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Patients can be successfully managed with minimal opioid medication after urologic oncology surgery, said Kerri Stevenson, MN, NP-C, RNFA, CWOCN, Lead Advanced Practice Provider – Interventional Radiology, Stanford Health Care, CA, at the 2018 ASCO Quality Care Symposium. Read More ›
Although the cost of care can have severe effects on patients with cancer and their families, oncologists rarely address financial toxicity, according to Hanna K. Sanoff, MD, MPH, Medical Director, University of North Carolina (UNC) NC Cancer Hospital Clinics. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
The drug affordability rating in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Evidence Blocks are inconsistent with real-world total episode of care costs, according to Scott D. Ramsey, MD, PhD, Director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
The second-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy bb2121, engineered to target B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), a protein on the surface of certain myeloma cells, displayed continuing efficacy and safety in an update of a phase 1 clinical trial in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to data presented at ASCO 2018. Read More ›
By Phoebe Starr
Although many new treatments, including targeted therapies and immunotherapies, have recently become available for patients with non–small-cell lung cancer, those with small-cell lung cancer have not seen new treatment options in the past 2 decades. Read More ›
On September 27, 2018, the FDA approved the targeted therapy dacomitinib (Vizimpro; Pfizer), an oral kinase inhibitor, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) associated with EGFR exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations, as identified by an FDA-approved test. Read More ›
On September 28, 2018, the FDA approved cemiplimab-rwlc injection (Libtayo; Regeneron), a new immune checkpoint inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (CSCC) or locally advanced CSCC who are not eligible for surgery or radiation. Read More ›
On October 5, 2018, the FDA approved the expanded use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil 9 (9-valent vaccine, recombinant; Merck) to include men and women between the ages of 27 and 45 years. Read More ›