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I’ve been in alcohol and drug recovery for 20 years, and my wife of nearly 50 years, Arlene, and I have been through a lot together during that time. So 2 years ago, when my doctor told us that I had stage III prostate cancer and a Gleason score of 8, we both looked at him and asked if we could...
My Cancer Is Incurable, but My Future Is Limitless
Cancer has nearly always been part of my life. When I was 6 years old, I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The doctors told my parents that unless I was treated immediately, I wouldn’t live longer than a month. Over the next 3 years, I underwent intensive courses of chemotherapy and...
2012 Oncology Meetings
JANUARY 2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers SymposiumJanuary 19-21 • San Francisco, California For more information: www.asco.org Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer SymposiumJanuary 26-28 • Phoenia, Arizona For more information: http://headandnecksymposium.org FEBRUARY American Society for Blood...
Resection of Metastatic Lesions Extends Survival in Multiple Tumor Types
Surgical oncologists urged other cancer providers to appreciate the potentially curative role that surgery can play in the management of many stage IV solid tumors, in a session during the American College of Surgeons 97th Annual Clinical Congress in San Francisco. Pulmonary Metastases Stephen G....
Expert Point of View: Fausto Roila, MD
Thromboprophylaxis for patients with a central venous catheter is at present not recommended by the international oncologic associations. This is based on the results of four recent randomized controlled trials, three of them double-blind, in which there was no statistically significant difference...
Oncology Meetings
March Hematology and Medical Oncology Board Review: Contemporary Practice from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMarch 1-5, 2013 • New York, New YorkFor more information: www.mskcc.org/hemoncreviewcourse International Congress on Targeted Anticancer TherapiesMarch 4-6 • Paris, FranceFor more...
Oncology Meetings
March Emerging Trends Conference: Reactivation of Hepatitis BMarch 21-22 • Arlington, VirginiaFor more information: www.aasld.org/additionalmeetings/Pages/emergingtrends.aspx 5th Thyroid Neoplasms ConferenceMarch 21-23 • Houston, TexasFor more information: www.mdanderson.org/conferences Community...
ASCO Congratulates QOPI-Certified Practices
QCP™: Recognizing Excellence The QOPI® Certification Program (QCP™) recognizes medical oncology and hematology/oncology practices that are committed to delivering the highest quality of cancer care. QCP evaluates an individual practice’s performance in areas that affect patient care and safety. The ...
Oncology Meetings
April IV Latin American Symposium of Gastroenterology OncologyApril 17-20 • Vina del Mar, ChileFor more information: www.slago.com 3rd ITLT Essen 2013 - Interdisciplinary Treatment of Liver TumorsApril 18-20 • Essen, GermanyFor more information: www.itlt.org The Arizona Clinical Oncology Society...
Oncology Meetings
May 2013 Annual Paris Melanoma ConferenceMay 2-3 • Paris, FranceFor more information: www.primeoncology.org/parismelanoma2013 5th IMPAKT Breast Cancer ConferenceMay 2-4 • Brussels, BelgiumFor more information: www.esmo.org Florida Society of Clinical Oncology Third Annual AVBCC ConferenceMay 2-5 •...
Does Every Melanoma Patient with a Positive Sentinel Node Need More Lymph Nodes Removed?
When sentinel node biopsy was shown to predict whether early melanoma had spread to regional lymph nodes, it revolutionized care. Before that, dissection of all regional lymph nodes was the norm for most patients. After that, the standard of care became a sentinel node biopsy and then—only if the...
Oncology Meetings
May Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society Spring MeetingMay 17 • Manchester, New HampshireFor more information: www.nnecos.org Iowa Oncology Society Spring Membership ConferenceMay 17-18 • West Des Moines, IowaFor more information: www.ios-iowa.com California Breast Cancer Research...
ASCO Congratulates QOPI-Certified Practices
QCP™: Recognizing Excellence The QOPI® Certification Program (QCP™) recognizes medical oncology and hematology/oncology practices that are committed to delivering the highest quality of cancer care. QCP evaluates an individual practice’s performance in areas that affect patient care and safety. The ...
Donald L. Morton, MD, an Icon in Surgical Oncology, Dies
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” —John Wayne Donald L. Morton, MD, transformed the management of melanoma and breast cancer by...
GI Symposium Presentations Include Important Updates in Treatment and Prognosis of Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
More than 650 studies were presented at the 2014 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, which attracted a multidisciplinary group of more than 3,500 medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists and gastroenterologists. The following briefs highlight a handful of noteworthy studies from the meeting....
Patients With Thin Melanoma Benefit From Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Sentinel node status is “the most powerful predictor” of melanoma-specific survival in patients with thin melanoma, according to a presentation at the 2014 Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.1 As a result, sentinel lymph node biopsy should be considered in patients with...
2014 Oncology Meetings
MAY ASPHO’s 27th Annual MeetingMay 14-17 • Chicago, Illinois For more information: www.aspho.org Oral Oncology: Oncologic Dentistry and Maxillofacial Prosthetics SymposiumMay 15-17 • Houston, TexasFor more information: www.mdanderson.org/conferences 2014 State of the Art Radiation Therapy:...
Donald L. Morton, MD: September 12, 1934–January 10, 2014
Donald L. Morton, MD, transformed the management of melanoma and breast cancer by introducing the sentinel node biopsy, giving surgeons an accurate roadmap for treatment, and sparing generations of cancer patients from the morbidity associated with unnecessary surgery. Throughout his distinguished...
