November 9th 2024
Nurse navigators and APPs are key members of the multidisciplinary team who can lead and implement QI efforts to ensure timely and effective biomarker testing for patients with early-stage NSCLC.
42nd Annual CFS: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Annual Hematology Meeting: Preceding the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 6, 2024
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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22nd Annual Winter Lung Cancer Conference®
January 31, 2025 - February 2, 2025
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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18th Annual New York GU Cancers Congress™
March 28-29, 2025
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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26th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-26, 2025
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Nurses Can Help in Multidisciplinary Management of HIV-Infected Cancer
February 28th 2018As part of a multidisciplinary team, nurses often reference guidelines to assist in treatment decisions for patients with cancer. Now, they also have guidance on how to treat individuals that comprise an underserved population of patients: those living with HIV and cancer.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Lorlatinib for Patients With ALK+ NSCLC
February 13th 2018Pfizer announced that the FDA has granted a priority review to a new drug application for lorlatinib, an ALK inhibitor, for use in patients with ALK-positive metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed on 1 or more ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
Patients With Brain Metastases May Now Have a Better Chance of Inclusion in Clinical Trials
February 2nd 2018Patients whose cancers have metastasized to the brain or central nervous system are often excluded from clinical trials, but now, new guidelines may help researchers identify appropriate clinical trials in which these people may be included.
Cisplatin May Cause Ototoxicity
January 12th 2018Cisplatin, a platinum-based chemotherapy agent that is used to treat testicular cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer and head and neck cancer, has been found to cause a significant amount of hearing loss in patients, according to a recent article published in Nature Communications.
Expert Examines Immunotherapy's Role in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
November 29th 2017“Immunotherapy is a new option for patients and is well established,” said George R. Blumenschein, MD. “We are refining how we use it. There will be a number of additional refinements as we have the new data that will be coming forward in the next few months.”
Durvalumab Shows "Clear Improvement" in Lung Cancer Outcomes
September 14th 2017"This is a clear improvement in the outcome, with increased PFS—by about 11 months—consistent improvement in response rate, and decreases in the development of metastatic disease," said lead investigator Luis Paz-Ares, MD, chair, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre.