Jennifer Crombie, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, discusses results from a real-world study of lisocabtagene maraleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Similar to published findings…
Tanya Siddiqi, MD, medical director of lymphoma, City of Hope, Orange County, California, discusses the primary analysis of the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial. This phase 1/2, single-arm, multicenter…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with indolent non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma, a more intensive regimen of rituximab with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) does not prompt…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – BRCA2, but not BRCA1, gene mutation is associated with improved survival and response to chemotherapy in women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In advanced renal cell cancer, targeted inhibitors of the vascular epithelial growth factor (VEGF) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways improve progression-free…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with cardiac tamponade, extended drainage using a pericardial catheter versus simple pericardial drainage reduces the likelihood of recurrence, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has updated its recommendations for the use of antiemetics during cancer treatment, and one key change…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among children receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy, echocardiograms obtained before and during treatment rarely detect significant cardiotoxicity that changes treatment decisions, reports a team with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cancer patients who develop febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy but who are otherwise stable can be treated as outpatients, with no greater risk for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research supports current clinical guidance to perform partial nephrectomy (PN) when possible in patients with clinically organ-confined renal cell tumors 7 centimeters…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with a limited number of brain metastases, treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery alone is as good as whole-brain radiotherapy plus stereotactic radiosurgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The diagnostic yield of endobronchial biopsy is improved when specimens are obtained using a cryoprobe rather than conventional forceps, a German team reports.…
