In this slide show we take a look back at the past year in cancer news and research, with some of our most read stories of 2015 including new immunotherapy approvals, a look at the overtreatment of DCIS, a study on fish oil and chemoresistance, and more.
“When we give the most effective therapy at the time of new diagnosis, we get the most value out of the effort and time that we and our patients are spending,” said Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO.
The ROADS investigators reported no differences between cesium-131 tile-based radiation therapy and SRT in quality of life, functional status, or neurocognitive function.
“It should be protocol that 100% of your patients with metastatic prostate cancer get germline testing. Full stop. No exceptions,” said Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS.
In the phase 3 NRG-CC009 trial, SRS led to longer overall survival vs HA-WBRT plus memantine with similar neurocognitive failure in SCLC brain metastases.