Jason Harris

Senior Editor, OncLive®
Jason Harris has worked in journalism for more than 20 years, including stints at daily newspapers and niche publications for oncology and cardiology. He is a senior editor for OncologyLive® and managing editor for Oncology Fellows and the annual Giants of Cancer Care® album. He also contributes to the OncLive On Air and OncFellows podcasts. Email: jharris@onclive.com


Articles

Nivolumab Effective in Advanced Anal Cancer

April 10th 2017

According to findings from a single-arm phase II trial, treatment with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) resulted in an overall response rate of 24.3% in previously treated patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.

HER2-Enriched Subtype Predicts Response to Dual HER2 Blockade in Early Breast Cancer

April 10th 2017

According to results from the PAMELA trial, women with the HER2-enriched subtype of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer were more likely to have a pathological complete response when treated with dual HER2-blockade.

Pembrolizumab Impresses in Heavily Pretreated Head and Neck Cancer

April 7th 2017

Pembrolizumab has shown durable, clinically significant responses in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who are refractory to platinum-based chemotherapy and cetuximab, according to results from the single-arm, phase II KEYNOTE-055 study.

FDA Accepts Ibrutinib Application for GVHD

April 5th 2017

The FDA has accepted a supplemental new drug application for ibrutinib as a treatment for patients with chronic graft-versus-host-disease after failure of 1 or more lines of systemic therapy.

Dabrafenib/Trametinib Combo Wins EU Approval for BRAF+ NSCLC

April 3rd 2017

The European Union (EU) approved the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib for patients with BRAF V600-positive advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.