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issues in oncology
lung cancer

The Ongoing Struggle Against Tobacco: Past Accomplishments, Future Steps

In 1913, 10 doctors and 5 laypersons in New York founded the American Cancer Society (ACS). At that time, a cancer diagnosis was almost always fatal and was rarely discussed in public. The Society’s original charter was to raise awareness about cancer, and although that mission has remained firm,...

colorectal cancer

Refining the ‘Right Patient, Right Drug’ Pairing in Cancer Care: RAS Profiling in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

In an important post hoc analysis (reviewed in this issue of The ASCO Post), Van Cutsem and colleagues have further refined our knowledge of who are the “right” patients with metastatic colorectal cancer to receive treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux).1 This refinement was accomplished through the...

ONS Lifetime Achievement Award

Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, Director of Cancer Survivorship at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been named the recipient of the 2015 Oncology Nursing Society Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes her contributions as an oncology nurse researcher, mentor, and educator, as ...

issues in oncology
palliative care

Why Just Having ‘Good’ Communication Skills Is Not Enough for Talking With Seriously Ill Patients

In the Institute of Medicine’s 2014 report Dying in America,1 the report’s authors found that while frequent clinician-patient conversations about end-of-life care, goals, and preferences are necessary to avoid unwanted treatment, most patients do not have those conversations with their physicians. ...

lung cancer

Nivolumab in Metastatic Squamous Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer After Platinum Therapy

In the Clinic provides overviews of novel oncology agents, addressing indications, mechanisms, administration recommendations, safety profiles, and other essential information needed for the appropriate clinical use of these drugs.   On March 4, 2015, the anti–programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) ...

multiple myeloma

The ASPIRE Trial of Carfilzomib in Relapsed Myeloma: A Major Step Forward

Currently in myeloma, there are at least five new agents that are either approved or in the late-stage of development with impending approval. Major questions in the field relate to how we, as clinicians, will use these new agents and where they will fit in the overall treatment schema. The phase...

gastrointestinal cancer

The Emerging Role of Radiation Therapy in Gastrointestinal Cancers

The use of radiation therapy in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer has evolved over the past several decades, in a gradual, stepwise fashion. Since most gastrointestinal cancers are diagnosed at a locally advanced stage, coupled with the inherent sensitivity of most parts of the...

Researchers and Scientists Honored for Improving Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Patient Care

The ASCO Special Awards recognize the dedication and significant contributions of researchers, patient advocates, and leaders of the global oncology community to enhancing cancer prevention, treatment, and patient care. Among this year’s awardees are an international leader in geriatric oncology...

Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants and Awards Program

Conquer Cancer Foundation 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 kinds of cancer. At critical points for researchers, CCF is there with essential funding to power the next...

Stay Up to Date on New Patient Materials From Cancer.Net

Encourage your patients to use social media to stay up to date with the new resources available on Cancer.Net. It is easier than ever for patients to get the latest cancer information on their computer or mobile device. Subscribe to the Cancer.Net Blog at www.cancer.net/blog; connect to...

Researcher Spotlight: Conquering Cancer With Emily Ko, MD, MSCR

One of the best ways to prevent cancer is by finding new, better treatments for conditions that are considered risk factors. That is why Emily Ko, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is investigating a new method for...

solid tumors

Current Progress Against Cancer and What Lies Ahead in the Next Decade

In January, ASCO released its report, Clinical Cancer Advances 2015: An Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer,1 which details research advances over the past decade that have led to longer survival and better quality of life for the more than half-a-million people diagnosed with cancer each...

global cancer care

Global Oncology Launches Global Cancer Project Map With NCI

Nonprofit Global Oncology, Inc (GO) announced the launch of the Global Cancer Project Map, a novel online resource and virtual information exchange connecting the global cancer community. Developed by Global Oncology in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global...

bladder cancer

Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Overall Survival in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Still Climbing the Mountain

Muscle-invasive bladder cancer can be a lethal disease despite curative intent local therapy, with 5-year survival that can be as low as 30% based on the extent of T status and/or lymph node involvement. The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and...

bladder cancer

No Overall Survival Difference for Immediate vs Deferred Chemotherapy After Radical Cystectomy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

In the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 30994 trial, a phase III intergroup study reported in The Lancet Oncology,1 Cora N. Sternberg, MD, FACP, Chief of Medical Oncology at San Camillo and Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, and colleagues found no overall survival...

issues in oncology
supportive care

Biosimilar Filgrastim-sndz in Filgrastim Indications

In the Clinic provides overviews of novel oncology agents, addressing indications, mechanisms, administration recommendations, safety profiles, and other essential information needed for the appropriate clinical use of these drugs.   On March 6, 2015, the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor...

breast cancer

Breast Cancer Management in Review

Anyone who has attended the major oncology meetings knows that research from clinical trials in breast cancer often dominates the stage, with countless abstracts featuring new and updated results. To help the readers of The ASCO Post stay up to date with the latest discoveries and findings...

issues in oncology
supportive care

FDA Approves First Biosimilar Product Filgrastim-Sndz

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved filgrastim-sndz (Zarxio), the first biosimilar product approved in the United States. A biosimilar product is a biologic product that is approved based on a showing that it is highly similar to an already-approved biologic. The biosimilar...

