Cancer Center Aims to Evaluate Proton Therapy in NSCLC
November 7, 2019
Proton therapy’s direct and precise application of radiation for mid-stage lung cancer is being investigated in an ongoing phase III trial at the University of Cincinnati.
Seth Augenstein
MD Anderson Partners with Takeda to Develop CAR Natural Killer-Cell Therapy
November 7, 2019
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have entered an exclusive license agreement and research agreement to develop and market chimeric antigen receptor-directed natural killer-cell therapies.
Black, Elderly Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment for Lung Cancer
November 7, 2019
About a fifth of patients with lung cancer in the United States receive no treatment at all, while approximately 6 in 10 receive the minimal treatments recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Genomic Testing Costs Not Always Addressed by Oncologists, Survey Says
November 6, 2019
Conversations about the financial realities of genomic testing are not always taking place, according to a new study by the American Cancer Society.
Certain Chemo May Cause Mutations in ALL Recurrence
November 6, 2019
A new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds that a subset of pediatric ALL relapses may be triggered by the very chemotherapy which helped patients beat the cancer the first time.
UK Researchers Develop Blood Test for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
November 6, 2019
A blood test which may detect the traces of developing breast cancer through autoantibodies years before clinical signs show themselves is now proposed by researchers in the United Kingdom.
Expert Discusses Service Focused on Immunotherapy-Related AEs
November 5, 2019
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Severe Immunotherapy Complications Service focuses on the increasing number of “rare” cases of immunotherapy-related adverse events.
Lenvatinib, Pembrolizumab Combo Shows Promising Results in Metastatic RCC
November 5, 2019
Treatment with lenvatinib and pembrolizumab has shown promise in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma who have already received an immune checkpoint inhibitor.
Ultrasound Plus Machine Learning Identifies Thyroid Cancer
November 4, 2019
Machine learning of ultrasound scans could provide a preliminary method of screening for thyroid cancer.
Investigational Drug Shows Promise in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
November 4, 2019
A new investigational drug called ADCT-402 that combines a cell-killing compound with a monoclonal antibody shows early promise for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
