Lisa Astor

July 09, 2021

A phase 2 study reported clinical efficacy from the use of frontline belzutifan in patients with Von-Hippel Lindau (VHL).

April 12, 2021

Lifileucel produced durable responses in advanced melanoma that was previously treated an an immunotherapy agent.

June 22, 2020

Significant differences were seen between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients with hematological malignancies in Texas in terms of the age of diagnosis and long-term survival outcomes. A population study presented in a press program ahead of the 2020 AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II revealed the health disparities between these 2 populations, including for patients living near the US/Mexico border.

May 29, 2020

Chemotherapy administered within 3 months of a diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increased the risk of death in patients with thoracic cancer, according to findings from the global TERAVOLT Consortium registry.

September 10, 2019

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the KRAS inhibitor AMG 510 for the treatment of patients who received prior treatment with KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC.

May 19, 2019

According to the MATCH trial, about a quarter of pediatric patients with cancer were able to be screened for targetable alterations in their tumor and directed to a treatment targeting that alteration.

February 02, 2019

In a presentation during the 16th Annual Winter Lung Conference™, Gregory J. Riely, MD, PhD, discussed the spectrum of activity of many of these FDA-approved EGFR TKIs.

December 29, 2018

A large pivotal phase III trial has been initiated to evaluate the potential for the first-line combination of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) and atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in comparison with standard-of-care sorafenib (Nexavar) for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

December 14, 2018

Delayed treatment with chemotherapy of more than 30 days after surgery for patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is associated with worse survival rates and outcomes than those who receive adjuvant chemotherapy within 30 days of their procedure, according to findings from a retrospective study performed in Peru presented at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

June 04, 2018

Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) who tracked their symptoms using the CYCORE (CYberinfrastructure for COmparative Effectiveness REsearch) system’s mobile and sensor technology experienced reduced symptom severity compared with those who received standard care, according to results of a large randomized trial.