Medical World News® Behind the Science: An Inside Look the WesternU Health COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
July 3rd 2021Stephanie White, DO, and Preeti Kotha, PharmD, detailed their experiences running the WesternU Health Clinic COVID-19 vaccine program from when vaccines were first approved in the United States until now.
OncView™ Podcast: Front-Line Management of Extensive-Stage SCLC
July 1st 2021This special edition of the “Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go” podcast hosts Mark Socinski, MD, who discusses important factors in treating and managing extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, and details information from the IMpower133 trial.
Cilta-Cel Significantly Improved Response and Survival Over Conventional Therapy for R/R MM
June 12th 2021Treatment with the CAR T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel significantly improved outcomes for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma when compared with conventional therapies.
Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab Combo Improved Efficacy Over Sunitinib Across RCC Risk Groups
June 9th 2021Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab was efficacious for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and performed well in subgroup analyses of International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium risk categories and target kidney lesions.
Survival Benefit at 7 Years Reported With First-Line Ibrutinib for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
June 5th 2021Median progression-free and overall survival in patients with CLL/SLL receiving ibrutinib in the frontline still not reached at 7-year follow-up, according to data from RESONATE-2 trial reported at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Safe and Effective for Brainstem Metastases
June 2nd 2021The results from a retrospective trial that found stereotactic radiosurgery produced comparable results for both brainstem metastases and nonbrainstem brain metastases suggest both groups of patients should be eligible for stereotactic radiosurgery clinical trials.
Data Show Melflufen Is Noninferior to Pomalidomide for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
May 25th 2021Recently announced phase 3 data show similar progression-free survival results between melflufen and pomalidomide, the most used medicine for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.