September 2013, Vol 2, No 6 - Uncategorized
Hollywood, FL – Pathways continue to be refined toward value-based care, adapting to the challenges of a rapidly shifting oncology landscape, as 2 speakers at the Third Annual Conference of the Association for Value-Based Cancer Care described. Michael A. Kolodziej, MD, National Medical Director for Oncology Strategies at Aetna, Hartford, [ Read More ]
September 2013, Vol 2, No 6 - Uncategorized
Hollywood, FL – Genomic profiling of individual tumors represents a paradigm shift in oncology and holds great promise for patients, according to Gary Palmer, MD, JD, MBA, MPH, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Commercial Development, Foundation Medicine, who described this new genomic assay at the Third Annual Conference of [ Read More ]
September 2013, Vol 2, No 6 - Immunotherapy
Melanoma experts gathered at the second annual World Cutaneous Malignancies Congress to debate the optimal means of treating melanoma using the new agents and to share predictions about the future treatment landscape in metastatic melanoma. Their insights are shared in this report. Metastatic Melanoma: Which Drug First? Despite excitement over [ Read More ]
April 2013, Vol 2, No 2 - Uncategorized
In August 2012, vincristine sulfate LIPOSOME injection (VSLI; Marqibo) was granted accelerated approval by the FDA for the treatment of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome–negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in second or greater relapse or whose disease has progressed after 2 or more antileukemia therapies.1 At the 2012 American Society [ Read More ]
February 2013, Vol 2, No 1 - Uncategorized
Genomic classifiers – in particular, ColoPrint and MSI-Print, and best when combined – can identify high-risk subsets among surgically resected stage II and stage III colon cancer patients, MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers reported at the 2013 GI Cancers Symposium. “The combination of ColoPrint and MSI-Print improves the prognostic accuracy [ Read More ]
September 2012, Vol 1, No 4 - Conference News
A new appreciation of the pathobiological foundation of mucositis, and the application of genomics to risk assessment, heralds an individualized and more effective approach to intervention for this costly and often disabling toxicity, according to specialists who spoke at a session on mucosal injury during the 2012 Annual Meeting of [ Read More ]
May 2012, Vol 1, No 1 - Conference Correspondent
Oncologists should understand the characteristics of 7 emerging drugs and biologics that should improve patient care. At the 2012 Pharmacy Program held during the 17th Annual Conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in Hollywood, Florida, Van Anh Trinh, PharmD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, [ Read More ]
May 2012, Vol 1, No 1 - Conference Correspondent
Trastuzumab changed the course of HER2-positive breast cancer, and future anti-HER2 therapies may have an even greater impact, said Kristine Abueg, RN, MSN, OCN, clinical research nurse at Kaiser Permanente in Roseville, California, who discussed “What’s New in HER2?” at the 37th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society. In [ Read More ]
May 2012, Vol 1, No 1 - Conference Correspondent
Sipuleucel-T for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) offers a novel immunotherapy treatment option for a subset of patients, but the drug could be helping far more men than actually receive it, according to a speaker at the 37th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society. Sipuleucel-T, which activates T cells [ Read More ]
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