ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Abiraterone Studies Hailed as Practice-Changing in Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer

June 3rd 2017

Earlier intervention with abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) lowered the risk of death by nearly 40% for men with high-risk advanced or metastatic prostate cancer who were newly diagnosed or had not yet received hormone therapy in findings from 2 clinical trials presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Pregnancy Does Not Increase Recurrence Risk of Early-Stage, ER-Positive Breast Cancer

June 3rd 2017

Women who have had early breast cancer, along with their doctors, often worry that pregnancy could cause disease recurrence. But according to the results of a new study, that’s not the case.

Dr. El-Deiry on the Significance of Understanding Tumor Heterogeneity

June 3rd 2017

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, deputy cancer center director, Translational Research Program, co-leader, Molecular Therapeutics Program, professor, Department Hematology/Oncology, William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cancer Research, American Cancer Society Research Professor, discusses the importance of understanding tumor heterogeneity an interview during the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr. Balar on Mature Clinical Results of KEYNOTE-052 in Urothelial Cancer

June 3rd 2017

Arjun V. Balar, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, New York University Cancer Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the mature clinical trial results and biomarker findings of KEYNOTE-052, first-line pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with cisplatin-ineligible advanced urothelial cancer, during the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Web-Based Therapy Helps Newly Diagnosed Patients Manage Stress

June 3rd 2017

Newly diagnosed patients with cancer experienced improvements in quality of life and lower levels of distress by participating in a web-based stress management program, according to results of a study presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Testicular Cancer Survivors Face Health Risks From Low Testosterone

June 3rd 2017

Nearly 40% of testicular cancer survivors had low testosterone levels, leading to a greater likelihood of chronic health problem compared with survivors with normal testosterone levels, according to study findings released at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

CALM Psychotherapy Eases Depression and Distress in Patients With Advanced Cancer

June 3rd 2017

Advanced cancer exacts an overwhelming emotional toll, and a brief but novel psychological intervention involving individual therapy sessions delivered by trained therapists has been shown to alleviate patients’ distress and help them to manage the profound and practical problems that come with this diagnosis.

Late Effects of Childhood Cancers Dropping Along With Intensity of Treatments

June 3rd 2017

The rate of severe long-term side effects caused by treatments for childhood cancers is dropping over time, according to findings from a retrospective analysis of 23,600 survivors enrolled in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Single Dose of Radiation as Effective as 5-Day Course for Maintaining Mobility in Patients with Spinal Cord Compression

June 3rd 2017

Results from a large, phase III trial showed that a single radiation treatment relieves symptoms of spinal cord compression in patients with advanced cancer as effectively as a multifractional course of radiotherapy (RT)

Fear of Recurrence and Anxiety Lowered in Cancer Survivors After Psychological Intervention

June 3rd 2017

Psychological intervention can substantially lower fear of cancer recurrence in survivors, improving their quality of life, anxiety, and cancer-specific distress, according to a phase II randomized clinical trial presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Ribociclib Benefit in Breast Cancer Sustained With Longer Follow-Up

June 2nd 2017

Frontline treatment with ribociclib plus letrozole improved progression-free survival by 9.3 months compared with letrozole plus placebo for patients with postmenopausal HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

ASCO 2017: Oncology Leaders Pick Their Top Abstracts

May 30th 2017

Key opinion leaders spoke with OncLive to share the top-5 abstracts they find to be the most exciting and/or potentially practice-changing across breast cancer, lung cancer, genitourinary cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, hematologic malignancies, and supportive care being presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Adjuvant Gefitinib Delays Recurrence in EGFR+ NSCLC

May 18th 2017

Adjuvant gefitinib reduced the risk of disease recurrence by 40% versus standard chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer, study reports.

Adopting Healthy Lifestyle Leads to Improved Overall Survival in Postsurgical Colon Cancer

May 18th 2017

Patients with stage III colorectal cancer who maintained a healthy body weight, engaged in regular physical activity, and adopted other healthy lifestyle behaviors experienced a 42% lower chance of death and a trend toward reduced cancer recurrence.

HPV Vaccine Reduced High-Risk Oral Infections by Nearly 90%, but Poor Uptake Limits Impact

May 18th 2017

The efficacy of the human papillomavirus vaccine continues to be impressive, with newly reported findings showing that it reduced the prevalence of high-risk oral HPV infections by 88% in young adults who had at least 1 dose of the vaccine; however, low vaccine uptake remains a concern.

Affordable Care Act Positively Affects Stage at Diagnosis

May 18th 2017

More Stage I cancers were diagnosed after the passage of the Affordable Care Act within five screenable disease types than were diagnosed before ACA implementation.

Eating Nuts After Colon Cancer Improves Survival and Lowers Recurrence Risk

May 18th 2017

Findings of a new prospective study suggest that eating tree nuts like almonds, walnuts, and pecans can improve overall survival and reduce the risk of recurrence in patients with colon cancer.

Adjuvant Capecitabine Improves Survival in Biliary Tract Cancer

May 17th 2017

Treatment with adjuvant capecitabine improved overall survival by 15 months compared with observation alone for patients with macroscopically resected biliary tract cancer, according to findings from the phase III BILCAP study released in advance of the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr. Tempero on the HALO 301 Trial for Pancreatic Cancer

September 29th 2016

Margaret A. Tempero, MD, director, Pancreas Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the HALO 301 trial, which is exploring the addition of PEGPH20 to gemcitabine and albumin-bound paclitaxel as a potential treatment for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Dr. Reidy-Lagunes on Sequencing Therapies for Patients With NETs

September 28th 2016

Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses sequencing various treatments for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).