Psychosocial Oncology Worldwide
The International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) has partnered with the American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) for the 17th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, held in late July 2015 in Washington, DC. Its theme, “From National to Global: Implementing the Standard of Psychosocial Care in...
Let It Be Hard
The ASCO Post is pleased to reproduce installments of the “Art of Oncology” as published previously in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO). These articles focus on the experience of suffering from cancer or of caring for people diagnosed with cancer, and they include narratives, topical essays,...
In Search of a Good Ending for a Life Well Lived
BOOKMARK Title: The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-life CareAuthor: Angelo E. Volandes, MDPublisher: BloomsburyPublication date: January 13, 2015Price: $26.00; hardcover, 240 pages A quick Google search on books about end-of-life care will yield pages of hits on the subject. The...
2015 Oncology Meetings
OCTOBER Advances in Cancer ImmunotherapyTMOctober 2 • Nashville, Tennessee For more information: www.sitcancer.org/sitc-meetings/aci2015/tn Institute for Clinical Immuno-Oncology (ICLIO) 1st Annual National ConferenceOctober 2 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For more information:...
One Doctor’s Road to Palliative Care Services in the Inner City
St. Barnabas Hospital is located in the heart of Bronx, New York, and as such, it has a culturally diverse, largely poor, patient population. The backbone of successful palliative care services is the doctor-patient communication bonding process. However, many of the patients with late-stage cancer ...
2015 Oncology Meetings
OCTOBER ASTRO’s 57th Annual MeetingOctober 18-21 • San Antonio, Texas For more information: www.astro.org/Meetings-and-Events/2015-Annual-Meeting/Index.aspx 2015 International Cancer Education ConferenceOctober 21-23 • Tucson, Arizona For more information: http://2015.attendicec.org ACCC 32nd...
Improving Management of Cancer-Related Pain
Despite multiple guidelines from national and international organizations,1,2 the quality of current cancer pain management remains inadequate. The World Health Organization’s three-step analgesic dosing ladder forms the foundation of these guidelines.3 Yet, as noted by William S. Rosenberg, MD,...
The Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating Cancer-Related Pain
The statistics are staggering. Despite the development of novel analgesics and the increasing awareness of the importance of adequately controlling pain from cancer or its treatment, up to 50% of patients undergoing treatment and between 70% and 90% of patients with advanced disease experience some ...
2015 Oncology Meetings
OCTOBER Modern Management of Urologic Cancers: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Memorial Sloan Kettering) October 29-31 • New York, New York For more information: http://www.themerzgroup.com/mskcc/mskcc-urologic-conference/ Lynn Sage Breast Cancer SymposiumOctober 29-November 1 • Chicago, Illinois...
Confessions of a Neurosurgeon
BookmarkTitle: Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain SurgeryAuthor: Henry Marsh, CBE, FRCSPublisher: Thomas Dunne BooksPublication date: May 26, 2015Price: $25.99, hardcover; 288 pages “I often have to cut into the brain and it is something I hate doing. With a pair of diathermy forceps I ...
Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants and Awards: Funding Opportunities Now Available
The Conquer Cancer Foundation (CCF) of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (CCF) is fueling cancer research and pursuing dramatic advances in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure of all types of cancer. CCF’s Grants and Awards program supports clinical and translational cancer...
Journal of Clinical Oncology’s Fall Special Series, Journal of Global Oncology’s Inaugural Issue
This fall, the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) presented two special series: “Pediatric Cancer—Progress Through Collaboration” and “Head and Neck Cancer: Recent Advances, Changing Epidemiology, and Future Directions.” The Pediatric Special Series highlighted collaborative efforts that have...
Important Research in the Palliative Care of Patients With Cancer
The emphasis at this year’s Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium, held earlier this month in Boston, was on patient-centered care throughout the cancer continuum. The meeting attracted more than 650 attendees and included six general sessions featuring best practices in communication,...
2015 Oncology Meetings
NOVEMBER Best of ASTRONovember 13-14 • San Diego, California For more information: www.astro.org/Meetings-and-Events/2015-Best-of-ASTRO/Index.aspx 2015 Oncologic Emergency Medicine Conference November 13-14 • Houston, Texas For more information:...
End-of-Life Clinical Decisions Still Need Conversations About Improving Care
In 2014, the Institute of Medicine report Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life called for more conversations about improving care for those who are dying. Improving the care of the imminently dying is an important issue in the oncology...
Dexamethasone to Preempt Radiation-Induced Pain
Bone is a common site of metastasis for prostate, breast, and lung cancers, and palliative radiotherapy is often used to treat these metastases. Although it is an effective therapy, severe pain flare following radiation occurs in about one-third of patients. It usually resolves within 10 days, but...
