News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: April 5, 2016
Key clinical point: Leptomeningeal metastases from melanoma yield a poor prognosis, but patients may benefit from systemic targeted therapy and im...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 21, 2016
Key clinical point: After adjusting for C-reactive protein (CRP), lower vitamin D levels were independently associated with worse outcomes in mela...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 21, 2016
Key clinical point: After adjusting for C-reactive protein (CRP), lower vitamin D levels were independently associated with worse outcomes in mela...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 21, 2016
Key clinical point: Farletuzumab combined with carboplatin and taxane improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patien...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 16, 2016
Key clinical point: Aberrations in the RPS15 gene before therapy may be an indicator of aggressive pathobiology in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 14, 2016
Key clinical point: Adding 6-month androgen suppression (AS) to radiotherapy (RT) at doses of 70 Gy, 74 Gy, or 78 Gy improved biochemical disease-...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 12, 2016
A more intensive induction treatment with the doublet regimen lenalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone administered for a limited duration (9 months) ...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 7, 2016
Key clinical point: In randomized trials of advanced soft tissue sarcoma, intermediate endpoints of progression-free survival and response rate we...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 7, 2016
Key clinical point: Approximately 15% of patients with advanced melanoma treated with pembrolizumab had unique response patterns, and RECIST crite...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 7, 2016
Key clinical point: In men with castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with docetaxel, overall survival was worse with liver metastasis than...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 3, 2016
Key clinical point: Despite prior exposure to multiple regimens, clinical benefit was observed in several patients with advanced solid tumors, inc...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: March 2, 2016
Key clinical point: Radiotherapy for prostate cancer was associated with a higher risk of secondary malignancies of the bladder, colon, and rectum...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: February 29, 2016
Key clinical point: Micrometastasis detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining for cytokeratin (AE1/AE3) in the lymph nodes of patients with ...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: February 29, 2016
Key clinical point: Patients with hormone-receptor–positive (HR-positive) breast cancer at high risk for recurrence by traditional parameter...
News Author: Jennifer Shepphird Publish date: February 29, 2016
Key clinical point: The Ki-67 index was superior to cytology and growth pattern as a prognostic factor in mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL).
