Yale Cancer Center (YCC) is one of only 56 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation and the only such center in Connecticut. Cancer treatment for patients is available at Smilow Cancer Hospital through 13 multidisciplinary teams and at 15 Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Centers in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Comprehensive cancer centers play a vital role in the advancement of the NCI’s goal of reducing morbidity and mortality from cancer through scientific research, cancer prevention, and innovative cancer treatment.
March 15, 2024
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The expert panel reacts to 55-month follow-up data from CheckMate 9ER assessing nivolumab plus cabozantinib in patients with newly diagnosed advanced RCC.
March 08, 2024
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David A. Braun, MD, PhD, shares his takeaways from the network meta-analysis on lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in advanced RCC, and Martin H. Voss, MD, discusses outcomes with cabozantinib following frontline lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab.
March 08, 2024
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Chandler H. Park, MD, discusses the LEAP study investigating lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with renal cell carcinoma with brain metastasis.
March 01, 2024
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Martin H. Voss, MD, gives an overview of the CLEAR study evaluating lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in frontline advanced RCC and discusses recent subgroup analyses.
March 01, 2024
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Laurence Albigès, MD, PhD, reviews recently presented data from CheckMate 67T, which is assessing subcutaneous vs intravenous nivolumab in patients with previously treated RCC.
February 23, 2024
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The expert panel discusses the 8-year follow-up data from CheckMate 214 looking at nivolumab plus ipilimumab in first-line advanced RCC and provide clinical insights on treatment decisions.
February 23, 2024
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A panel of medical oncologists who specialize in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) introduce themselves and discuss the first-line treatment landscape and risk stratification of clear cell RCC.
February 16, 2024
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Harriet Kluger, MD, discusses the FDA approval of the tumor infiltrating lymphocyte therapy lifileucel for patients with advanced melanoma.
February 05, 2024
Article
Non-small cell lung cancer, with an EGFR mutation, tends not to respond well to immunotherapy treatments, including durvalumab.
January 31, 2024
Article
An acceptable safety profile and early evidence of clinical activity was observed with ziftomenib plus standard regimens in select patients with AML.
January 15, 2024
Article
The initiation of immunotherapy at the end of life among patients with advanced cancers is increasing over time.
January 12, 2024
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Although use of immunotherapy near the end of life has increased over time, a closer look at the benefit of this in those with advanced cancers is needed.
January 10, 2024
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Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, presents data from the IMerge phase 3 study on the efficacy of imetelstat in achieving red blood cell transfusion independence across different risk subgroups in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes relapsed/refractory to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.
January 08, 2024
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Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, discusses treating patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer without driver mutations.
January 05, 2024
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Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab, pemetrexed, and carboplatin or cisplatin did not improve treatment outcomes compared with placebo plus pembrolizumab, pemetrexed, and carboplatin or cisplatin when given as first-line therapy in patients with stage IV nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.
December 10, 2023
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Oral decitabine/cedazuridine and parenteral hypomethylating agents were associated with similar levels of comorbidities and disease burden in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
December 01, 2023
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Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses classification and treatment updates for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
November 28, 2023
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State of the Science Summit - Breast Cancer: Chaired by Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH
November 27, 2023
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Michael Hurwitz, MD, PhD, discusses the feasibility of utilizing CAR T-cell therapies in patients with solid tumors, such as kidney cancers.
November 10, 2023
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David Braun, MD, PhD, discusses the findings from the phase 3 CONTACT-03 trial investigating immunotherapy rechallenge in patients with renal cell carcinoma and the implications of these findings on the RCC treatment paradigm.