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The OncLive® Conference page includes a listing of all conferences covered by OncLive®, including the ASCO, ESMO, SITC, EHA, ASH, and SABCS annual meetings, as well as the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Miami Breast Cancer Conference, among many others. Conference coverage incorporates articles and interviews in written and video format.
Colorectal Cancer Treatment Twice as Costly in US Than Canada, Despite Similar Outcomes
June 2nd 2018, 3:26am
A study that compared costs of treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer in Western Washington and the province of British Columbia in Canada found that prices were more than twice as high for the US patients than for their Canadian counterparts, with no significant difference in outcomes.
Geriatric Assessment Improves Patient Satisfaction, Patient-Oncologist Communication
June 2nd 2018, 2:26am
Evaluating health-related concerns as part of routine care for elderly patients with advanced cancer significantly improved doctor-patient communication and patient satisfaction.
Black Men May Fare Better Than White Men With Standard mCRPC Therapy
June 2nd 2018, 1:27am
Black men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer may experience greater benefits from chemotherapy and hormone-targeting treatment than their white counterparts.
Compared With Men, Women With Head and Neck Cancer Undertreated
June 1st 2018, 11:27pm
Women with head and neck cancer may be severely undertreated and have higher death rates compared with their male counterparts.
ASCO 2018: Top Oncologists Select Key, Practice-Changing Abstracts
May 30th 2018, 8:07pm
Key opinion leaders spoke with OncLive ahead of the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting to share the top abstracts they believe could have the greatest impact on clinical practice and patient outcomes across lymphomas, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, and lung cancer.
NGS Established as Most Cost-Effective Genetic Test for Metastatic NSCLC
May 17th 2018, 1:00am
Next-generation sequencing in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer can save Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services payers $1.4 million to $2.1 million.
Symptom Tracking System Reduces Severity in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
May 17th 2018, 1:00am
Patients who used mobile and sensor technology to track their symptoms demonstrated reduced severity of their symptoms compared with patients who received standard care.
Despite USPSTF Recommendations and Medicaid Coverage, Data Show Low Lung Cancer Screening Rate
May 17th 2018, 1:00am
A total 1.9% of more than 7.6 million current and former heavy smokers in the United States underwent lung cancer screening in 2016, suggesting that it remains inadequate despite USPTF recommendations.
Shorter Trastuzumab Duration Matches 12-Month Standard for Early HER2+ Breast Cancer
May 17th 2018, 1:00am
A shorter 6-month course of adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin) was found to be noninferior for disease-free survival compared with the standard 12-month schedule for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.
Nelarabine Boosts 4-Year DFS Above 90% in Pediatric/AYA T-Cell Cancers
May 17th 2018, 1:00am
Adding nelarabine to escalating-dose methotrexate induced a 4-year disease-free survival rate of 91% in a cohort of pediatric and young adult patients with newly diagnosed T-cell cancers.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Acupuncture Improve Insomnia Symptoms in Cancer Survivors
May 17th 2018, 1:00am
Both cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and acupuncture produced clinically meaningful improvements in insomnia severity scores for cancer survivors, but data from the randomized CHOICE clinical trial showed that CBT-I was more effective overall for reducing the severity of insomnia.
Expert Explains State of TKI Treatment in Pediatric CML
May 10th 2018, 11:15pm
Discontinuation of tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment may be a possibility for children with chronic myeloid leukemia and, because they could be on-treatment for decades, treatment-free remission is even more important for pediatric patients than for adults.
Eltrombopag Improves Platelet Count in Pediatric HIV
May 8th 2018, 12:01am
Eltrombopag (Promacta) boosted the platelet count in a 13-year-old boy with HIV-associated thrombocytopenia, according to case study results presented at the 2018 American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Conference.
Dr. Engel on the Use of Eltrombopag in HIV-Related Thrombocytopenia
May 5th 2018, 1:24am
Elissa Engel, MD, pediatric resident, University of South Florida, discusses the successful use of eltrombopag (Promacta) in a pediatric patient with HIV-related thrombocytopenia.
COG to Assess Targeted Therapies in a Variety of NHL Clinical Trials
May 5th 2018, 12:25am
The Children's Oncology Group is currently involved in 5 studies exploring targeted therapies in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that could eventually change the face of pediatric NHL treatment.
Tisagenlecleucel Safety, Efficacy Promising in Pediatric Down Syndrome and ALL
May 4th 2018, 8:31pm
A first-time study of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in youths with Down syndrome-associated relapsed/refractory (r/r) acute lymphoblastic leukemia produced high remission rates and toxicity results that were similar to those observed in patients with r/r ALL.
Tazemetostat Shows Antitumor Activity in INI1-Negative Pediatric Tumors
May 4th 2018, 7:57pm
Tazemetostat demonstrated promising antitumor activity in pediatric patients with INI1-negative solid tumors.
Dr. Chi on Study of Tazemetostat in Children With INI1-Negative Tumors
May 4th 2018, 6:26pm
Susan N. Chi, MD, senior physician, director, Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinical Trials Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, assistant professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, discusses a phase I multicenter trial of tazemetostat in children with INI1-negative tumors.
Selective T-Cell Depletion Improves Engraftment, Reduces GVHD in Pediatric/AYA Leukemia
May 4th 2018, 12:35am
Eliminating T cells carrying alpha and beta chains of the T-cell receptor reduced the risk for graft-versus-host-disease while producing "excellent" engraftment kinetics for young patients with acute leukemia who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
2B8T2M Enhances exPBNK Expression, in Vitro Cytotoxicity in Rituximab-Sensitive/Resistant Burkitt Lymphoma
May 3rd 2018, 10:21pm
2B8T2M, a fusion of the IL-15 superantagonist ALT-803, and 4 single-chains of rituximab (Rituxan) significantly boosted the cytotoxicity of expanded peripheral blood natural killer cells against Burkitt lymphoma cells in in vitro testing.