Oncology

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Using real-time symptom reports, a well-trained classification algorithm can detect lymphedema more accurately than current clinical methods.

Atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Roche) plus chemotherapy nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) met its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) plus chemotherapy nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) significantly reduced the risk of disease worsening or death in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Encorafenib (Braftovi) and binimetinib (Mektovi) is now available for patients with advanced BRAF-mutant melanoma.

Researchers identified a trend in which higher body mass index was associated with lower breast cancer risk in women before menopause.

A Connecticut health system was able to transform the way it manages oral oncology services to improve patient outcomes and experiences.

The oncology treatment landscape is currently in the midst of an extraordinary evolution, with significant progress achieved in the development of both targeted and immunooncology treatments.

Nivolumab plus low-dose ipilimumab demonstrated positive initial results in part 1 of a phase 3 study.

Following results of decreased survival associated with the use of these medications as a single therapy, the FDA is restricting use in some patients with urothelial cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

The study aimed to analyze whether age, gender, socioeconomic factors, comorbidity, and medication may affect the risk of lung cancer in patients with COPD.

Although precision medicine holds promise for advanced cancer care, many oncologists indicated challenges in the adoption of new, targeted therapies.

Data revealed at ASCO shows combination of atezolizumab (Tecentriq), bevacizumab (Avastin), carboplatin, and paclitaxel reduced the risk of death by 22% compared with bevacizumab and chemotherapy.

In a study presented at ASCO, Cemiplimab shows substantial activity and durable responses with an acceptable safety profile in treatment of metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Rituximab (Rituxan) and lenalidomide (Revlimid) showed similar efficacy to rituximab plus chemotherapy, according to findings presented at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Pegilodecakin (AM0010) with nivolumab (Opdivo) or pembrolizumab (Keytruda) induced an overall response rate in 41% in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer, according to findings presented at the 2018 ASCO Annual meeting.

Moxetumomab pasudotox is a nonchemotherapeutic drug that could become the standard of care for patients with relapsed/refractory hairy cell leukemia.

Durvalumab, an FDA-approved immunotherapy, met its second primary endpoint of overall survival in the phase 3 PACIFIC trial for stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer.

In response to the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in young and middle-aged individuals, the American Cancer Society has updated its screening recommendations.

The addition of nelarabine (Arranon) to standard chemotherapy provided further benefit for patients with moderate or high risk of disease recurrence.

Matthew Hughes, director of Business Development for the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), discusses HIV and oncology distinction programs and how these standards bring patients, physicians, and pharmacists together to align care.

Patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated with inotuzumab ozogamicin (InO) indicated better quality of life, functioning, and symptom scores compared with patients receiving standard-of-care chemotherapies.

Researchers have identified a gene associated with the body’s circadian rhythm that may play a role in the development of breast cancer.

Two studies assessed prostate specific antigen (PSA) progression in patients treated with apalutamide (Erleada, Janssen) and the association between PSA doubling time and survival.

Researchers compared lung cancer care and outcomes, including patient characteristics, stage of cancer at diagnosis, treatment, and overall survival of patients in the United States and England.

Rucaparib, an (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor approved for the treatment of ovarian cancer, may have potential clinical benefit for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and a BRCA1/2 mutation.

Officials with the FDA alerted health care professionals about reduced efficacy for some patients taking pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for metastatic urothelial cancer in ongoing clinical trials.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

At the National Community Oncology Dispensing Association's (NCODA) 2018 Spring Summit, Julianne Orr, PharmD, from Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center, discusses the pharmacist's role in managing adherence to oral treatment regimens for patients with cancer.