Debate Over Physician-Assisted Suicide Continues, State by State
In 1997, after surviving a storm of high-court legal challenges, Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act went into effect, making Oregon the first American state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. The Supreme Court ruled that there was no right to assisted suicide in the Constitution but implied that...
Aggressive End-of-Life Care More Frequent Among Black Men With End-Stage Prostate Cancer
A study to examine end-of-life care among black and white patients dying of prostate cancer found that “significant racial disparities in end-of-life care” do exist. “Although diagnostic and therapeutic interventions are less frequent in black patients with end-stage prostate cancer, the rate of...
2015 Oncology Meetings
DECEMBER Markers in Cancer 2015December 1-2 • Brussels, Belgium For more information: http://markersincancer.org 9th European Colorectal Congress (ECC)December 1-4 • St.Gallen, Switzerland For more information: www.colorectalsurgery.eu Advances in Cancer ImmunotherapyTMDecember 4 • New Orleans,...
Updated Guidelines for Treating Stage IV NSCLC: Trying to Keep Up
In late August 2015, Gregory A. Masters, MD, and colleagues published an update to the ASCO guidelines for systemic therapy for stage IV non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), summarized in this issue of The ASCO Post.1 This builds on the full guidelines published in 20092 and the additional switch...
ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Systemic Therapy for Stage IV NSCLC
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Gregory A. Masters, MD, and colleagues, ASCO has issued a clinical practice guideline update on systemic therapy for stage IV non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).1 Recommendations are based on an update committee systematic review of randomized...
How QOPI® Is Improving Oncology Care
Launched in 2002 as a pilot program to promote excellence in oncology care, the origins of ASCO’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) date as far back as 1997, when the Institute of Medicine (IOM) created a National Cancer Policy Board to assess the state of cancer care in the United...
ASCO University® Offers Resources for Palliative and Team-Based Care
ASCO University®, ASCO’s eLearning center, offers an array of courses and programs relevant to palliative care and multidisciplinary team–based cancer care. Below are descriptions of just a few of these offerings. Pain Management Released in March 2015, ASCO University’s “Pain Management Program”...
Consensus Conference Definition of Spirituality
Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred. This Consensus Conference, which was held in February 2009...
Integrating Spirituality Into Palliative Care Services
Over the past couple of decades, the oncology community has made great strides in mediating the psychosocial needs of our patients. However, a patient’s spirituality is a subjective and uncomfortable issue for many oncologists, which leaves a gap in the continuum of care. To reach a better...
2015-2016 Oncology Meetings
DECEMBER American Society for Cell Biology Annual MeetingDecember 12-16 • San Diego, California For more information: http://ascb.org/2015meeting/ ESMO Asia 2015 CongressDecember 18-21 • Singapore For more information: www.esmo.org/Conferences/ESMO-Asia-2015-Congress JANUARY 2016 4th AACR-IASLC...
A Swiss Psychotherapist Gives Her Perspective on Optimal Palliative Care
Over the past few decades, the oncology community has incorporated new evidence-based therapies to address the psychosocial needs of patients with cancer, especially those with advanced disease. To bring a global perspective to this evolving discipline, The ASCO Post recently spoke with Monika...
Practicing the Humanistic and Holistic Approach to End-of-Life Care
In 1990, when Bruce (B.J.) Miller, MD, was an undergraduate at Princeton University, the practice of medicine was far from his mind. Then a student in Chinese and Asian studies and later an art history major, Dr. Miller would come to pursue a career specializing in palliative medicine after an...
Earn MOC Points With ASCO
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program promotes lifelong learning and the enhancement of the clinical judgment and skills essential for high-quality patient care. ASCO supports these principles by providing a variety of opportunities for oncology...
Evidence-Based Practice Needed in End-of-Life Care
Evidence-based oncology practice is a systematic approach to problem solving for cancer care providers, characterized by the use of the best evidence currently available for clinical decision-making. Over the past several decades, the oncology community, led by its major organizations such as ASCO...
Ovarian Cancer: Current Treatment and Patient Management
Tough initial treatment decisions have “long-lasting ramifications and affect the entire treatment paradigm” for women with ovarian cancer, according to Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Phoenix. In a true collaborative presentation at the Annual JADPRO...
Cancer Care Through Nonpharmacologic Symptom Management
Nonpharmacologic approaches to managing pain have a fairly robust base of science and research supporting their use but are not as widely accepted and understood as drug therapy in the realm of cancer care. In a breakout session at the 2015 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium in Boston, experts...
