Oncology
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Aspirin linked to reduced bladder, breast cancer mortality
“The results presented here add to the accumulating evidence that aspirin may improve survival for some cancers.”
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COVID-19 vaccination in cancer patients: NCCN outlines priorities
Recommended timing of vaccination varies based on cancer and treatment type.
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U.S. cancer death rates drop for second year in a row
Mortality from cancer continues to decline in the United States, driven largely by major reductions in death rates from non–small cell lung cancer...
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FDA OKs osimertinib as first adjuvant drug for NSCLC
The approval is based on results of the ADAURA trial.
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Childhood Hodgkin survivors have neurocognitive impairment
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Durable responses with anti-BCMA CAR T-cell for multiple myeloma
Seventy-two percent of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma had ongoing responses at the time of data cutoff in the CARTITUDE-1...
Conference Coverage
Allogeneic transplant leads to durable remissions in T-cell lymphomas
Retrospective study demonstrates overall survival over 50% at 5 years, though transplant-related mortality and graft-versus-host disease need to...
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FDA approves first agent for PSMA-PET imaging in prostate cancer
The diagnostic agent Gallium 68 PSMA-11 has been approved for institutional use only.
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New drug approved for relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase COVID-19 incidence or mortality, studies suggest
Cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are not significantly more likely to develop or die from COVID-19, two studies suggest...