Rose McNulty

Discussions at the start of the 2021 Annual Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Conference centered on challenges and advances made during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential of liver transplantation in cholangiocarcinoma.

The approval marks the first B-cell maturation antigen-directed genetically modified autologous chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

The sensitivity and specificity of liquid biopsy might be improved through selective venous sampling according to an article in press in The Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

The study was originally undertaken to convince MD Anderson’s providers that publishing survey results online would help their reputations.

At the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Conference, Arlene O. Siefker-Radtke, MD, discussed immune checkpoint inhibitors and their potential in urothelial bladder cancer.

Al B. Benson, MD, FACP, FASCO, professor of medicine and director for Cooperative Groups at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the potential for neoadjuvant intervention in hepatobiliary cancers.

A keynote session at the NCCN Virtual Annual Conference brought a panel of patient advocates and experts together for a timely and necessary discussion about strategies to reduce racial disparities in oncology.

During a session at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) annual virtual conference, the payer perspective and physician experiences with PRO systems in both the community and academic medical center settings took center stage.

A recently published 20-year study suggests that results of the Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score are associated with the risk of long-term outcomes in patients with localized prostate cancer.

Amye J. Tevaarwerk, MD, director of the Survivorship Program at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, discussed the impact that cancer diagnosis and treatment can have on survivors when it comes to work.

A new cost-effectiveness analysis suggests quality-adjusted life year gain and cost reduction for patients treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel versus tisagenlecleucel.

The FDA will reassess 6 indications for immune checkpoint inhibitors that were granted accelerated approval but failed to prove clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.

An experimental safety switch incorporated into chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy reduced the severity of the treatment’s side effects in an early-phase trial.

Updated lung cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force include 2 changes that will nearly double the number of people eligible for screening.

Research funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute has produced a 22-item guideline for the minimal polygenic risk score-related information that researchers should include in their studies.

A review published in Cancer examines the efficacy and drawbacks of tools used to evaluate health-related quality of life in immuno-oncology clinical trials.

A new study found that performing single-cell RNA sequencing on T cells circulating in the blood provided significant insight on sister cells within tumor tissue in advanced melanoma.

The FDA has granted full approval to lorlatinib, expanding its indication to include frontline treatment for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive metastatic NSCLC.

Quick policy changes and the necessity to alter care delivery amid a global health crisis helped larger facilities adapt to the new realities of COVID-19.

A presentation at the ACCC 47th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit gave virtual attendees an overview of research on PROs and how RSM can be incorporated into an oncology practice.

Kavita Patel, MD, MS, FACP, a fellow at the Brookings Institution Center for Health Policy, touched on key topics in health care at the ACCC 47th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit.

Updates on Waldenström macroglobulinemia treatment formed by an international consensus panel were recently finalized and published in The Lancet Haematology.

Break Through Cancer, a collaborative research effort between 5 top US academic cancer centers, aims to pursue solutions to some of the most difficult challenges in cancer research.

Loading chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells with the oncolytic virus pelareorep improved their efficacy in solid tumor mouse models in a preclinical study presented at the CAR-TCR Summit Europe 2021.

Pivotal cancer clinical trial data may lack generalizability in older adults with Medicare, a study published online today in JAMA Network Open found.

The PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab-rwlc, sold as Libtayo, was FDA approved as a monotherapy for patients with first-line advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1 expression of at least 50%.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) may be associated with migraine, especially migraine with aura (MA), when the PFO is permanent right-left shunt (RLS), large RLS, and large-size PFO, a recent study found.

Rates of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), which is associated with and shares common risk factors with cardiovascular diseases, have decreased over time in Korea, a recent cohort study of 50 million residents found.

ACCC president Randall Oyer, MD, gives insight into the ongoing collaboration between the ACCC and ASCO to foster minority participation in cancer clinical trials.