A study in aggressive prostate cancer confirmed that epigenetic profiling of selected genes can provide prognostic information corresponding to Gleason score.
A post-hoc analysis of results from the phase III HEAT Study of ThermoDox, a heat-activated liposomal encapsulation of doxorubicin in combination with radio frequency ablation, suggests the agent may significantly improve overall survival in primary liver cancer patients that receive RFA treatment for 45 minutes or more.
Patients with advanced kidney cancer lived an average of seven months longer if they were taking a common type of high blood pressure medication during treatment, according to an analysis of clinical trials data.
Contrary to existing understanding, long-term follow-up of patients with two types of breast tissue abnormalities suggests that both types of abnormalities have the same potential to progress to breast cancer.
A phase III study of Imbruvica in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma was stopped early following an interim analysis and at the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee, which concluded the study demonstrated a significant difference in progression-free survival compared to ofatumumab.
A phase III trial of Abraxane extended overall survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer, with some patients surviving longer than three years, when used in combination with gemcitabine.
The American Cancer Society has started a search to replace its chief executive officer, John Seffrin.
Janet Rowley, a pioneer in connecting the development of cancer with genetic abnormalities, died from complications of ovarian cancer on Dec. 17 at her home. She was 88.
Julie VoseSource: ASCO.orgJULIE VOSE was elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for a one-year term beginning in June 2015. She will take office as president-elect during ASCO's annual meeting in Chicago in June 2014.
ANDREA SLOAN, an ovarian cancer patient whose efforts to get access to a BioMarin drug attracted national media attention, died from complications of pneumonia Jan. 1 (The Cancer Letter, Nov. 8, 2013). Sloan, an Austin attorney, was 45.
