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April 28, 2025
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Perioperative immunotherapy ‘a new frontier’ for head, neck cancer

The addition of neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab to standard of care significantly improved outcomes for certain patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to results of a randomized phase 3 study.

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April 02, 2025
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Less than 50% of women with breast cancer resume endocrine therapy after pregnancy

Most women with breast cancer who paused endocrine therapy to get pregnant did not restart treatment after having a child, according to results of a nearly 25-year retrospective study.

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April 01, 2025
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‘Bill of Rights’ would emphasize people with cancer have a ‘voice’ in their care

Joseph O. Jacobson, MD, MSc, teaches fellows that patients with cancer can suffer in three different ways.

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April 01, 2025
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Depression, anxiety prevalent among adults with lymphoma, multiple myeloma

More than half of patients recently diagnosed with lymphoma or myeloma had clinically significant symptoms of anxiety or depression, according to study results.

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March 05, 2025
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Subcutaneous adjuvant regimen for breast cancer reduces ‘time toxicity’ of treatment

Subcutaneous administration of trastuzumab and pertuzumab significantly shortened the time patients with stage I HER2-positive breast cancer spent getting treatment compared with IV delivery, according to results of a prospective study.

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February 20, 2025
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Over a quarter of adolescents, young adults with cancer who want to die at home do not

More than one-fourth of adolescents and young adults with cancer who wished to die at home did not attain this goal, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

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February 10, 2025
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CBD may relieve ‘scanxiety’ among women with advanced breast cancer

Cannabidiol may reduce scan-related anxiety among women with advanced breast cancer, according to results of randomized phase 2 study results.

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February 05, 2025
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‘More work to do’ to determine cost-effectiveness of universal Duffy testing

SAN DIEGO — Lauren E. Merz, MD, MSc, can still feel both the relief and anger two parents expressed during her first year of medical school at University of Michigan.

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February 03, 2025
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VIDEO: ‘Encouraging’ data from two groups assessing blinatumomab, ponatinib in ALL

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Marlise R. Luskin, MD, MSCE, highlights updates from two groups evaluating blinatumomab and ponatinib for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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January 23, 2025
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Glucarpidase improves recovery after chemotherapy-induced kidney toxicity

Glucarpidase significantly improved kidney function for patients who developed acute kidney injury from high-dose methotrexate, according to results of a large, multicenter observational study.

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