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December 26, 2021
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VIDEO: Positive trial results on selective estrogen receptor degrader 'exciting'

VIDEO: Positive trial results on selective estrogen receptor degrader 'exciting'

Ian E. Krop, MD, PhD, associate chief of the division of breast oncology in the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, spoke with Healio about a recent study on elacestrant.

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December 23, 2021
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VIDEO: Datopotamab deruxtecan appears 'quite active' in pretreated breast cancer subset

VIDEO: Datopotamab deruxtecan appears 'quite active' in pretreated breast cancer subset

In this video, Ian E. Krop, MD, PhD, associate chief of the division of breast oncology in the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses results from the TROPION-PanTumor01 study.

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December 23, 2021
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Top in hem/onc: Breast cancer overdiagnosed, high-risk prostate cancer tool

Top in hem/onc: Breast cancer overdiagnosed, high-risk prostate cancer tool

Data from a study found that one in seven women in the U.S. will be overdiagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes.

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December 22, 2021
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FDA clears IND application for allogeneic CAR-T to treat certain solid tumors

FDA clears IND application for allogeneic CAR-T to treat certain solid tumors

The FDA cleared an investigational new drug application for P-MUC1C-ALLO1, a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy designed to treat adults with locally advanced or metastatic epithelial-derived solid tumors.

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December 22, 2021
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New NASA radiation exposure limit would bring equality to female, male astronauts

New NASA radiation exposure limit would bring equality to female, male astronauts

A committee of experts from science, medicine and academia, among other fields, has recommended NASA proceed with a proposal for a universal, career-long radiation dose limit for all astronauts.

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December 22, 2021
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Experts in oncology help advise NASA on space radiation health standard for astronauts

Experts in oncology help advise NASA on space radiation health standard for astronauts

A select group of people who spend their day jobs fighting cancer — as surgical oncologists, radiation epidemiologists, or working in radiobiology and bionanotechnology — had a unique opportunity to lend their expertise to NASA.

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December 21, 2021
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VIDEO: ‘Important’ positive, negative study results presented at SABCS

VIDEO: ‘Important’ positive, negative study results presented at SABCS

In this video, Susan M. Domchek, MD, executive director of the Basser Center for BRCA and the director of the MacDonald Cancer Risk Evaluation Center at Penn Medicine, spoke with Healio about highlights from the San Antonia Breast Cancer Symposium.

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December 20, 2021
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VIDEO: Breast cancer with high tumor mutation burden may benefit from checkpoint inhibitors

VIDEO: Breast cancer with high tumor mutation burden may benefit from checkpoint inhibitors

Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, spoke with Healio about results from the NIMBUS trial presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2021.

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December 20, 2021
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Dietary supplement use common among adults with cancer despite no proven benefit

Dietary supplement use common among adults with cancer despite no proven benefit

Use of dietary supplements appeared common among adults who had been diagnosed with cancer, many of whom believed the supplements could lower the risk for disease recurrence despite a lack of proven benefit, according to a study in Cancer.

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December 18, 2021
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10 important studies you may have missed from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Healio provided comprehensive coverage of this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

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