Using patient-derived tumor organoids, researchers have identified which therapies may be most effective for individual sarcoma patients.
Rates of late biochemical recurrence and progression to metastasis were “strikingly low” in patients with pT2 stage disease and Gleason scores less than or equal to 3 + 4.
The FDA has granted traditional approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo) to treat patients 2 years of age and older who have RET-mutant, advanced or metastatic medullary thyroid cancer and require systemic ...
Decitabine plus venetoclax and ponatinib appeared safe and elicited responses in a phase 2 trial of patients with advanced phase CML.
(HealthDay News) — An in-home cognitive behavioral therapy program improves insomnia symptoms in breast cancer survivors, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
The FDA has approved Tagrisso (osimertinib)​ to treat patients with unresectable, stage III, EGFR-mutant NSCLC whose disease has not progressed during or after chemoradiotherapy.
(HealthDay News) — Most Americans don’t plan to get vaccinated against the flu or COVID-19 this season, according to a survey from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).
In the years since targeted treatments for CLL were introduced, their use in the second line has increased, but chemotherapy regimens remain the most common first-line treatment in these patients.
(HealthDay News) — A wearable device may improve physical activity, physical function, dyspnea, and pain after lung cancer surgery, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Patients who achieved a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy had better survival outcomes than patients who received adjuvant therapy.
The incidence of cardiovascular disease is higher in older adults with cancer, especially those with hematologic, lung, and metastatic cancers.
Survey results suggest that cancer patients want financial toxicity screening to occur early, but screening preferences and practices vary.