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ASCO opens 49th Annual Meeting urging more federal funding for research

Written by | 21 Jun 2013

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) kicked off its 49th Annual Meeting with leaders urging all stakeholders in cancer care to vigorously oppose cuts to vital US… read more.

ASCO completes electronic data sharing standard for breast cancer treatment effort in conjunction with developing CancerLinQ™

Written by | 20 Jun 2013

CHICAGO – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has completed the first phase in developing several sets of interoperability standards for cancer care data and overcoming the… read more.

ASCO 2013 – Important advances in treatment for multiple aggressive cancers, and new insight on HPV-related cancer risk

Written by | 20 Jun 2013

CHICAGO – New advances against melanoma, ovarian cancer, and colorectal cancer care were presented today at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)…. read more.

ASCO 2013 Report – Advanced lung cancer with dysfunctional ALK gene responds to targeted therapy

Written by | 12 Jun 2013

by Bruce Sylvester – Patients with an advanced kind of lung cancer and a dysfunctional ALK gene have achieved better outcomes with the targeted investigative therapy crizotinib rather… read more.

ASCO 2013 Report – Radiotherapy and surgery both provide regional control in breast cancer: The AMAROS trial

Written by | 11 Jun 2013

by Bruce Sylvester – European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) researchers  from  the AMAROS (After Mapping of the Axilla: Radiotherapy Or Surgery?) trial reported… read more.

ASCO 2013 Report – Lambrolizumab immunotherapy shows efficacy in advanced melanoma

Written by | 10 Jun 2013

Researchers report that investigative lambrolizumab has shown promising results, in advanced melanoma, with manageable side effects.

ASCO 2013 Report – Sorafenib shows efficacy in advanced differentiated thyroid cancer

Written by | 10 Jun 2013

by Bruce Sylvester – over 30,000 clinicians and researchers attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2013 annual meeting in Chicago on May 31-June 4. Among the most… read more.

Older and younger chronic leukemia patients may need different therapy

Written by | 5 Jun 2013

Doctors should use different therapies when treating older and younger patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to a new study.

ASCO GU Report 2013 – Anticoagulation benefits prostate cancer patients

Written by | 21 Feb 2013

by Ed Susman – Orlando, Florida – Researchers said they were surprised to find that prostate cancer patients treated with anticoagulants appear to achieve a longer median overall… read more.

ASCO GU Report 2013 – Small renal cancers may not need surgery

Written by | 21 Feb 2013

by Eoghan McNeill – Orlando, Florida – When clinicians observe incidental kidney masses, about 78% of the time they are surgically removed – but a new study suggests… read more.

COPD is not an independent risk factor for lung cancer

Written by | 20 Feb 2013

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are two of the most important smoking-related diseases worldwide, with a huge combined mortality burden.

Targeted prostate biopsy has potential to improve diagnosis of prostate cancer

Written by | 21 Jan 2013

Magnetic resonance ultrasound fusion biopsy may aid in selection of patients for active surveillance versus aggressivetherapy, new study in The Journal of Urology® reports

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