ASCO 2018: Choices for front-line NSCLC
With permutations of potential front-line treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) seemingly endless, one thing seems certain…
With permutations of potential front-line treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) seemingly endless, one thing seems certain…
Hot topics in lung cancer – interviews from ASCO 2018.
June 2018 saw the launch of our first edition of LungCancer.Med, a new congress news e-journal containing interviews with speakers and delegates as well as articles on the latest hot… read more.
A retrospective study of outpatient records for millions of patients in the UK reveals that the overuse of broad-spectrum alternative antibiotics among patients who are probably not allergic… read more.
In addition to clinical segmentation of MM patients as young or elderly and fit or frail, genetic factors convey important prognostic information and should be taken into account… read more.
Patients with moderate-to-severe uncontrolled asthma treated with the ezcema drug dupilumab have achieved significantly lower rates of severe asthma exacerbation than those using a placebo. Researchers reported this… read more.
Professor Paul Richardson (Boston, USA) presented the results of the OPTIMISMM study which compared the efficacy of pomalidomide, bortezomib and dexamethasone (PVd) with bortezombib and dexamethasone alone (Vd)… read more.
The pathophysiology of MM is characterised by a state of profound immunosuppression through multiple mechanisms which provides a strong rationale for immunotherapeutic approaches including antibodies, immunomodulators, vaccines and… read more.
When treating patients with MM frail patients are less able to tolerate aggressive treatment and therefore have poorer OS. In the era of novel agents there is a… read more.
The growing number of novel treatments for multiple myeloma (MM) means that more patients can achieve the therapeutic goal of a deep and prolonged first remission – in… read more.
Managing Hodgkin lymphoma in elderly patients can be challenging, given that trial data do not reflect the picture in elderly patients and performance status can vary widely. The… read more.
Gene expression profiling has shown that that the activated B-cell and germinal centre B-cell subtypes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are driven by different oncogenic pathways and this may… read more.
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