Novel agent shows promise for non-small cell lung cancer
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that an experimental cancer drug which has shown efficacy in treating melanoma also shows promise in treating non-small cell lung cancer, a… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that an experimental cancer drug which has shown efficacy in treating melanoma also shows promise in treating non-small cell lung cancer, a… read more.
Discussion of the abstract by Dr Christopher Lieu, MD, Assistant professor at the University of Colorado. Younger patients with colorectal cancer that has spread (metastasised) to other parts… read more.
Birgitte Pedersen et al, Vejle Hospital, Denmark. Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) face huge challenges in their everyday lives as a result of their condition and treatments.
Discussion of the abstract by Dr Zoran Gatalica, Adjunct Professor of Pathology at Creighton University School of Medicine .
Report by Esther Drain – Cetuximab resulted in a significant improvement in survival in TP53 WT, high-risk Rectal Cancer.
First ever Europe-wide study reveals that even when undergraduate medical students take a compulsory course on pain, they still only receive on average 12 hours’ training
by Pam Harrison – MSI status has clear prognostic value in stage II CRC Julien Taieb, MD, PhD, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France Microsatellite instability (MSI), a… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report from a phase I clinical trial report that diffuse, large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) resistant to chemotherapy have been successfully reprogrammed… read more.
Matthias Holdhoff, MD, PHD, Assistant Professor of Oncology. The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.
by Elizabeth C. Smyth, MB, BCh, MSc, and David Cunningham, MD, FRCP, FMedSci – In 2000, in order to optimise service provision for patients with cancer, 34 “Cancer… read more.
CHICAGO – Five pivotal studies were released today ahead of the plenary session of the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
by Jamie Von Roenn, MD, and Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD – The call to integrate palliative care practices and principles into comprehensive cancer care, not as something… read more.