News from ASCO: Chemotherapy-Free Regimens in NSCLC and CLL
Data on durable efficacy of two investigational chemotherapy-free treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) will be presented at...
Should Patients Wait to Undergo Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer?
Patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should not delay undergoing surgery, as waiting too long may increase the risk of recurrence and...
FDA Commits to Ban Menthol Cigarettes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has committed to issuing new product standards to ban menthol flavoring in cigarettes and cigars, as well as...
Hem/Onc Roundup: High-Risk Myeloma, Cost Burden of Hemophilia B, and More
This week on Docwire, editors spoke with Tom Martin, MD, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), about how high-risk multiple myeloma is defined, and...
Esophagus-Sparing Radiation Technique Effective in Treating Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
A study published in JAMA Oncology found that a contralateral esophagus-sparing technique reduces the risk of severe acute esophagitis in patients with locally advanced...
More Than Ten Percent of Patients with Lung Cancer Don’t Know Their Cancer Type
More than ten percent of patients with lung cancer do not know what type they have, according to a new study from researchers at...
Dustin Diamond Dead From Lung Cancer at 44. What Is The Prognosis for SCLC?
Dustin Diamond, who rose to fame in the 1990s for his role as Samuel “Screech” Powers on the hit television show “Saved By The...
