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January 22, 2021
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Pembrolizumab prolongs PFS vs. chemotherapy for certain patients with colorectal cancer

Pembrolizumab prolongs PFS vs. chemotherapy for certain patients with colorectal cancer

Pembrolizumab monotherapy demonstrated superior PFS and PFS2 compared with standard-of-care chemotherapy among patients with microsatellite-instability high/mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer.

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December 28, 2020
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National Association for Proton Therapy launches physician advisory committee

National Association for Proton Therapy launches physician advisory committee

National Association for Proton Therapy created a physician advisory committee to provide advice on topics such as clinical research, patient education and insurance reimbursement.

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December 10, 2020
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Agent provides ‘unprecedented’ response duration in heavily pretreated breast cancer

Agent provides ‘unprecedented’ response duration in heavily pretreated breast cancer

An updated analysis of the phase 2 DESTINY-Breast01 study showed fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki continued to benefit women with heavily pretreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

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December 06, 2020
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Belumosudil shows promise for chronic GVHD

Belumosudil shows promise for chronic GVHD

Belumosudil conferred high overall response rates at two dose levels among patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, according to results of the phase 2 ROCKstar study presented at the virtual ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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December 05, 2020
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HSCT significantly improves outcomes among older patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

HSCT significantly improves outcomes among older patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

Older patients with myelodysplastic syndrome who underwent donor-matched allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant had significantly improved survival outcomes compared with those who did not have a matched donor, study results showed.

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December 02, 2020
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Cancer researchers receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Cancer researchers receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Several oncology researchers received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

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November 30, 2020
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Studies show feasibility, potential of cascade testing for cancer-associated pathogenic variants

Studies show feasibility, potential of cascade testing for cancer-associated pathogenic variants

Melissa K. Frey, MD, does not believe a woman who has just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer should be responsible for telling her relatives they also may be at risk.

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November 25, 2020
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A decade of success: CAR-T pioneers reflect on past, look toward future

Ten years ago, researchers at NCI reported use of CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy that successfully induced remission in a patient with follicular lymphoma.

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November 25, 2020
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Addition of SBRT to nivolumab fails to improve outcomes in metastatic head and neck cancer

Addition of SBRT to nivolumab fails to improve outcomes in metastatic head and neck cancer

The addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy to nivolumab did not improve outcomes among a cohort of patients with metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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November 24, 2020
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Prognostic model identifies patients with CLL at risk for ibrutinib failure

Prognostic model identifies patients with CLL at risk for ibrutinib failure

A four-factor prognostic model identified patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who had poorer survival outcomes with ibrutinib, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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