UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated center serving the Central Valley and inland Northern California, a region of more than 6 million people. Its specialists provide compassionate, comprehensive care for more than 100,000 adults and children every year and access to more than 200 active clinical trials at any given time. Its innovative research program engages more than 240 scientists at UC Davis who work collaboratively to advance discovery of new tools to diagnose and treat cancer. Patients have access to leading-edge care, including immunotherapy and other targeted treatments. Its Office of Community Outreach and Engagement addresses disparities in cancer outcomes across diverse populations, and the cancer center provides comprehensive education and workforce development programs for the next generation of clinicians and scientists. For more information, visit cancer.ucdavis.edu.
September 23, 2021
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R. Lor Randall, MD, discusses survey results in detail and what the sarcoma community can do to overcome clinical trial enrollment barriers for adolescent and young adult patients.
August 24, 2021
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Amputations were found to be associated with Hispanic ethnicity and male sex in patients with neoplasms of the foot.
August 04, 2021
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David R. Gandara, MD has been appointed chief medical officer of the International Society for liquid biopsy, an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of liquid biopsy in cancer diagnosis and management.
July 31, 2021
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Osimertinib has emerged as the standard of care for patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer, but the need for novel agents is underscored as disease progression on the agent is inevitable.
July 31, 2021
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David R. Gandara, MD, discusses how minimal residual disease testing might be incorporated into lung cancer clinical practice.
July 30, 2021
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Strategies focused on improving the efficacy of the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib in the first line setting are the key to unlocking the next wave of success in treating lung cancer.
July 29, 2021
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Although the predictive utility of minimal residual disease has yet to be fully realized in non–small cell lung cancer, it has the potential to guide treatment decisions in earlier lines of treatment, including the adjuvant setting.
July 27, 2021
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Aaron Seth Rosenberg, MD, MS, discusses the potential clinical implications of the phase 2 GRIFFIN trial in multiple myeloma.
July 22, 2021
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R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the advantages of rotationplasty for oncologic and non-oncologic indications in children and young adults.
June 18, 2021
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R. Lor Randall, MD, discusses the data from the population-based registry and provided more insight on prognostic factors and survival outcomes for patients with spinal sarcomas.
April 28, 2021
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Triaging individuals with the highest likelihood of cancer detection with their clinical indication and individual risk factors during periods of reduced capacity could be an efficient way of identifying the most cancers with the least examinations compared with a non–risk-based approach.
April 16, 2021
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Experts from Northern California-based cancer center to join panels responsible for evidence- based recommendations in NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines and NCCN Guidelines for Patients, among other resources to improve outcomes for people with cancer.
April 01, 2021
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Mehrdad Abedi, MD, discusses the challenges of standard transplant, how Orca-T could overcome some of those limitations, and the potential future of transplant in hematologic malignancies.
March 13, 2021
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The emergence of multiple combination regimens with immunotherapy and TKIs has been welcome for the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma; however, without head-to-head comparative data, treatment selection has become individualized based on available patient characteristics.
February 11, 2021
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R. Lor Randall, MD, discusses the intriguing risk-stratification–based trial in NSTRS and how the findings can be used to guide treatment decisions in this pediatric population.
January 26, 2021
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R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the rationale and motivation behind tissue-engineered platforms and how they could significantly impact the understanding of how cancer arises in or metastasizes to bone.
December 16, 2020
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R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the concept and prospect of up-front resection in osteosarcoma from the Osteosarcoma Collaborative.
November 24, 2020
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R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses limb salvage surgeries that have been made possible through 3D printing, and the technological advances that are helping to increase precision and turnaround times.
November 16, 2020
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R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the evolution of orthopedic surgery in sarcoma.
October 23, 2020
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R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, highlights the various data presented at the annual MSTS meeting and their implications for the future of sarcoma treatment.