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Bladder cancer indication withdrawn for durvalumab
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- Nick Mulcahy
AstraZeneca has withdrawn durvalumab’s indication for the treatment of metastatic bladder cancer after a phase 3 trial showed no survival benefit...
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Obesity ‘clearly’ not tied to worse survival in metastatic breast cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
For the first time, a large multicenter study explores the effects of obesity on outcomes among patients with...
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Case study: Maternal cervical cancer linked to neonate lung cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
Researchers report two cases of lung cancer transmitted via the birth canal from mothers with cervical cancer.
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After 48 years, NCI aims to track breast cancer recurrences
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- Nick Mulcahy
Breast cancer recurrence is greatly feared among survivors, for obvious reasons, but the National Cancer...
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‘Contrary’ to wide belief, abscopal effect is rare in cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
The abscopal effect, whereby tumors are reduced or eliminated even though they are situated outside the radiation field, was first described in...
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FDA OKs first oral hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
Relugolix is an oral form of androgen deprivation therapy.
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CTCs predict overall survival in metastatic breast cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
New data seem to support using circulating tumor cells to assess treatment efficacy in practice, but an expert has doubts.
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SABCS 2020: What’s hot, including a major chemotherapy trial
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- Nick Mulcahy
The world’s largest breast cancer meeting starts on Dec. 8.
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Testicular cancer link to below-the-waist scans, x-rays?
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- Nick Mulcahy
A case-control study finds that repeated exposure to diagnostic radiation below the waist is associated with...
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HHS extends deadline for patient access to your clinical notes
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- Nick Mulcahy
Government cites the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the delay.
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Patients can read your clinical notes starting Nov. 2
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- Nick Mulcahy
“Open notes” mandates immediate patient access to inpatient and outpatient notes and testing and imaging results.
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NCI may ‘kill’ major mammography trial, says adviser
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- Nick Mulcahy
An advisory group to the National Cancer Institute is reviewing the “feasibility and relevance” of the ongoing...
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Hair dye and cancer study ‘offers some reassurance’
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- Nick Mulcahy
The largest study of its kind found that, with the exception of breast and ovarian cancers, there is no tie...
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ASCO says ‘no’ to home infusions of cancer treatment, with exceptions
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- Nick Mulcahy
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has warned against intravenous infusion of chemotherapy and monoclonal antibodies in cancer patients’...
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FDA approves triple drug combo for melanoma
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- Nick Mulcahy
Atezolizumab plus cobimetinib and vemurafenib is now approved for BRAF V600mutation-positive advanced melanoma...