Kristi Rosa

Several key abstracts presented at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting demonstrated practice-changing potential in the prostate cancer field, said Celestia S. Higano, MD, FACP.

Nurse coordinators and other healthcare professionals must work together to provide comprehensive lung cancer screening programs.

The FDA has granted an approval to a prefilled syringe for lanreotide (Somatuline Depot), which has been designed to enable healthcare providers to administer the injection easier, for the treatment of adults with unresectable, well or moderately differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

When it comes to the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (M0CRPC), 3 pivotal trials—SPARTAN, PROSPER, and most recently, ARAMIS—have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of second-generation targeted antiandrogens, said Richard (Rick) JaeBong Lee, MD, PhD.

Monoclonal antibodies and CAR-T cell therapy is changing the way that patients with myeloma are treated.

The immunotherapy agent showed promise in pre-treated patients with the disease.

The phase III AIM2CERV trial investigating axalimogene filolisbac (AXAL) in patients with cervical cancer has been placed on partial clinical hold by the FDA.

John Mendelsohn, MD, an internationally acclaimed leader in the medical field died January 7 at his home in Houston, Texas at the age of 82.

An ongoing randomized phase III clinical trial is investigating the safety and efficacy of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) as an adjuvant treatment in patients with high-risk, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) after definitive local therapy, compared with placebo.

Women between the ages of 30 and 39 who have at least 1 of 3 breast cancer risk factors may benefit from starting their annual mammography screening at age 30, according to results from a large-scale study that was presented at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting.