Sarcoma News

Adolescents and young adults with sarcoma prescribed opioids for pain often continued using those substances after treatment completion, according to study results published in Cancer.

Most patients with cancer demonstrated antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccination after two doses of the mRNA-1273 vaccine, according to an observational study published in JAMA Oncology.

Entrectinib demonstrated durable systemic and intracranial responses in patients with NTRK fusion-positive solid tumors, according to study results published in Clinical Cancer Research.

Use of proton beam therapy increased significantly among patients with cancer in the U.S. between 2004 and 2018, but Black individuals had a lower likelihood of receiving the therapy than their white counterparts.

THOROFARE, NJ — Healio is set to host the inaugural hematology/oncology Disruptive Innovators Award Reception during the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. The event will take place on June 4, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

BOSTON – Christy S. Harris, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, presented on the treatment of adult sarcomas at Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting.

Early data from a phase 1 trial showed encouraging clinical activity for an investigational chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy alone or in combination with an amplifying mRNA vaccine for patients with solid tumors.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer announced Thursday the launch of the James P. Allison Institute, a research and innovation hub that integrates immunobiology across disciplines to accelerate discoveries toward cancer cures.

As important as the care of Ukrainian citizens with cancer is to clinicians in that country, this priority has been overshadowed by more immediate concerns.

Just as physicians became accustomed to wearing pagers 40 years ago or being tied to smartphones 2 decades ago, many have become active on social media as it entered their practices.