Genitourinary Cancer
Opinion
Oncologists may be too quick to refer patients to palliative care
Integrating palliative care into routine cancer care need not always require a specialty palliative care nurse.
News
‘Low-value’ prostate cancer screening prevalent in primary care
A new study shows that testing for prostate-specific antigen and also digital rectal examinations are both carried out frequently in older men.
News
Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) bladder cancer indication withdrawn in United States
The anti-PD-L1 inhibitor continues to be approved for lung and liver cancers and melanoma.
News
$38,398 for a single shot of a very old cancer drug
The first issue is unrelenting price increases on old drugs that have remained branded as manufacturers find ways to extend patents for decades...
News
Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic?
“This paper ... brings to light the importance of correctable lifestyle habits that may slow the rise of early onset cancers.”
News
Despite benefits, extended-interval pembro uptake remains low
It’s possible that low uptake could stem from clinicians’ doubts about switching to an extended-interval dose, given that the FDA’s approval was...
Conference Coverage
A farewell to arms? Drug approvals based on single-arm trials can be flawed
Objective responses, not time-dependent survival outcomes, should be endpoints for single-arm trials, with results only used for conditional...
Conference Coverage
Time to cancer diagnoses in U.S. averages 5 months
Diagnosis time varied significantly across tumor types, as well as within the same tumor type.
Clinical Topics & News
Concurrent Romiplostim With FOLFIRINOX for Secondary Prevention of Thrombocytopenia in a Patient With Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
News
The ‘great dynamism’ of radiation oncology
Highlights from this research reveal how high-tech radiotherapy, such as hypofractionation and stereotactic body radiotherapy, has improved care...
