Tag: Chemotherapy

Survival benefit seen for surgery, even with R1/R2 resection margins compared with chemotherapy alone for stage II pancreatic cancer

Treatment in the morning may be more effective, with greater impact seen in MGMT-methylated patients

Newly diagnosed pediatric cancer cases decreased in 43 percent of centers; treatment abandonment increased in 34 percent

Use of thromboprophylaxis not recommended for ambulatory patients at low risk for VTE who are receiving chemotherapy

Those 70 years and older have similar postoperative complication scores and long-term survival

Overall survival longer compared with standard chemo for disease progression following platinum-based chemo and PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor

Cosela reduces the frequency of bone marrow suppression caused by chemotherapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer

Validated international prognostic index stratifies patients according to low, intermediate, high risk

Phase 2 randomized trial revealed similar overall survival for two active regimens compared with adjuvant therapy

Score has been developed and validated that includes eight independent predictors of grade 3 to 5 chemotherapy toxicity