HemOnc Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of HemOnc Today.

Table of Contents

• Proton beam therapy at ‘tipping point’ due to inconsistent reimbursement, lack of comparative data
• Controlled studies needed to clarify aspirin’s role in cancer prevention David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
• Preoperative breast MRI: Too much of a good thing? Andrew D. Seidman, MD
• Suicide risk in patients with head and neck cancer: An area of urgent need Kelly E. Irwin, MD
• American Society of Breast Surgeons recommends against contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
• ASTRO Annual Meeting to reflect theme of ‘enhancing value, improving outcomes’
• The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center named best cancer hospital in nation
• End games, Charles Nesbitt Wilson and cancer survivorship John Sweetenham, MD, FRCP, FACP
• FDA approves Keytruda for recurrent, metastatic HNSCC
• FDA grants AXAL fast track designation to treat cervical cancer
• FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Darzalex for multiple myeloma
• Active surveillance improves colostomy-free survival in rectal cancer
• Adherence to thrombophilia screening guidelines appears low
• Antiviral therapy effective in patients with HCV, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Catheter-directed thrombolysis reduces post-thrombotic syndrome after DVT
• Financial strain worsens well-being, symptoms of patients with lung, colorectal cancer
• HCV increases risk for head and neck cancers
• Immediate ADT may improve OS in men with prostate cancer, rising PSA
• Low-dose CT screening predicts decreased risk of lung cancer
• Minimal residual disease predicts relapse, mortality in standard-risk AML
• Most older breast cancer survivors maintain cognitive function
• Obesity rates rising faster in cancer survivors than in general population
• Patients with head, neck cancers at greater risk for suicide
• Pooled analysis confirms clinical benefit of pembrolizumab for advanced melanoma
• Poor oral hygiene contributes to head, neck cancer risk
• Prasugrel fails to ease vaso-occlusion burden in sickle cell disease
• Racial disparities persist in survival outcomes of youth with hematologic malignancies
• Racial, treatment-related factors may influence bevacizumab efficacy in advanced cervical cancer
• Regular aspirin use reduces risk for gastrointestinal tract tumors
• Scoring system predicts outcomes for patients with MDS undergoing HSCT
• Studies address appropriate ways to notify, screen women with dense breasts
• Survivors of adult-onset cancer experience increased CVD risk
• Unknown risk factors contribute to risk for major bleeds during VKA therapy
• Use of preoperative MRI has increased among Canadian women with breast cancer
• Imaging features linked to EGFR mutations in NSCLC
• Induction chemotherapy demonstrates no survival benefit for head and neck cancer