Higher Intensity Therapy and Surgical Risk in Esophageal Cancer Higher Intensity Therapy and Surgical Risk in Esophageal Cancer
Combining standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer with either radiation or docetaxel did not increase the risk of surgical complications, investigators in the JCOG1109 trial reported.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 29, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
New Standard for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer New Standard for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Neoadjuvant mFOLFIRINOX was associated with favorable overall survival compared to historical data, but the addition of hypofractionated radiotherapy did not improve outcomes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
New Standard for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer New Standard for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Neoadjuvant mFOLFIRINOX was associated with favorable overall survival compared to historical data, but the addition of hypofractionated radiotherapy did not improve outcomes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 20, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
New suspicious lesions on breast MRI in neoadjuvant therapy
(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to ARRS'American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), new suspicious findings occurred in 5.5% of breast MRI examinations performed to monitor response to neoadjuvant therapy; none of these new lesions were malignant. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 14, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Tumor Reduction After Neoadjuvant Therapy May Predict Survival Tumor Reduction After Neoadjuvant Therapy May Predict Survival
Reduction in tumor size between diagnosis and surgery is associated with improved survival, according to a new single-center, retrospective analysis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Early Breast Cancer Highlights From SABCS 2020 Early Breast Cancer Highlights From SABCS 2020
Highlights in early breast cancer from SABCS 2020 include data indicating that more HR+ women can skip adjuvant chemotherapy, and neoadjuvant atezolizumab does not worsen quality of life in early TNBC.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology ReCAP Source Type: news
European Commission approves Roche ’s Phesgo (fixed-dose combination of Perjeta and Herceptin for subcutaneous injection) for people with HER2-positive breast cancer
Basel, 23 December 2020 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the European Commission has approved Phesgo®, a fixed-dose combination of Perjeta® (pertuzumab) and Herceptin® (trastuzumab) with hyaluronidase, administered by subcutaneous (SC; under the skin) injection for the treatment of early and metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.“This approval represents a significant step forward in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer,” said Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., Roche’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development. “The innovation of Phesgo significantly reduces the ti...
Source: Roche Media News - December 23, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
European Commission approves Roche ’s Phesgo (fixed-dose combination of Perjeta and Herceptin for subcutaneous injection) for people with HER2-positive breast cancer
Basel, 23 December 2020 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the European Commission has approved Phesgo®, a fixed-dose combination of Perjeta® (pertuzumab) and Herceptin® (trastuzumab) with hyaluronidase, administered by subcutaneous (SC; under the skin) injection for the treatment of early and metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.“This approval represents a significant step forward in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer,” said Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., Roche’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development. “The innovation of Phesgo significantly reduces the ti...
Source: Roche Investor Update - December 23, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
PET/MRI, CT metrics assess pathologic response of pancreas cancer to neoadjuvant therapy
(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to an open-access Editor's Choice article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), post-neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) changes in metabolic metrics from PET/MRI and morphologic metrics from CT were associated with pathologic response and overall survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 9, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Immediate Breast Reconstruction Feasible Following Neoadjuvant Chemo Immediate Breast Reconstruction Feasible Following Neoadjuvant Chemo
Long-term oncologic outcomes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer are similar with immediate breast reconstruction and conventional mastectomy alone, regardless of response to chemo, according to a retrospective study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
' Watch and Wait' Feasible for Some Rectal Cancer Patients
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 -- A " watch-and-wait " (WW) strategy may be an option for carefully selected patients who achieve a complete response (CR) to neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) for rectal adenocarcinoma, according to a study published online... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 3, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
In Prostate Cancer, ADT After RT Better Than Before RT In Prostate Cancer, ADT After RT Better Than Before RT
Oncologic outcomes are all significantly better when androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is given in the adjuvant rather than the neoadjuvant setting.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 30, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Oncotarget: quantitative ultrasound radiomics in prediction of treatment response for breast cancer
(Impact Journals LLC) The cover for Issue 42 ofOncotarget features Figure 4, " Generation of parametric and texture maps from radiofrequency data, " recently published in " Quantitative ultrasound radiomics using texture derivatives in prediction of treatment response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer " by Dasgupta, et al. which reported that to investigate quantitative ultrasound based higher-order texture derivatives in predicting the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Image-Guided Biopsy May Help Some Avoid Breast Cancer Surgery Image-Guided Biopsy May Help Some Avoid Breast Cancer Surgery
Following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, image-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) can reliably identify a subgroup of patients with no residual disease in the breast, according to an analysis of pooled data drawn from three continents.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - October 20, 2020 Category: Pathology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Dual checkpoint blockade promising as pre-surgical approach for certain patients with localized bladder cancer
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Phase I trial finds neoadjuvant combination checkpoint inhibitors (anti-CTLA-4 plus anti-PD-1) was well tolerated and showed early signs of activity in certain patients with bladder cancer. These patients cannot be treated with chemotherapy and have no standard treatment options available. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 12, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
