HemOnc Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of HemOnc Today.
Table of Contents
- Obesity, hepatitis C epidemics drive ‘alarming’ increase in liver cancer incidence, mortality
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- AACR: Breakthroughs in cancer research require ‘strong federal commitment’
- American Cancer Society, public health groups call for R rating on films that portray smoking
- Association of Community Cancer Centers names award recipients
- Chemoradiation researcher receives ASTRO honorary membership
- Fellows receive awards for minority health, health disparities research
- Fox Chase Cancer Center appoints head of medical oncology
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute dosimetrist to lead national association
- USPSTF: Cervical cancer screening ‘critically important’ in saving women’s lives
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- Physical activity and cancer outcomes: Growing evidence for the oncologist John Sweetenham, MD, FRCP, FACP
- FDA approves Opdivo for subtype of metastatic colorectal cancer
- FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Imfinzi for non-small cell lung cancer
- FDA grants orphan drug designation to H3B-8800 for leukemia
- FDA grants priority review to Gazyva for previously untreated follicular lymphoma
- Afatinib improves progression-free survival in subtypes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
- Aggressive breast cancers in black women may explain survival disparities
- Anal cancer survivors have increased risk for HPV–related second cancers
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- ASCO updates guideline on systemic therapy for non-small cell lung cancer
- Autologous stem cell transplant fails to improve outcomes in double-hit lymphoma
- CAR T-cell therapy effective for chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- Early palliative care may improve quality of life in patients with lung, gastrointestinal cancers
- Ferrous sulfate effective for pediatric iron-deficiency anemia
- Germline mutations found in sporadic pancreatic cancer
- Half of women with early-stage breast cancer consider prophylactic double mastectomy
- Malaria drug improves efficacy of glioblastoma treatment
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- Older patients with cancer may burden caregivers by overestimating physical abilities
- Overweight, obese adolescents at greater risk for colorectal cancer
- Risk for secondary cancers after Kaposi sarcoma has declined
- Vitamin A supplementation may improve outcomes after pediatric bone marrow transplant
- Abiraterone acetate plus prednisone improves health-related quality of life in metastatic prostate cancer
- Addition of ramucirumab to docetaxel extends PFS in advanced urothelial cancer
- Concomitant chemoradiation should be standard for locally advanced cervical cancer
- Convection-enhanced delivery appears safe in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
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- Hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy reduces morbidity in esophageal cancer
- Nivolumab superior to ipilimumab for adjuvant treatment of surgically resected melanoma
- Nivolumab with, without ipilimumab benefits patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
- Pembrolizumab extends survival in urothelial cancer
- Should patients with unresectable HCC undergo systemic therapy?