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ASCO details how to manage ongoing cancer drug shortage
“This guidance document aims to support clinicians, as they navigate the complexities of treatment planning amid the drug shortage.”
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Avoid anti-HER2 cancer therapies during pregnancy
Exposure to anti-HER2 agents was associated with “severe specific adverse pregnancy and fetal or newborn outcomes compared with exposure to other...
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Low vitamin D linked to paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy
These results also “suggest that vitamin D supplementation in patients with lower levels of vitamin D may reduce peripheral neuropathy ...”
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Prior authorizations interfere with recommended cancer care
Policy interventions and advocacy efforts at the patient, clinician, and hospital level will be needed to reform the PA process.
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T-DXd benefits persist for HER2-low breast cancer
Extended follow-up of DESTINY-Breast04 confirms survival benefit of T-DXd for HER2-low advanced breast cancer.
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Breaking barriers to colorectal cancer care for Black patients
“Black patients diagnosed with advanced-stage cancers require more intensive, expensive, and time-consuming treatment regimens that can be...
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How can we improve our approach to cancer-related fatigue?
“Cancer-related fatigue is one of the most underestimated and least researched side effects.”
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ADC with radiotherapy for brain mets ups risk of necrosis
“Clinicians should be cognizant of the [symptomatic radiation necrosis] risk and monitor patients closely when treating concurrently with ADCs.”...
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Omitting surgery may be safe in early BC after neoadjuvant pCR
A small trial in early breast cancer has reported 100% disease-free survival at 3 years in women who skipped surgery following pathologic complete...
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Neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or both? The debate in NSCLC rages on
The question of whether to give upfront immunochemotherapy in resectable non–small cell lung cancer, wait until after surgery, or give both...
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Induction chemotherapy in first line improves survival for locally advanced cervical cancer
With similar results reported for pembrolizumab, a question has arisen about how to incorporate induction chemotherapy and pembrolizumab into a...