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November 22nd 2024
From the deaths of actor Paul Teal and Chicago Bulls player Bob Love to a contestant on “Jeopardy!” revealing his colon cancer diagnosis, here’s what’s happening in the oncology space this week.
September 4th 2024
FDA Approves Lynparza as First-Line Maintenance Treatment for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
December 30th 2019The Food and Drug Administration approved the first PARP inhibitor for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Collection of Family Cancer History Is Suboptimal, Highlighting Need for Patient Reporting
June 24th 2019In assessing the quality of family cancer history entered into electronic health records, researchers found that such reporting was suboptimal – highlighting the need to optimize online collection with a provider-free approach.
Katie Couric Speaks About Grief and Moving on After Losing Loved Ones to Cancer
June 20th 2019Katie Couric lost both her husband and her sister to cancer within only a few years of one another. The legendary broadcast journalist spoke about the devastating loss of her loved ones and shared how she moved past her grief.
New Multidrug Regimen Achieves Encouraging Results in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
March 18th 2019The experimental oral anticancer regimen known as SM-88, which com­bines four drugs from different classes, shows promising efficacy and safety with no meaningful toxicity in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer whose disease worsened despite previous treatment.