ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Compared With Men, Women With Head and Neck Cancer Undertreated

June 1st 2018

Women with head and neck cancer may be severely undertreated and have higher death rates compared with their male counterparts.

ASCO 2018: Top Oncologists Select Key, Practice-Changing Abstracts

May 30th 2018

Key opinion leaders spoke with OncLive ahead of the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting to share the top abstracts they believe could have the greatest impact on clinical practice and patient outcomes across lymphomas, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, and lung cancer.

NGS Established as Most Cost-Effective Genetic Test for Metastatic NSCLC

May 17th 2018

Next-generation sequencing in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer can save Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services payers $1.4 million to $2.1 million.

Symptom Tracking System Reduces Severity in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

May 17th 2018

Patients who used mobile and sensor technology to track their symptoms demonstrated reduced severity of their symptoms compared with patients who received standard care.

Despite USPSTF Recommendations and Medicaid Coverage, Data Show Low Lung Cancer Screening Rate

May 17th 2018

A total 1.9% of more than 7.6 million current and former heavy smokers in the United States underwent lung cancer screening in 2016, suggesting that it remains inadequate despite USPTF recommendations.

Shorter Trastuzumab Duration Matches 12-Month Standard for Early HER2+ Breast Cancer

May 17th 2018

A shorter 6-month course of adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin) was found to be noninferior for disease-free survival compared with the standard 12-month schedule for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.

Nelarabine Boosts 4-Year DFS Above 90% in Pediatric/AYA T-Cell Cancers

May 17th 2018

Adding nelarabine to escalating-dose methotrexate induced a 4-year disease-free survival rate of 91% in a cohort of pediatric and young adult patients with newly diagnosed T-cell cancers.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Acupuncture Improve Insomnia Symptoms in Cancer Survivors

May 17th 2018

Both cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and acupuncture produced clinically meaningful improvements in insomnia severity scores for cancer survivors, but data from the randomized CHOICE clinical trial showed that CBT-I was more effective overall for reducing the severity of insomnia.

Dr. Andorsky on the MAGNIFY Trial in Follicular Lymphoma

August 3rd 2017

David J. Andorsky, MD, medical oncology/hematology, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, discusses the phase IIIb randomized MAGNIFY study of lenalidomide (Revlimid) plus rituximab (Rituxan) followed by maintenance therapy in relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma, focusing on a cohort of patients with follicular lymphoma.

Dr. Levine on the PARP Inhibitor Landscape for Ovarian Cancer

July 7th 2017

Douglas A. Levine, MD, professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the PARP inhibitor landscape for patients with ovarian cancer.

Dr. Oyer on Tools for Clinicians to Use When Treating Patients With Cancer

July 6th 2017

Randall A. Oyer, MD, oncology program, medical director, Lancaster General Health, treasurer, Association of Community Cancer Centers, discusses some of the tools clinicians could potentially use for their patients with cancer.

Dr. Siegel Discusses RT-Related AEs for Patients With Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas

July 6th 2017

Robert Siegel, MD, chair, professor of medicine, director, Division of Hematology/Oncology, George Washington University, discusses the adverse events (AEs) associated with radiation therapy (RT) for patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas.

Dr. Apolo on Side Effects of Cabozantinib Plus Immunotherapy Agents in Bladder Cancer

June 28th 2017

Andrea Apolo, MD, medical oncologist, chief of the bladder cancer section of the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, discusses the side effects of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) plus immunotherapy agents in bladder cancer.

Abemaciclib Active in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer Patients With Brain Mets

June 28th 2017

Preliminary evidence suggests that abemaciclib penetrated brain metastases and had antitumor activity in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Dr. Pinato Discusses Intra-tumor Heterogeneity in Primary and Metastatic HCC

June 26th 2017

David J. Pinato, MD, PhD, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology, resident, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London, discusses an analysis of intra-tumor heterogeneity in primary and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Dr. Cheng on Phase III Findings of Lenvatinib in HCC

June 26th 2017

Ann-Lii Cheng, MD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine Director, Graduate Institute of Oncology, director, Department of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, discusses the phase III trial of lenvatinib (Lenvima) compared with sorafenib (Nexavar) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Dr. Komrokji Discusses Molecular Testing for MDS

June 23rd 2017

Rami S. Komrokji, MD, clinical director, Hematologic Malignancies, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses molecular testing for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Dr. Agarwal on the STAMPEDE and LATITUDE Trials for Prostate Cancer

June 23rd 2017

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, associate professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses the STAMPEDE and LATITUDE trials for patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Burstein on the Follow-Up of APT Trial for HER2+ Breast Cancer

June 23rd 2017

Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, senior physician, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the 7-year follow-up of the APT trial investigating adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab (Herceptin) for node-negative HER2-positive breast cancer.

Dr. Plimack on KEYNOTE-045 Trial for Pembrolizumab in Urothelial Carcinoma

June 22nd 2017

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the updated findings of the KEYNOTE-045 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in urothelial carcinoma.