lung cancer

Results of RTOG 0617 Reconsidered

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0617 was a study initially designed to address an important issue in radiation oncology regarding the treatment of stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Are outcomes improved with high-dose as opposed to standard-dose thoracic radiation therapy? The...

issues in oncology
lung cancer

New Tobacco Atlas Details Scale and Harm of the Tobacco Epidemic

The Tobacco Atlas, fifth edition, its companion mobile app, and website TobaccoAtlas.org, were released by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation at the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held March 17–21, 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Atlas details the scale...

cns cancers

Dinutuximab in Pediatric High-Risk Neuroblastoma

In the Clinic provides overviews of novel oncology agents, addressing indications, mechanisms, administration recommendations, safety profiles, and other essential information needed for the appropriate clinical use of these drugs.   On March 10, 2015, the chimeric monoclonal antibody dinutuximab...

Expert Point of View: Eric J. Small, MD

Eric J. Small, MD, of the University of California at San Francisco, discussed what he thought went wrong for cabozantinib (Cometriq) in the ­COMET-1 trial, yet another example of a phase III trial that failed to deliver on the promise of phase II results. “Although this was a negative study,...

prostate cancer

Cabozantinib Fails to Improve Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Final results of the phase III, randomized double-blind, controlled COMET-1 trial were disappointing. Although the oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib (Cometriq) improved several secondary endpoints compared with prednisone, including bone scan response and progression-free survival, the...

issues in oncology
lung cancer

NCCN Publishes New Guidelines for Smoking Cessation

Tobacco-related diseases are the most preventable cause of death worldwide. According to the American Cancer Society, in 2015, nearly 171,000 of the estimated 589,430 cancer deaths in the United States—more than 25%—will be caused by tobacco smoking. Smoking cessation leads to improvement in cancer ...

Expert Point of View: Howard Scher, MD

AR-V7 is only one of the many prostate cancer predictive biomarker candidates currently under investigation,” said Howard Scher, MD, Chief of the Genitourinary Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. While preliminary data are promising, further development of AR-V7 will...

prostate cancer

Evidence Mounts for Clinical Utility of AR-V7 in Treatment Selection for Advanced Prostate Cancer

The search is on in prostate cancer to identify predictive and prognostic biologic and genomic markers that go beyond traditional ones. Several groups are working in this area. One marker that has received much attention is a splice abnormality in the androgen receptor (AR) called AR-V7. Two...

prostate cancer

Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Added to Radiation Therapy Improves Disease Control in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer

The addition of 6 months of androgen-deprivation therapy to radiation therapy as primary therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer improved biochemical control and disease-free survival but did not translate to an improvement in overall survival, in a phase III trial reported at the 2015...

health-care policy

ASCO Commends U.S. House of Representatives for Voting to Repeal the SGR, Urges Senate to Pass Legislation

We applaud the House of Representatives for passing legislation that eliminates the Sustainable Growth Rate [SGR] formula and takes a giant leap toward meaningful and urgently needed Medicare physician payment reform. Cancer incidence among Medicare beneficiaries is expected to increase by 67% by...

breast cancer
issues in oncology

Too Early to Use Genome Sequencing for Breast Cancers in the Clinic

The role of next-generation sequencing (high-throughput technologies that allow DNA and RNA to be analyzed more quickly and inexpensively than earlier techniques) in breast cancer remains unclear and at present is primarily a research tool. Therefore, clinicians should be cautious in using genetic...

breast cancer
issues in oncology

Should Oncologists Be Ordering Breast Cancer Gene Panels?

Two oncologic surgeons squared off at the 32nd Miami Breast Cancer Conference to debate whether breast cancer genetic susceptibility panel testing is ready for routine use in the clinic. J. Michael Dixon, MD, Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon at the Edinburgh Breast Unit in the United...

breast cancer

Understanding the Role of Immune Function in the Treatment of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

The addition of trastuzumab (Herceptin) to adjuvant chemotherapy undoubtedly transformed HER2-positive breast cancer from one of the most deadly subtypes to a highly treatable disease. Randomized phase III trials established adjuvant trastuzumab as standard of care in HER2-positive breast...

issues in oncology

Clinical Trial Participation: ‘Is It All Worth It?’

Clinical trials have become increasingly complex over the past several years, and unfortunately, this has resulted in the typical scenario described below. We are fortunate that there are so many promising agents available for patients, and we want to encourage their participation in clinical...

kidney cancer

No Survival Benefit From Adjuvant Sorafenib or Sunitinib in Kidney Cancer

Adjuvant therapy with sorafenib (Nexavar) or sunitinib (Sutent) failed to make any inroads in improving disease-free survival in patients with locally advanced kidney cancer in the randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter, phase III Adjuvant Sorafenib and Sunitinib for Unfavorable Renal...

lung cancer

Nivolumab in Lung Cancer

I find The ASCO Post to be a good way to hear about new ideas that I might otherwise have missed. I read an article recently about the approval of nivolumab (Opdivo) for treating metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer (The ASCO Post, April 10, 2015). I thought it would have been much more...

