Novel Chemoimmunotherapy Regimen Wows in Pediatric Neuroblastoma "I've never seen anything like this," researcher says of 3-year event-free survival rate Dec 06, 2021
States Didn't Follow CDC Recs to Prioritize COVID Vaccine for Cancer Patients Only 17 states gave cancer patients the same immunization priority as those ages 65-74 Dec 02, 2021
'Actual' 5-Year Survival Rate of 27% After Surgery, Chemo for Pancreatic Cancer Fewer than half of the survivors remained recurrence- or disease-free Nov 19, 2021
Ceritinib Shows Promise in ALK-Positive Pediatric Malignancies Responses seen in neuroblastoma, among other tumors Nov 17, 2021
Tumor Spill Common in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomies for Endometrial Cancer Few surgeons in survey reported changing post-op management after spillage Nov 16, 2021
Chemo-ICI Combo Promising in Soft Tissue Sarcoma PFS rate of 69% at 12 weeks in liposarcoma patients with eribulin and pembrolizumab Nov 14, 2021
Active Surveillance Still the Best Bet in Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis GRAFITI trial show's less than a third of watched patients eventually need active treatment Nov 13, 2021
T-Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Rare Sarcomas Afami-cel induced durable responses in synovial sarcoma and myxoid/round cell liposarcoma Nov 12, 2021
Preterm Birth Drug Tied to Cancer Risk in Those Exposed in Utero Mothers who took 17-OHPC for miscarriage in the 1950s and 1960s had offspring at greater risk Nov 12, 2021
High COVID Complication Rates in Sarcoma Patients Half of patients in registry-based study were hospitalized Nov 12, 2021
Ripretinib Continues to Demonstrate Benefit in Advanced GIST Updated analysis shows stable PFS, improved OS Nov 11, 2021
Benzene Found in Spray Deodorants Now Too, Valisure Says Online pharmacy has previously petitioned FDA regarding contaminated hand sanitizers, sunscreens Nov 05, 2021
Primary RT Fares Well in Abbreviated Trial for HPV Oropharyngeal Cancer No deaths, progression with RT after early termination because of deaths in surgery arm Oct 29, 2021
Pathologists Consider 'Workaround' So Patients Don't Freak Out Over EHR Bad News Doctors worry patients will misconstrue language or be psychologically harmed without guidance Oct 28, 2021
Gentler Adjuvant RT Could Be Viable for Some HPV-Positive Oral Cancers Those with extranodal extension didn't fare as well Oct 27, 2021
Rare Aggressive Bladder Cancer Treated Successfully in Elderly Man Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by cystectomy achieves complete response Oct 21, 2021
A Better Option for Preserving Fertility in Gynecologic Cancer Patients? In vitro maturation can result in both embryos and oocyte vitrification, researcher says Oct 19, 2021
The Price Tag of FDA's 'Onco-Exceptionalism' Substantial use of certain cancer drugs without an overall survival benefit Oct 18, 2021
Abiraterone Active in Androgen Receptor-Positive Salivary Tumors Disease control in 62.5% of a small cohort, including five partial responses Oct 14, 2021
What Happens When All the Great Doctors Are Gone? In commemoration of the late Elihu (Eli) Estey, MD Oct 13, 2021
What's the Best Way to Treat Femur Breaks From Bone Metastases? No difference in outcomes between long-stem hemiarthroplasty and intramedullary nailing Oct 10, 2021
Pediatric Sarcoma Patients Face Late Amputation Risk Decades Later Study finds about 18% required amputation long after initial limb salvage surgery Oct 09, 2021
Take Sarcoma Research Based on Registry Data With a Grain of Salt Many studies using SEER/NCDB registries often generated disparate outcomes Oct 08, 2021
No Benefit for Longer-Duration Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Limb Salvage Surgical site infections similar versus shorter-duration prophylactic IV regimen Oct 08, 2021
Antibiotic Could Thwart Costly Sarcoma Surgery Complication Benefit seen for adding "anaerobic coverage" to standard perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis Oct 07, 2021
Can the Death Rattle Be Silenced? Randomized trial says yes, but results may be challenging to put into practice Oct 05, 2021
Fully Automated Capsule Endoscopy Feasible for Gastric Exams Minimally invasive, magnetically controlled capsule comparable to conventional endoscopy Sep 23, 2021
Checkpoint Inhibitors Whiff in Head and Neck Cancer Trials Avelumab, nivolumab-ipilimumab, pembrolizumab miss endpoints in separate studies Sep 23, 2021
In RA, Little Risk for Recurrent Cancer With Biologic Treatment Results important because most trials excluded patients with previous cancer, researchers note Sep 23, 2021
Study Finds More Later-Stage CRC Diagnoses During Pandemic Japanese registry data reveals increase in stage III colorectal cancer, drops in earlier disease Sep 22, 2021
Survey Says: Support Is Lacking for Cancer's Lingering Effects Survivors report dissatisfaction with long-term support Sep 22, 2021
Angiogenesis Inhibitor Slows Extrapancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Almost 7-month increase in median PFS with addition of axitinib to endocrine therapy Sep 21, 2021
Bifunctional Protein Shows Promise in HPV-Related Cancers Objective responses in 28% of pretreated patients, durable in most cases Sep 20, 2021
Sunitinib Effective in Very Rare Neuroendocrine Tumor The TKI boosted PFS in patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma Sep 20, 2021
Some Reassurance on Cancer Risk With RAI Therapy for Hyperthyroidism No overall risk increase in large meta-analysis, but higher risk seen for thyroid cancer Sep 17, 2021
Stanley Tucci's Tongue Cancer The Oscar-nominated actor opens up about his private battle Sep 13, 2021
9/11 Responders Face Higher Risk of Multiple Cancers Longer follow-up sheds light on the long-term consequences of exposure to disaster site Sep 10, 2021
Durable Responses With IL-15 Superagonist in Early Bladder Cancer Addition of N-803 led to better responses in BCG-unresponsive disease Sep 10, 2021
Cancer Patients, COVID-19, and Long-Term Effects Preventing COVID sequelae can minimize disruption of cancer care, European study finds Sep 09, 2021
