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TAILORx: Most women with intermediate risk ER+ breast cancer can safely skip chemo
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- Susan London
CHICAGO - Lead study author Dr. Joseph A. Sparano discusses the implications of the new data for decision-making and future plans for the tumor...
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Atezolizumab has PFS benefit in first-line squamous NSCLC
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- Susan London
CHICAGO – Atezolizumab prolongs PFS by about a month, and patients derived benefit regardless of the level of PD-L1 expression.
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A blood test to detect lung cancer inches toward the clinic
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- Susan London
CHICAGO - Dr. Geoffrey R. Oxnard discusses interim results from the Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas project and ongoing work to bring the blood...
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Metastatic colorectal cancer chemo costs double in Washington vs. British Columbia
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- Susan London
CHICAGO - Dr. Todd Yezefski discusses the drivers of cost disparities and implications for policy makers.
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Head and neck cancers: Women less commonly receive intensive chemo
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- Susan London
CHICAGO - Senior study author Dr. Jed A. Katzel discusses ongoing research to understand the reasons behind the apparent disparities.
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CBT-I bests acupuncture for treating insomnia among cancer survivors
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- Susan London
In a randomized trial, both CBT-I and acupuncture reduced insomnia severity among cancer survivors, but the former had the edge.
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Uptake of lung cancer screening is exceedingly low
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- Susan London
The annual rate of LDCT screening for lung cancer among eligible current and former heavy smokers was just 1.9% in 2016 across the United States...
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New remote monitoring system lessens symptoms in head and neck cancer
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- Susan London
The CYCORE system, which harnesses wireless sensor and mobile technology to remotely monitor vitals and symptoms, reduces symptom severity in...
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Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: 6 months may suffice
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- Susan London
Disease-free survival was similarly high whether women received adjuvant trastuzumab for the current standard of 12 months or for just 6 months....
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New regimens for youth with T-cell malignancies yield best outcomes yet
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- Susan London
More than 8 in 10 youth were still alive and free of disease 4 years after starting combinations of methotrexate and/or nelarabine with chemo.
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Upfront NGS testing of metastatic NSCLC saves money, time
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- Susan London
NGS at the time of metastatic NSCLC diagnosis could save millions of dollars relative to more conservative testing strategies, and results become...
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Emerging data help inform immunotherapy for urothelial cancer
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- Susan London
Atezolizumab had a marked survival benefit vs. chemotherapy in patients with TMB-high, PD-L1–positive urothelial tumors.
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New treatment options emerge for intermediate, advanced HCC
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- Susan London
SAN FRANCISCO – Two new therapies that target VEGF signaling are efficacious and may expand the treatment for intermediate and advanced HCC.
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Enzalutamide shines in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
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- Susan London
SAN FRANCISCO - Metastasis-free survival was 36.6 months with enzalutamide and 14.7 months with placebo.
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Bladder cancer: Two chemoradiation therapy regimens on par for muscle-invasive disease
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- Susan London
Primary results were comparable in the NRG/RTOG 0712 trial, but one regimen is more convenient.