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February 19, 2025
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Model may help identify breast cancer survivors at risk for lymphedema

A five-factor risk model effectively predicted 2-year lymphedema-free survival among a cohort of patients with breast cancer, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

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June 07, 2024
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Positive results in lung cancer show benefits of subcutaneous bispecifics

CHICAGO — The addition of subcutaneous amivantamab to lazertinib demonstrated noninferior pharmacokinetics and objective response rate compared with intravenous amivantamab, results from a phase 3 study showed.

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June 02, 2024
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Regimen confers ‘clinically meaningful’ PFS benefit in relapsed multiple myeloma

CHICAGO — The addition of belantamab mafodotin to pomalidomide and dexamethasone improved outcomes compared with standard care for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

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October 02, 2023
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Immunoglobulin prevents infections associated with anti-BCMA therapy for multiple myeloma

Prophylactic IV immunoglobulin supplementation reduced the risk for severe infections by 90% among adults receiving a B-cell maturation antigen-directed bispecific antibody for treatment of multiple myeloma, study results showed.

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August 23, 2023
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Divarasib induces durable responses in KRAS-mutated solid tumors

Divarasib induced durable clinical responses among patients with KRAS G12C-positive solid tumors, according to study findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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July 25, 2023
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Liquid biopsy cuts time to treatment by 37% for those with suspected advanced lung cancer

Circulating tumor DNA genotyping before tissue diagnosis of suspected advanced non-small cell lung cancer resulted in significantly shorter median time to treatment compared with standard tissue testing, study results showed.

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May 31, 2023
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Oncolytic virus plus immunotherapy extends survival in recurrent glioblastoma

The combination of intratumoral DNX-2401 and pembrolizumab appeared safe and provided “notable survival benefits” for select patients with recurrent glioblastoma, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

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February 03, 2023
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World Cancer Day: Oncology leaders share practical advice to ‘close the care gap’

World Cancer Day will be observed Feb. 4.

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January 25, 2023
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Radiation therapy reduces pain in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Single-fraction radiation therapy reduced hepatic pain among most patients with end-stage hepatocellular carcinoma or liver metastases, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented at ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

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January 24, 2023
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Stereotactic body radiation extends survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

Stereotactic body radiation therapy followed by sorafenib extended survival compared with sorafenib alone among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to study results presented at ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

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