Yale Cancer Center
‘We cannot pour from an empty cup’: Boundaries, connections can help ensure work-life balance
When it comes to work-life balance, clinicians in the past skewed more toward the former.
Study provides ‘increased confidence’ about using taxanes for breast cancer in pregnancy
Taxane-based chemotherapy appeared safe and effective during pregnancy for young women with breast cancer, according to study results.
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Immunotherapy may benefit certain patients with penile cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors may confer benefit to certain patients with advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma, according to retrospective study results.
Certain cancer survivors far more likely to die of noncancer-related causes
Long-term survivors of certain early-stage cancers diagnosed after age 65 years appeared at higher risk for mortality due to noncancer causes, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Combination exhibits ‘impressive’ activity in HPV-negative head and neck cancer
The combination of ficlatuzumab and cetuximab extended PFS for patients with pan-refractory recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to randomized phase 2 study results.
Erdafitinib improves outcomes vs. chemotherapy in advanced FGFR-altered urothelial cancer
CHICAGO — Erdafitinib improved OS, PFS and objective response rate compared with chemotherapy among patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer with select fibroblast growth factor receptor alterations.
Osimertinib after surgery reduces risk for death by 51% in resected EGFR-mutant NSCLC
CHICAGO — Adjuvant osimertinib conferred a significant OS benefit vs. placebo among patients with resected, EGFR-mutant, stage IB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, according to results of the ADAURA trial presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
Surveillance mammography common among elderly women for whom it may be unnecessary
Many elderly women with a history of breast cancer and shorter life expectancies continue to undergo surveillance mammography, according to data scheduled for presentation at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Involving hospitalists in inpatient care improves patient outcomes, oncologist experience
Enlisting hospitalists in the co-management of patients with cancer reduced hospital length of stay, increased hospital capacity for new inpatients and reduced stress among oncologists, according to a study in Journal of Hospital Medicine.