Omitting RT Safe in Many Locally Advanced Rectal Cancers Most intermediate-risk cases can be cured without pelvic radiation, says investigator Jun 05, 2023
Novel IDH1/2 Inhibitor Shows 'Dramatic Effect' in Low-Grade Glioma INDIGO data demonstrate that some patients can delay "toxic" chemo and radiation, says expert Jun 04, 2023
Nivolumab-AVD Boosts PFS in Untreated Hodgkin Lymphoma SWOG trial had goal of "harmonizing" treatment in adults, children with advanced-stage disease Jun 04, 2023
New Standard in Operable EGFR-Positive Lung Cancer "We should firmly close the door on one-size-fits-all treatment," says ASCO expert Jun 04, 2023
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery Jun 04, 2023
New Ovarian Cancer Drug Extends Survival in Resistant Disease "Practice changing" findings for tough-to-treat patient population Jun 04, 2023
Neoadjuvant Chemo Flops Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Survival 13 months better with surgery, but "curiosities" in neoadjuvant arm muddy the results Jun 04, 2023
Novel Anti-HER2 Drugs 'Impressive' in Advanced Biliary Cancer Response rates reached 41-47% with different approaches in rare disease Jun 03, 2023
Chemo-Free Approach Works in Subset of Patients With HER2+ Early Breast Cancer Impressive 3-year invasive DFS seen with adaptive response strategy using FDG-PET Jun 03, 2023
Pricey Drug Combo Boosts PFS in First-Line Advanced Ovarian Cancer Questions about anti-PD-L1 contribution, cost, and access to durvalumab, bevacizumab, olaparib Jun 03, 2023
De-Escalated Surgery Suffices for Low-Risk Cervical Cancer Simple hysterectomy non-inferior to radical operation Jun 02, 2023
CDK4/6 Extends Reach Into Early-Stage Breast Cancer Addition of ribociclib to endocrine therapy boosts disease-free survival in high-risk disease Jun 02, 2023
Adaptive RT Fails to Relieve Dry Mouth in Head and Neck Cancer "Expensive and intensive" process does not translate into clinical benefit, researchers conclude Jun 01, 2023
No Access to Routine Healthcare Biggest Barrier to HPV Vaccination Retrospective analysis shows vaccination rates haven't much improved for women since 2015 May 25, 2023
Medicaid Expansion Tied to Better Outcomes in Black Patients With GI Cancers Two-year mortality decreased for three types of GI cancer in expansion vs non-expansion states May 25, 2023
Less-Invasive Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer Proves Safe, Effective Radical resection rate noninferior to open surgery in early-stage disease, with similar survival May 25, 2023
Monoclonal Antibody Reduced Need For Transfusions in Low-Risk MDS Results suggest a "paradigm shift" in the treatment of anemia for these patients May 25, 2023
Cross-Border Collaboration Improves Survival in Pediatric Leukemia Patients 5-year OS increased to 100% in standard-risk ALL patients at a Tijuana hospital May 25, 2023
Trial Results Spark Talk of Curing More Metastatic Cervical Cancers Adding pembrolizumab to standard care extends overall survival by a year May 25, 2023
Lung Cancer Screening Results Influence Follow-Up Adherence Study suggests groups to target for enhanced outreach to encourage regular screening May 25, 2023
Warning: Prior Auth for Colonoscopy Is the Wrong Way to Go The policy adds delays to care and may worsen health outcomes May 24, 2023
What to Know About Hank Green's Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diagnosis Hodgkin's is one of the more rare lymphomas, but tends to be very treatable May 24, 2023
Anti-EGFR Rechallenge Boosts PFS in Third-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ctDNA-identified wild-type tumors benefited most from adding panitumumab to standard therapy May 23, 2023
Lumpers vs Splitters: Categorizing Prostate Cancer Should very low-risk and low-risk be combined into one? May 19, 2023
Return of Rule Nixing Delivery of Rx Drugs to Medicare Patients Drawing Docs' Ire "It is endangering the lives of the oldest and sickest Americans," oncology group says May 18, 2023
ASCO Backs Routine ESR1 Testing for Certain Breast Cancers Activity of elacestrant in EMERALD trial "provides strong signal" for guideline update May 18, 2023
Survival Boost With Oncolytic Virus Combo in Glioblastoma Subset However, small trial failed to meet overall response endpoint in patients with recurrent disease May 16, 2023
Dermatologists Hone Diagnostic Accuracy for Suspect Lesions With AI 'Collaboration' Sensitivity, specificity, mean accuracy, and AUC improved significantly with neural network input May 16, 2023
Adding Mylotarg to Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in NPM1-Mutated AML But trial detects "meaningful benefit" when it comes to relapse, editorialists say May 15, 2023
Drug Shortages Hit Oncology; Telemedicine Tops In-Person; Sniffing Out Lung Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 12, 2023
CDC: Drug-Resistant Ringworm in U.S.; Mail-In HPV Tests Work; Pope Urges Procreation Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff May 12, 2023
Allo-Transplant Tied to Better PFS in Advanced Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas Results will likely "encourage a practice change," editorialists say May 10, 2023
FLT3 Inhibitor Doubles Overall Survival in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Median OS improved from 15 months to nearly 32 months with quizartinib May 09, 2023
AI in Colonoscopy: Disconnect Grows Between Academic, Community Studies Clearly helpful in manufacturers' trials, but not so much in routine practice May 09, 2023
Proposed Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Are Good, but Not Enough Specifics for older women, Black women, and those with dense breasts are needed May 09, 2023
Adding This New Criteria Drastically Cut 72-Hour Insulinoma Fast Time Beta-hydroxybutyrate-based stopping point reduced burden on patients May 08, 2023
Study: VA Surgeons Who Do Colonoscopies May Need More Training Outdone by gastroenterologists in finding adenomatous polyps May 08, 2023
Even at Stage IV, Immunotherapy Helps in Pancreatic Cancer Small but clear boost to overall survival May 07, 2023
Medicaid Expansion Seen Lifting Colon Cancer Screening for Low-Income People But not a cure-all in states boosting eligibility May 06, 2023
Food 'Swamps' Tied to Elevated Mortality From Obesity-Related Cancers Study suggests diet is not necessarily a modifiable risk factor for all, editorialists say May 05, 2023
