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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.

Dr. Demetri Discusses Regorafenib for GIST Patients

June 4th 2012, 8:56am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. George Demetri, from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Discusses Regorafenib for Patients with GIST Trial Results.

Regorafenib Offers New Hope for Patients With Treatment-Resistant GIST

June 4th 2012, 6:15am

ASCO Annual Meeting

The oral multikinase inhibitor regorafenib reduced the risk of disease progression by 73% in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors who had exhausted all other treatment options.

Afatinib Prolongs PFS in Lung Cancer Trial

June 4th 2012, 6:00am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Afatinib markedly prolonged PFS compared with standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinomas that tested positive for EGFR mutations, particularly one of two common mutation types.

Bevacizumab Plus Second-Line Chemotherapy Extends Survival in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients

June 3rd 2012, 4:39pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Bevacizumab plus chemotherapy as a second-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer improved survival among patients whose disease had progressed after first-line combination therapy with bevacizumab.

Dr. Blackwell Discusses the T-DM1 EMILIA Trial

June 3rd 2012, 9:20am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Kimberly Blackwell, from the Duke Cancer Institute, Discusses the T-DM1 EMILIA Trial

Dr. Rummel on Treanda Plus Rituxan in Indolent Lymphoma

June 3rd 2012, 8:11am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Mathias Rummel, from University Hospital Giessen in Germany, on Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in Indolent and Mantle Cell Lymphomas

Antibody Drug Conjugate T-DM1 Improves PFS in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

June 3rd 2012, 6:02am

ASCO Annual Meeting

T-DM1 extended progression-free survival by 3.2 months in women with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Bendamustine Superiority in Lymphoma Regimen Confirmed

June 3rd 2012, 5:26am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Bendamustine should become the preferred chemotherapy standard of care in initial combination regimens for indolent lymphomas and mantle cell lymphoma.

With Continuous Hormonal Therapy, Certain Men With Prostate Cancer Get Marked Boost in Survival

June 3rd 2012, 5:00am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Patients with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and minimal disease spread experience a two-year boost in median survival when treated with continuous, rather than intermittent, hormonal therapy.

Dr. Pujade-Lauraine on the AURELIA Bevacizumab Trial

June 2nd 2012, 2:19pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Eric Pujade-Lauraine, from Université de Paris Descartes, France, on the AURELIA Bevacizumab Trial for Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer.

Dr. Topalian on the PD-1 Targeted Therapy BMS-936558

June 2nd 2012, 9:09am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Suzanne Topalian, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, on the PD-1 Targeted Therapy BMS-936558

Avastin Delays Disease Progression in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

June 2nd 2012, 6:27am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Combining bevacizumab with standard chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease progression by 52% in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer Prefer Pazopanib Over Sunitinib, Study Shows

June 2nd 2012, 6:21am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Study finds that more than two-thirds of patients with metastatic kidney cancer prefer pazopanib over another FDA-approved treatment, sunitinib.

Large Study of ALL Patients Finds Lower Survival in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

June 2nd 2012, 5:59am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Adolescent and young adult patients between the ages of 16 and 30 had poorer outcomes when given the same treatment regimen as younger acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients.

PD-1 Immunotherapy Makes Strong Showing in Three Tumor Types

June 2nd 2012, 5:39am

ASCO Annual Meeting

An immunotherapy agent that targets the PD-1 pathway demonstrated response rates as high as 28% in an early-phase study involving patients with different tumor types.

Dr. Rotkowitz on BRAF/MEK Combination Side Effects

June 1st 2012, 4:01pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Michael Rotkowitz, from Cancer Treatment Centers of America, on Dabrafenib and Trametinib Combination Side Effects

Analysts, Companies Highlight Key ASCO Research

June 1st 2012, 5:00am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Pharmaceutical industry analysts and companies have been weighing in on their selections for the most noteworthy research to be presented during the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting.

2012 ASCO Pre-Meeting Video Coverage

May 31st 2012, 2:10pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2012 Annual Meeting video highlights, from OncLive TV.

Advanced Coverage Recap: 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting

May 30th 2012, 1:51pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

On May 16, the ASCO highlighted the results of five ground-breaking studies in advance of its annual meeting held in Chicago from June 1-5, 2012.

Dr. Goy Highlights Research From the 2012 ASCO Meeting

May 30th 2012, 12:40pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Andre Goy, from John Theurer Cancer Center, Highlights Research From the 2012 ASCO Meeting.