A Book of Solid Advice and ‘Silver Linings’ for Patients With Breast Cancer
Title: The Silver Lining: A Supportive & Insightful Guide to Breast CancerEditors: Hollye Jacobs, RN, MS, MSWPublishing Platform: CreateSpace Publication information: Simon & Schuster, published March 2014. Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound, and other local bookstores....
NIH Awards $14.5 Million to Research Groups Studying Newest DNA Sequencing Techniques
A number of microsized technologies, such as nanopores and microfluidics, are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high-quality, low-cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grants, which total approximately $14.5 million to ...
NCI’s Center for Global Health Announces First Major Research Grants to Support Portable Technologies
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health announced grants that will support the development and validation of low-cost, portable technologies. These technologies have the potential to improve early detection, diagnosis, and noninvasive or minimally invasive treatment of several...
2014 Oncology Meetings
NOVEMBER EORTC-NCI-AACR International Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer TherapeuticsNovember 18-21 • Barcelona, SpainFor more information: www.aacr.org ESMO Symposium on Immuno-OncologyNovember 21-22 • Geneva, Switzerland For more information: www.esmo.org/Conferences/Immuno-Oncology-2014...
2014 Oncology Meetings
DECEMBER Society of Urologic Oncology 15th Annual MeetingDecember 3-5 • Bethesda, Maryland For more information: http://suonet.org/meetings/2014/default.aspx UICC World Cancer CongressDecember 3-6 • Melbourne, AustraliaFor more information: www.worldcancercongress.org 1st Rome International Meeting ...
2014 Oncology Meetings
JANUARY 2015 Melanoma 2015: 25th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy UpdateJanuary 10-11 • San Diego, California For more information: www.scripps.org/events/melanoma-annual-cutaneous-malignancy-update-january-10-2015 7th Breast Gynecological International Cancer ConferenceJanuary 15-16 • Cairo, Egypt For ...
2015 Oncology Meetings
JANUARY 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 51st Annual MeetingJanuary 24-28 • San Diego, California For more information: www.sts.org/education-meetings/educational-meetings-activities/future-meetings 7th Annual T-cell Lymphoma ForumJanuary 29-31 • San Francisco, California For more...
2015 Oncology Meetings
FEBRUARY AACR-SNMMI Joint Conference: State-of-the-Art Molecular Imaging in Cancer Biology and TherapyFebruary 11-14 • San Diego, California For more information: www.aacr.org 2015 BMT Tandem Meeting American Society for Blood and Marrow TransplantationFebruary 11 - 15 • San Diego, California For...
Surgery Plus Immunotherapy Improves Survival in Melanoma Patients With Gastrointestinal Metastases
When melanoma patients develop metastases to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or pancreas, resection of these lesions may improve survival, according to two single-institution studies presented at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. In a study that earned a Merit Award, researchers reported ...
New Data Reported in Colorectal, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancers
The 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 15–17 in San Francisco, attracted almost 4,000 attendees, who heard or viewed data from nearly 800 scientific abstracts and lectures. Here are our summaries of some of the many important developments from the meeting. Bevacizumab Plus...
ASCO Announces New Class of Participants in Quality Training Program
ASCO has announced the second class of oncology practices for its Quality Training Program. Twelve practices across the United States will participate in this 6-month comprehensive course, which will guide them through quality improvement activities using proven innovative learning techniques....
NIH Awards Nearly $35 Million to Research Natural Products
Five research centers will focus on the safety of natural products, how they work within the body, and the development of cutting-edge research technologies. The centers, jointly funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and the National Center for...
ASH Announces 2016 Scholar Award Recipients
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has announced the recipients of its 2016 Scholar Awards. One of ASH’s most prestigious award programs, the ASH Scholar Award program financially supports fellows and junior faculty dedicated to careers in hematology research as they transition from training...
Phase IIb Trial Shows Improved Progression-Free Survival With First-Line Aldoxorubicin vs Doxorubicin in Advanced Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
In a randomized phase IIb trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Chawla et al found that aldoxorubicin—a novel albumin-binding prodrug of doxorubicin—produced longer progression-free survival than doxorubicin as first-line treatment for metastatic or locally advanced unresectable soft-tissue...
Phase II Study Shows Activity of Hypoxia-Activated Alkylating Prodrug in Combination With Doxorubicin in Advanced Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
In a phase II study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Chawla et al found that the combination of a hypoxia-activated alkylating prodrug (TH-302) and doxorubicin was active in first-line treatment of advanced soft-tissue sarcoma. TH-302 is a prodrug of the cytotoxic alkylating agent...
Largest Cancer Genetic Analysis Reveals New Way of Classifying Cancer
Researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have completed the largest, most diverse tumor genetic analysis ever conducted, revealing a new approach to classifying cancers. The work, published in Cell, not only revamps traditional ideas of how cancers are diagnosed and treated, ...
Surgical Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma of the Liver Increases Overall Survival in Select Group of Patients
Surgical resection markedly improved survival among metastatic melanoma patients whose disease is isolated to a few areas in the liver, according to new study findings published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. These results mark a departure for melanoma, which is most often...
Nonsentinel Lymph Node Positivity Appears to be Significant Prognostic Factor in Patients with Melanoma
Nonsentinel lymph node positivity appears to be a significant prognostic factor in patients with stage III melanoma, according to a study by Anna M. Leung, MD, of the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, California, and colleagues. The study was published...
Surgeons Report Melanoma Recurs after 10 Years in More than 6% of Patients
Recurrence of melanoma skin cancer 10 or more years after initial treatment is more common than previously thought, occurring in more than 1 in 20 patients. However, according to a new study, these patients tend to live longer after their cancer returns than patients whose melanoma recurs in the...
