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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Based in Boston, Dana-Farber is a world-renowned leader in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and scientific research.

Latest from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute


Novel Immunotherapy-Based Combinations Prompt Key Treatment Considerations in RCC

November 04, 2022

Bradley McGregor, MD, discusses the factors that affect frontline treatment decisions for patients with advanced RCC, the importance of longer-term follow-up of phase 3 trials in kidney cancer, and the benefits of dual immunotherapy and immunotherapy/TKI treatment combinations.

Immunotherapy-Based Combinations Remain the Focus of Frontline Treatment in Metastatic RCC

October 20, 2022

Rana R. McKay, MD, discusses the evolution of frontline treatment options for metastatic RCC, and the key clinical trials that have shifted the treatment paradigms in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and advanced prostate cancer.

E-selectin Inhibitor Uproleselan May Bolster SOC Efficacy in AML

October 20, 2022

Richard M. Stone, MD, highlights how uproleselan disrupts E-selectin in the AML tumor microenvironment, the variety of AML regimens that uproleselan may amplify in efficacy, including chemotherapies and venetoclax combinations, and the need for further research to determine whether minimal residual disease negativity rates will improve patient prognoses.

Dana-Farber Joins Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy to Accelerate Cures for the World’s Gravest Cancers

October 04, 2022

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the world’s leading cancer research and treatment centers, has partnered with the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, the leading network of immuno-oncology expertise in the world, as a member of the PICI Network with a goal to better understand the tumor microenvironment across cancer types and translate these basic discoveries to the clinic as impactful cancer immunotherapies.

Breaking Down Treatment Developments in Breast and Genitourinary Cancers From ESMO 2022: Drs O'Shaughnessy and Choueiri

September 12, 2022

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2022 ESMO Congress. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

Gathering Insights in Gynecologic, Lung, and GI Cancers From ESMO 2022: Drs Matulonis, Peters, and Janjigian

September 11, 2022

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2022 ESMO Congress. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

Metastatic Breast Cancer Enters a New Era of HER2 Classification

September 02, 2022

A dramatic presentation at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting changed treatment standards seemingly overnight for women with previously treated metastatic HER2-low breast cancer. However, fundamental questions remain.

Bekaii-Saab, George, and von Mehren Discuss Pivotal Findings in GIST, TGCT, and RAS/RAF–Mutated Solid Tumors

August 29, 2022

Drs Bekaii-Saab, George, and von Mehren discuss patient-reported outcomes from the INTRIGUE trial, the rationale for a phase 1/2 study investigating DCC-3116 in patients with RAS or RAF–mutated solid tumors, and how vimseltinib may alleviate unmet needs in the tenosynovial giant cell tumors population.

Emerging Data are Expanding Treatment Options, Extending Survival Across Breast Cancer Subtypes

August 29, 2022

Matthew P. Goetz, MD, discusses overall survival data with ribociclib and abemaciclib in estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative disease; the role of adjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with triple-negative breast cancer; and the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in earlier settings. 

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