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Studies highlight potential for genomic testing in pediatric cancers
Precision medicine techniques such as whole-exome sequencing and tumor molecular profiling may improve the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric solid tumors, according to the results of two studies published in JAMA Oncology.
ORIEN precision cancer initiative designed to do what no single center can achieve alone
The Oncology Research Information Exchange Network precision cancer research collaboration has added three new partners to the team: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Morehouse School of Medicine and University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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VIDEO: Effort to systematize approach to medicine has ‘taken on a life of its own’
HemOnc Today’s Chief Medical Editors — Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD, and John Sweetenham, MD — discuss the proliferation of guidelines based on expert opinion rather than high-level data. They also highlight the potential for guidelines to create confusion or anxiety among patients, as well as influence payer decisions.
Long-term imatinib treatment may improve OS, RFS in high-risk GISTs
An extended course of adjuvant imatinib increased survival among patients with high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors, according to study results.
Biden to lead effort to expedite cancer research, find a cure
As part of his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced the launch of a national initiative to cure cancer that will be led by Vice President Joe Biden.
FDA grants orphan drug designation to GPX-150 for sarcoma
The FDA granted orphan drug designation to GPX-150 for the treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcoma, according to a press release from the drug’s manufacturer.
As number of cancer survivors grows, so does rate of second malignancies
There are approximately 14.5 million cancer survivors in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.
ASCO elects four members to board of directors
Four oncology leaders have been elected to ASCO’s board of directors.
Mayo Clinic researchers test scrambler therapy for pain
Scrambler therapy is a pain management approach that uses a machine to block the transmission of pain signals by providing non-pain information to nerve fibers that have been receiving pain messages.
Intensive, multi-agent regimen may prolong EFS in metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma
Pediatric and young adult patients with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma who had no more than one Oberlin risk factor experienced favorable EFS outcomes with intensive multi-agent therapy, according to study results from the Children’s Oncology Group.
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