Consolidation Durvalumab Improves Survival in Small Cell Lung Cancer Subgroups
September 14th 2024Consolidation durvalumab improved survival across subgroups of patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer based on factors associated with prior prophylactic cranial irradiation and concurrent chemoradiotherapy use.
Nivolumab/Chemo Improves Survival in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer
March 14th 2024The use of nivolumab plus chemotherapy as a standard frontline treatment has been supported by recent data from the phase 3 CheckMate 649 trial for patients with gastric, gastroesophageal junction, and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Making an Impact on Disparities in Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer
March 11th 2024Cancer teams, including oncology nurses, can make conscious choices to potentially alleviate the disparities that persist in hypofractionation, toxicity, and cardiac doses in radiotherapy for Black and Asian patients with breast cancer.
SBRT Plus Standard of Care Improves PFS in Oligoprogressive NSCLC
February 19th 2024Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy with standard-of-care therapy improved progression-free survival in patients with oligoprogressive non-small cell lung cancer, although the benefit was not seen in those with oligoprogressive breast cancer.
Tislelizumab Plus Chemo Improves Event-Free Survival in Stage II-IIIA NSCLC
February 17th 2024The use of perioperative tislelizumab plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been supported by findings from the phase 3 RATIONALE-315 study as a treatment for resectable stage II to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer.