NCI Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium: Screening For Mutations Can Focus Therapy
Two Trials Presented at ASCO Demonstrate Drop in Death Risk, Increased Survival
OCEANS Study: Avastin Shows Tumor Shrinkage in 79 Percent
Cetuximab Plus Chemoradiation Boosts Survival in Phase II Study
First-Line Tarceva Nearly Doubles PFS in EGFR-Activated Tumors
Telatinib Demonstrates Positive Results in First-Line Treatment
Barret’s Less of a Risk Factor For Cancer of the Esophagus
New Abiraterone Acetate Results Show Greater Benefit Than Before
MGMT Gene Can Determine Disease Aggressiveness
Phase III Study: Lymphoseek Superior to Vital Blue Dye
Intensity Modulated Therapy Safer Than Three-Dimensional Radiation
Smokers Quitlines Found Effective Regardless of Recruitment Method
Study: Vismodegib Effective Where Surgery is Inappropriate
NCI-Approved Clinical Trials For The Month of June
FDA: Silicone Breast Implants Safe, But Not “Lifetime Device”
FDA Updates Safety Labeling Of 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors
Trending Stories
- NIH eliminates the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors
Over its 28 year history, BSA shaped NCI-funded extramural science - Trump administration is removing the mainstays of NCI and the federal government’s cancer program
Peer review, registries, and evidence-based patient information take a big hit - Bhattacharya cancels NIH all-hands meeting
- Cyber-iconoclast Vinay Prasad named head of FDA’s CBER
An oncologist, Prasad has criticized accelerated approval, next-gen sequencing, and targeted therapies - In the Headlines: “There’s no one to stand up for NCI right now.”
- George Weiner: Cancer centers are special, as are site visits in CCSG review
