BSH 2018: Access to new agents
Cancer drugs receive special funding in the NHS but it is not automatic and input from expert clinicians is essential to ensure that effective treatments are funded appropriately…. read more.
Cancer drugs receive special funding in the NHS but it is not automatic and input from expert clinicians is essential to ensure that effective treatments are funded appropriately…. read more.
Dendritic cells (DC) are known to play an important role in the initiation of primary immune responses. In cancer, deficient DCs contribute to tumour-associated immune tolerance. Functionally active… read more.
Dr Martin Kaiser (London) discusses recent work from the UK on identifying robust markers and how clinical decisions can be made according to the biology of the disease. Advances… read more.
Professor Paul G. Richardson MD (R.J. Corman Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) and Dr Karthik Ramasamy (Oxford Oncology and Haematology Centre) discuss important learnings from real-world… read more.
There were lots of updates from various studies in myeloma at ASH 2017. Above, Professor Sagar Lonial (Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA) discusses data presented showing… read more.
Professor Anas Younes (MSKCC, New York), Professor John Radford (Manchester) and Dr Graham Collins (Oxford). Interviews by Esther Drain. Once again ASH provided much food for thought and above leading experts discuss their… read more.
Article written by Tom Collins. Interviews by Esther Drain. Trying to usher new immunotherapies into the setting of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) has been met with mixed results, and… read more.
Article written by Tom Collins. Interviews by Esther Drain. Replacing bleomycin with brentuximab vedotin (A+AVD) in the traditional regimen for previously untreated Hodgkin lymphoma patients significantly improved modified… read more.
Article written by Tom Collins. Interview by Esther Drain. Even as definitions of risk groups in myeloma become more sophisticated, a reasonable way to assess those patients with… read more.
Cure is not simply about having a few patients cured – it’s about reliably being able to cure a population with a disease, argues Professor S Vincent Rajkumar (Mayo Clinic,… read more.
Professor Peter Johnson (Southampton, UK) tells us what’s new with response-adapted therapy and what are the benefits to patients.
Men who have received initial treatment for prostate cancer with abiraterone added to hormone therapy achieved a survival rate 37 per cent higher than those not treated with… read more.
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