Head & Neck/Thyroid Cancers
News
Pembrolizumab paired with immunostimulator is safe and tolerable
Combining an immunostimulator with pembrolizumab had good tolerability and safety, in a small phase Ib study.
News
MyPathway: Targeted therapies show promise in nonindicated tumors
Agents that target the HER2, BRAF, Hedgehog, or EGFR pathways show promise in nonindicated tumor types that harbor these molecular alterations,...
Conference Coverage
Resection of recurrence shows survival benefit for adrenocortical carcinoma
Key clinical point: Surgery carries a significant survival benefit in patients with recurrent adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Major finding:...
Original Report
Prognostic significance of HPV status in postoperative squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Conference Coverage
Accuracy of gene test for thyroid nodules questioned
BALTIMORE – Biopsy results from a commercially available genetic test for ruling out malignancy of thyroid nodules may not provide reliable...
Article
Mining for information, participation in clinical trials
News
Sentinel node biopsies may be useful in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
ORLANDO – Sentinel node biopsies may be a useful staging tool for patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck, based on...
Original Report
Olanzapine versus fosaprepitant for the prevention of concurrent chemotherapy radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
Conference Coverage
Surgery has edge over surveillance for micropapillary thyroid cancer
BALTIMORE – Endocrinologists and surgeons need to have in-depth conversations with their patients to determine their level of anxiety about having...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Proposed revision of medullary thyroid cancer staging improves risk-stratification analysis
BOSTON – An analysis of data from medullary thyroid cancer patients that partitioned the patients into groups with similar overall survival has...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: More routine use of unilateral thyroidectomy advocated for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
BOSTON – Unilateral thyroidectomy has comparable recurrence results when compared to bilateral surgery and is not associated with either cord...