Elotuzumab Misses Mark Again as Frontline Treatment for Multiple Myeloma No PFS benefit from adding the monoclonal antibody to standard therapy Feb 20, 2024
Annual Breast Cancer Screening Starting at Age 40 Best, Modeling Study Says Estimates suggest mortality was reduced by 42% with annual screening for this age group Feb 20, 2024
For Kids With Sickle Cell Disease Prescribed Opioids, No Patterns of Misuse Emerged Number of vaso-occlusive crises tied to days' supply Feb 19, 2024
Radioligand Therapy Continues to Show Promise for Metastatic CRPC Median OS of 15.5 months, PFS of 7.9 months with Ac-225-PSMA in heavily treated patients Feb 16, 2024
FDA OKs First Cellular Therapy for Melanoma Lifileucel approved as treatment for advanced melanoma after anti-PD-1 and targeted therapy Feb 16, 2024
Arginine Starvation Boosts OS in Mesothelioma With frontline immunotherapy now standard, strategy could potentially find home in second-line Feb 16, 2024
Perioperative Tislelizumab Demonstrates Survival Benefit in NSCLC But how well will the results from China translate to Western populations? Feb 16, 2024
Rush to Publish? Medicare Drug Plan Lawsuit Quashed; Activity Curbs Cancer Pain News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 16, 2024
Tepotinib Gains Full Approval for Metastatic NSCLC Agency converts accelerated approval for subset with MET exon 14 mutations Feb 16, 2024
Cancer Patients Caught in the Crosshairs of Hospital Consolidation Policymakers must rein in anti-competitive tactics Feb 16, 2024
Moderate or Severe Head Trauma Tied to Brain Cancer Risk in Young Veterans Iraq, Afghanistan war vets with traumatic brain injuries have higher cancer incidence Feb 15, 2024
More Data Support Olaparib-Abiraterone in BRCA-Mutant Prostate Cancer BRCAAway trial confirms role of combination in first-line setting Feb 15, 2024 video
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
Oldest Patient 'Cured' of HIV Still in Remission 5 Years After Transplant for AML But it's unlikely stem cell transplants will ever be large-scale cure for HIV, says expert Feb 14, 2024
Immunotherapy May Hold Promise for Skin Cancers After Kidney Transplant Two studies had "important differences," but can help guide clinicians Feb 13, 2024
New First-Line Option for Pancreatic Cancer Approved Liposomal irinotecan-based regimen gets FDA greenlight for metastatic disease Feb 13, 2024
FLT3 Inhibitor Highly Active in Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complete response rate of 86%, median event-free survival approaching 4 years with crenolanib Feb 13, 2024
Oncologists Risk Self-Referral Violations Over Medicare Mail-Order Drug Rule New interpretation of Stark law excludes distribution of oral oncology drugs by mail Feb 12, 2024
No Relief From Drug Shortages; New Lymphedema Guideline; A 'Good' Patient No More News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 09, 2024
Senators Thrash Pharma CEOs for Pricing Drugs Higher in the U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed "corrupt" system, well-paid lobbyists Feb 09, 2024
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Shows Some Benefit After Breast Cancer Irradiation However, most women declined the therapy in this study Feb 08, 2024
Mixed Results in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer With Add-On Fruquintinib Significant improvement in PFS, but not OS, versus chemo alone in the second-line setting Feb 07, 2024
Pulled Myeloma Drug May Have a Role in Treating the Disease After All Belantamab mafodotin boosts PFS by nearly 2 years when combined with bortezomib, dexamethasone Feb 07, 2024
Smokers Who Quit and Stick With It See Greatest Reduction in Cancer Risk Cessation at any age proved helpful for lowering cancer risk Feb 06, 2024
Smoking Tied to Increased Mortality From Early-Stage Melanoma Association only see among current smokers, however Feb 06, 2024
Patients and Doctors Push Back Against the Harsh Side Effects of Cancer Drugs "If the patients are not taking the drug, then it's not going to work" Feb 06, 2024
King Charles' Health History; Supreme Court to Weigh COVID Misinfo; Toby Keith Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区app staff Feb 06, 2024
All-Oral Therapy Promising in Higher-Risk MDS, CMML In small trial, overall response rate was 95% Feb 05, 2024
Health Effects of Diabetes Remission; High-Deductible Plans for Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: USPSTF weighs in on screening for language disorders or delays in kids Feb 03, 2024 podcast
A Win for Trabectedin in High-Grade Myxoid Liposarcoma? Statistics support noninferiority versus more toxic chemotherapy, but results far from definitive Feb 02, 2024
Progress in Early Cancer Diagnosis; Breast Cancer in Younger Women; Diet and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 02, 2024
Improved Fitness May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk Observational study finds reduced incidence in men who increased their cardiorespiratory fitness Feb 01, 2024
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Tied to a Range of Cancers, CDC Study Says Health risks now more firmly established, but study falls short of being definitive Feb 01, 2024
Pushback on Rule for Surgical Lymph Node Sampling During Lung Resection Surgeons debate the right standard for lymph node dissection in lung cancer Jan 31, 2024
Sequential Therapy Boosts Survival in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Phase II study shows a 32% reduced risk of death compared with standard treatment Jan 31, 2024
Shannen Doherty's 'Miracle Treatment'; Adult 'Diaper Spa'? Israel Raids Hospital Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区app staff Jan 31, 2024
Most Immunocompromised Patients Clear Omicron Infections B-cell malignancies, B-cell treatments associated with longer duration of infection Jan 30, 2024
