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July 15, 2022
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Levine Cancer Institute brings supportive oncology services together in one location

Levine Cancer Institute brings supportive oncology services together in one location

Cancer treatment is often focused on the immediate goal of curing or managing the disease.

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April 07, 2022
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Lumpectomy, mastectomy confer similar survival outcomes for young women with breast cancer

Lumpectomy, mastectomy confer similar survival outcomes for young women with breast cancer

Younger women with nonmetastatic breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery experienced similar OS as those who underwent mastectomy, according to study results.

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January 06, 2022
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COVID-19 mortality risk higher among older patients with B-cell malignancies

COVID-19 mortality risk higher among older patients with B-cell malignancies

Older patients with B-cell malignancies diagnosed with COVID-19 had a substantially higher risk for death than their counterparts aged 60 years or younger, according to study results published in JCO Oncology Practice.

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September 29, 2021
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Improving dose optimization in oncology: The sotorasib example

Improving dose optimization in oncology: The sotorasib example

Until the last decade, efforts to develop a therapy that successfully targeted the KRAS mutation had been futile.

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August 24, 2021
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Q&A: Specialist says neuro-oncology needs more awareness, funding, research

Q&A: Specialist says neuro-oncology needs more awareness, funding, research

Neuro-oncologists must grapple daily with precarious brain tumors that are often masked by common symptoms such as a headache or seizure.

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June 18, 2021
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BCMA-directed CAR-T shows ‘impressive’ durability for advanced multiple myeloma

BCMA-directed CAR-T shows ‘impressive’ durability for advanced multiple myeloma

More than 80% of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma remained alive 18 months after receiving a single infusion of ciltacabtagene autoleucel, according to the latest results of a phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial.

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April 05, 2021
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Pharmacogenetic testing may improve outcomes for patients with depression

Pharmacogenetic testing may improve outcomes for patients with depression

COVID-19 has caused major physical and psychological harm for millions of Americans.

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March 22, 2021
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Minimally invasive surgery may be effective for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer

Minimally invasive surgery may be effective for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer

Minimally invasive interval debulking surgery may benefit women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, findings presented at Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer showed.

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January 19, 2021
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Atezolizumab-bevacizumab combination provides ‘longest survival seen’ in advanced HCC

Atezolizumab-bevacizumab combination provides ‘longest survival seen’ in advanced HCC

Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab conferred the longest OS seen in a phase 3 study for treatment-naive advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, according to updated results of the IMbrave150 study presented at Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

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December 19, 2020
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Multiple myeloma specialist receives excellence award

Multiple myeloma specialist receives excellence award

Saad Z. Usmani, MD, FACP, received the Multiple Myeloma Excellence Award from the International Congress on Controversies in Multiple Myeloma.

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