Tag: Chemotherapy
Hearing Loss, Tinnitus Common After Neurotoxic Chemo for Cancer
Occurrence rates of hearing loss, tinnitus similar for cancer survivors who received platinum alone, taxane alone, both platinum and taxane
Pembrolizumab Ups Survival in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Overall survival longer with addition of pembrolizumab to chemo in tumors expressing PD-L1 with combined positive score of 10 or more
ASCO: ctDNA Analysis Guides Treatment of Stage II Colon Cancer
ctDNA-guided approach to determining the need for adjuvant therapy noninferior to standard management for recurrence-free survival
Gabapentin May Cut Opioid Needs for Oral Mucositis Pain During RT
Findings seen in studies involving patients receiving chemoradiotherapy for nonmetastatic squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck
Most Cancer Centers Do Not Disclose Payer-Specific Prices
Median drug price markups across centers ranged from 120 to 630 percent
AACR: Adding Nivolumab to Neoadjuvant Chemo Slows Resectable NSCLC
Event-free survival prolonged and percentage of patients with a pathological complete response higher with addition of nivolumab
Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo Treats Early TNBC
Rate of event-free survival higher with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemo versus chemo alone for early triple-negative breast cancer
Nivolumab Combo Treats Advanced Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma
Overall survival longer in patients receiving first-line treatment with nivolumab plus chemo or nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus chemo alone
Polygenic Score Helps Guide Choice of Chemo for Pediatric AML
Polygenic score based on single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ara-C pathway genes may predict treatment outcomes
Lenvatinib + Pembrolizumab Treats Advanced Endometrial Cancer
Progression-free, overall survival prolonged with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus treating physician's choice of chemotherapy