Surgery/HIPEC Safer Than Other High-Risk Cancer Procedures Lower infection, 30-day mortality rates than with Whipple, esophagectomy Jan 15, 2019
Active Smokers Far More Likely to Fail on Chemo for Bladder Ca Higher rates of disease recurrence seen as well Jan 10, 2019
V600K-Mutant Melanoma May Merit First-Line Immunotherapy Higher mutational load is less responsive to targeted therapy with BRAF/MEK inhibition Jan 10, 2019
Less Invasive Surgery Wins in Esophageal Cancer Large reduction in major complications at 1 month out Jan 09, 2019
Does Johnson's Baby Powder Cause Cancer? Milton Packer says the $4.69-billion verdict is about anger, not medicine Jan 09, 2019
Trump Proposes Overhaul of Part B Drugs Plan hinges on benchmarking U.S. prices to those abroad Jan 04, 2019
MSI Status in Prostate Ca Could ID Immunotherapy Responders But not all MSI-high patients saw benefit with checkpoint inhibitors Dec 27, 2018
Cancer Treatment and Arthritis: A Growing Complaint Will checkpoint inhibitor-related arthritis outstrip RA in frequency? Dec 27, 2018
Increased Risk of Chemo-Associated AML for Nearly All Solid Cancers Extended beyond 5 years for most types with greater risk seen in young patients Dec 20, 2018
Kidney Stones Tied to Renal Carcinoma But more research is needed to unravel mechanisms behind the relationships, study authors say Dec 20, 2018
Sorafenib 'New Standard of Care' for Patients With Desmoid Tumors Toxicity led to treatment discontinuation in 20% of patients Dec 19, 2018
Higher Risk of Shingles Seen in Patients With Certain Cancers Vaccine development may help with prevention of herpes zoster in this population Dec 14, 2018
Immunotherapy Combo Flops in Metastatic NSCLC Durvalumab plus tremelimumab failed to improve survival versus chemotherapy Dec 13, 2018
Patients Say Quality of Life Suffered With Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer Breast-conservation options were associated with better sexual, psychosocial outcomes Dec 07, 2018
Visual Guide to AVERT's VTE Prevention in Cancer Apixaban effective against important chemotherapy side effect Dec 07, 2018
ASH Poster Rounds: Adding BTK Inhibitor Safe in First-Line MCL Plus: Lenalidomide upfront in PTCL; skipping RT in primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma Dec 07, 2018
SABCS: Axillary RT as Good as Surgery in Breast Cancer Radiation non-inferior to surgery after positive sentinel node Dec 07, 2018
Low-Dose Tamoxifen Feasible Option in Breast Cancer Women appear to prevent recurrence in early stage cancers with 5 mg dosing Dec 06, 2018
ASH Poster Rounds: Obesity Impacts CLL Survival in Women Plus: New risk model predicts CLL survival; novel BTK inhibitor works after ibrutinib Dec 06, 2018
Xeloda Disappoints in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer No improvement after standard chemo, though subset may derive some benefit Dec 05, 2018
T-DM1: A New Adjuvant Standard in High-Risk HER2+ Breast Ca? Substantial improvements in survival outcomes in KATHERINE trial Dec 05, 2018
Chemo-Free Tx Tops Best Option in Younger CLL Patients Improved overall survival and safety with ibrutinib-based therapy Dec 04, 2018
Combination Regimen Extends PFS in Myeloma Large benefit but relevance of comparator questioned Dec 04, 2018
$2 Test Could Transform Sickle Cell Dx in Africa May have applications in high-income countries as well Dec 04, 2018
ASH Offers Early Look at Updated SCD Guidelines Experts formulated >50 recommendations on sickle cell disease Dec 03, 2018
Add-On Drugs Could Boost Efficacy, Tolerability of CAR T-Cell Therapies Studies test addition of targeted agents, immunotherapy Dec 03, 2018
SABCS: Translational Before It Was Cool Growing, evolving while adhering to founding principles Dec 03, 2018
CAR T-Cell Responses Prove Durable in ALL, DLBCL Two studies demonstrate long-term control in relapsed/refractory disease Dec 01, 2018
Cutting Chemo Cycles Feasible in Younger DLBCL Patients Patients, ages 18-60, fare well with four cycles of CHOP instead of six Dec 01, 2018
Younger High-Risk Women Benefit From Mammography Yields in 30-39 age group at high risk comparable to 40-49 group with average risk Nov 30, 2018
Sneak Peek at Practice-Changing Research From ASH 2018 "Big trials, big results," plus sickle cell disease and CAR T-cell therapies Nov 30, 2018
Machine Learning Allows for Low-Dose Gadolinium Contrast Minimal loss of resolution with 10% Gd dose Nov 30, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΑρΑ«ΚΣΖ΅ staff Nov 30, 2018
LMWH Prevails for VTE Prevention in Guideline ASH unveils first six chapters of comprehensive recommendations Nov 29, 2018
FDA Approves Rituximab Biosimilar for NHL Indications for front line or beyond, single agent or combination Nov 28, 2018
YouTube Videos Often Mislead on Prostate Cancer Misinformation, bias, and lack of balance in content Nov 28, 2018
Digital Mammograms Show Vulnerability to Cyberattacks Two out of three radiologists couldn't tell that images were manipulated Nov 28, 2018