Head & Neck/Thyroid Cancers
News
Skip SNL biopsy for desmoplastic melanoma
Key clinical point: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with head or neck desmoplastic melanoma is positive only 6% of the time, and it doesn’t...
Conference Coverage
Testosterone might counteract chemotherapy heart damage
Key clinical point: Adjunct testosterone improved cardiac function in head, neck, and cervical cancer patients undergoing standard treatment in a...
News
FDA grants priority review to nivolumab for head and neck cancer
News
SU2C announces researcher-industry collaboration on immunotherapy
News
Pembrolizumab paired with immunostimulator is safe and tolerable
Combining an immunostimulator with pembrolizumab had good tolerability and safety, in a small phase Ib study.
News
MyPathway: Targeted therapies show promise in nonindicated tumors
Agents that target the HER2, BRAF, Hedgehog, or EGFR pathways show promise in nonindicated tumor types that harbor these molecular alterations,...
Conference Coverage
Resection of recurrence shows survival benefit for adrenocortical carcinoma
Key clinical point: Surgery carries a significant survival benefit in patients with recurrent adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Major finding:...
Original Report
Prognostic significance of HPV status in postoperative squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Conference Coverage
Accuracy of gene test for thyroid nodules questioned
BALTIMORE – Biopsy results from a commercially available genetic test for ruling out malignancy of thyroid nodules may not provide reliable...
Article
Mining for information, participation in clinical trials
News
Sentinel node biopsies may be useful in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
ORLANDO – Sentinel node biopsies may be a useful staging tool for patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck, based on...