lymphoma

Risk Assessment for Hodgkin Lymphoma Evolving and Promises Greater Precision and Specific Clinical Relevance

“Risk assessment in Hodgkin lymphoma is continuously evolving and promises even greater precision and specific clinical relevance in the future,” Joseph M. Connors, MD, stated in Blood. Dr. Connors is Clinical Professor, British Columbia Cancer Agency Centre for Lymphoid Cancer and the University...

prostate cancer

Widespread Use of Docetaxel Preceded Phase III Evidence of Usefulness in Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Docetaxel was being widely used by patients with metastatic prostate cancer before phase III evidence that it was more effective than the standard of care for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to an analysis of Medicare claims from before and after the trial results and...

Expect Questions About Cold Caps to Spare Hair During Chemotherapy

For patients who have confronted a diagnosis of cancer, then endured weeks of chemotherapy, it would seem that losing their hair would not be a big concern. But for many patients, it can be. “You have to spend a year either putting on wigs or announcing to the world that you’ve had chemotherapy,”...

symptom management

Scalp Cooling Caps Offer Option to Prevent Hair Loss During Chemotherapy

Hair loss remains one of the most dreaded side effects of chemotherapy, particularly for women. Scalp cooling caps worn by patients during chemotherapy infusion and for brief periods of time before and after offer these patients an option to preserve 50% or more of the hair on their heads. Although ...

Patient Guides Available Through ASCO University Bookstore

ASCO Answers: Managing the Cost of Cancer Care explains the various costs associated with cancer treatment, including health-care coverage through the Affordable Care Act. It also provides a list of financial resources available to help offset expenses related to care and tips for organizing...

gastroesophageal cancer

Too Young to Have Cancer

The first inkling I had that something could be seriously wrong occurred just over a year ago, when I was suddenly inflicted with such severe heartburn it kept me awake at night. Prescriptions from my doctor for ranitidine (Zantac) and meloxicam (Mobic) not only failed to tamp down the fiery pain,...

AACR Honors Cancer Pioneers at the 2015 Annual Meeting

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) recognized six oncologists making valuable contributions to their fields with awards at the Association’s Annual Meeting 2015, held in Philadelphia from April 18–22. William C. Hahn, MD, PhD, was awarded with the 39th Annual AACR–Richard and Hinda ...

issues in oncology

Staff Support Sessions in an Oncology Setting

Work-related issues such as coping skills, stress management, burnout, and compassion fatigue are among the challenges faced by clinical and other staff in cancer treatment centers. Given the emotional consequences of professional caregiving, staff support group meetings are valuable resources for...

FDA’s Biosimilar Product Approval Process: A Closer Look

In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved filgrastim-sndz (Zarxio) as a biosimilar to U.S.-licensed filgrastim (Neupogen). It is the first biosimilar product to be approved in the United States and will increase treatment options for people living with cancer. The FDA considers ...

global cancer care

Researcher Spotlight on Conquer Cancer Foundation International Innovation Grant Recipient Mya Thida, MBBS

In 2014, Mya Thida, MBBS, of Myanmar, was awarded one of the first-ever Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO International Innovation Grants. This grant was created to fund novel research projects that may significantly improve cancer control in low- and middle-income countries. One year later, Dr....

global cancer care

Cancer Control in Primary Care Courses Offered in India

ASCO International’s mission is to optimize care for every patient with cancer in the world. To achieve that goal, it is critical to establish collaborations in all sectors of the health-care system. ASCO International’s newest course, Cancer Control in Primary Care, helps to address this need by...

breast cancer

Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation Works to Change the Treatment Landscape of an Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

Hayley Dinerman, Cofounder and Executive Director of the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, remembers how she and a group of close female friends first learned about the devastating effects of triple-negative breast cancer. It was 2005 when these new mothers, who had recently formed a...

Michael E. Jung, PhD, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Howard I. Scher, MD, Receive Team Science Award From American Association for Cancer Research

Michael E. Jung, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Member at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center; Charles Sawyers, MD, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program Director at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and Howard I. Scher, MD, Chief of the Genitourinary...

geriatric oncology

Preparing for the ‘Silver Tsunami’ and the Impact of an Aging Population on Cancer Care

“Older adults constitute the only increasing natural resource in the entire world.” —Linda Fried, PhD, Columbia School of Public Health The good and bad news about our changing demographic world is that the population of older adults is increasing in the United States and worldwide. While it is...

issues in oncology
cost of care

In Search of ‘Just’ Prices: Questioning the High Cost of New Cancer Drugs

As the oncology community begins the slow and often difficult-to-define transition from volume to value in the delivery of cancer care, the relationship between the price and value of certain high-priced cancer drugs is getting more scrutiny. We generally correlate the efficacy of a new drug and...

breast cancer
pain management

Opioid-Reduction Strategy for Postoperative Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

One persistent and potentially debilitating problem breast cancer patients suffer with is postoperative pain. Studies show that proper pain management is an essential component in the healing process, but undertreatment of pain symptoms remains an ongoing issue in the oncology community. Opioids,...

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