Immune Selection in Younger, Female Patients May Affect Driver Mutations
Immune selection in younger and female patients may influence driver mutations that persist, possibly affecting response to immune checkpoint blockade.
Oncology
New Tool May Enable Less Intensive Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance
The model, based on routinely collected clinical characteristics, provides information that can enhance discussions between health care professionals and patients on active surveillance intensity.
Scientists Issue Call to Become “Antiracist” in Cancer Care and Research
Even with an “exponential growth” of URM students, “faculty diversity would remain static well into the next 50 years.”
Upended Universe: Ambiguous Loss and Grief of a Cancer Diagnosis
The uncertainty experienced due to COVID can be used to better understand the loss a patient with cancer faces after diagnosis.
High Frequency Basal Cell Carcinoma—Who is at Risk?
A study sought to establish prevalence of HF-BCC in the US and the characterization of patients with HF-BCC in the US.
Lung Cancer in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges and Solutions
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with lung cancer face an increased risk of disease progression, reduced survival, and worse quality of life associated with delayed treatment.
Persistent Radiation-Induced Alopecia: Dose Dependence and Treatment
This retrospective cohort analysis sought to determine the association between pRIA and radiation dose and response to treatment.
How Cancer Care Can Affect the Kidney
Recent advances in cancer management may present challenges for nephrologists.
Phase 2 Trial Using IL-12 Gene Therapy for Glioblastoma Reaches Recruitment Target
A new approach combining inducible gene therapy and an anti–PD-1 shows promise in hard-to-treat brain tumors.
ASCO Releases Position Statement on Home Infusion of Anticancer Treatments
ASCO raises concerns about the home infusion of anticancer therapies including patient and caregiver safety, adequate oncology infusion nurses, and reimbursement issues.
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