Oncology NEWS International Vol 14 No 1

January 02, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 02, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 02, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

BETHESDA, Maryland-Data from the randomized, phase III E3200 trial show that patients with advanced colorectal cancer who were treated with bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with the oxaliplatin (Eloxatin)-based regimen known as FOLFOX4 had a significant survival advantage, compared with patients treated with FOLFOX4 alone. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released the results from an interim analysis at the recommendation of the trial’s data monitoring committee (DMC), after the trial monitors determined that the study had met its primary endpoint of improved overall survival.

January 01, 2005

ATLANTA-A randomized trial finds that most women aged 50 or older who underwent breast-conserving surgery for early-stage breast cancer need radiation therapy (RT) in addition to tamoxifen to minimize the risk of a breast relapse. However, the data also suggest that selected women aged 60 or older may be able to safely skip radiation therapy. Lead author Anthony W. Fyles, MD, a radiation oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada, presented findings of the trial at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (abstract 2). (For a full report, see N Engl J Med 351:963-970, 2004).

January 01, 2005

SAN DIEGO, California-An investigational drug, BMS-354825, overcame resistance to imatinib (Gleevec) in Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients in two small but dramatic phase I trials presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). After up to 9 months of treatment with BMS-354825, 31 of 36 chronic-phase patients (86%) had a complete hematological response, Charles L. Sawyers, MD, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher at UCLA, reported (abstract 1). Among 29 patients who reached 3 months on treatment and could be evaluated for cytogenetic response, 13 responses were observed overall, including 8 major cytogenetic responses (28%), of which 5 were complete.

January 01, 2005

ATLANTA-Two neoadjuvant chemoradiation regimens-one using hyperfractionated radiation therapy and one using intensified chemotherapy-achieved pathologic complete responses (pCRs) in more than one-fourth of patients with advanced distal rectal cancer, according to a randomized phase II study. Mohammed Mohiuddin, MD, presented the findings at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (abstract 16).

January 01, 2005

ROCKVILLE, Maryland-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Amgen’s Kepivance (pal-ifermin) for use in decreasing the incidence and duration of severe oral mucositis in hematologic cancer patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy, with or without radiation, followed by bone marrow transplantation. The drug’s labeling recommends its intravenous administration for 6 days, 3 days before and 3 days after myelotoxic therapy.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.

January 01, 2005

This supplement to Oncology News International includes 17 reportson clinical trials of targeted therapies used alone, in combination with chemotherapy,or in combination with each other in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),bronchoalveolar carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, and renal cell carcinoma.Included is a report on a novel targeted agent recently approved for treatment of NSCLC.