The lifestyle medicine needs of cancer survivors seeking lifestyle consultation are growing, and awareness of the benefits of lifestyle medicine for this population can enhance the quality of life for patients who are survivors of cancer.
Zolbetuximab’s targeted action, combined with manageable adverse effects, positions it as a promising therapy for advanced gastric cancer.
A phase 2 study investigated the use of cord blood–derived natural killer cells plus elotuzumab, lenalidomide, and melphalan with autologous stem cell transplant for patients with high-risk multiple myeloma.
The interview features comments on the emergence of T-cell engagers for therapy in patients with multiple myeloma made during the 2020 ASH Meeting & Exposition.
Experts discuss the process of assessing decision-making capacity in patients with cancer.
Having all the necessary staff together, from medical oncologists to pharmacists, helps deliver the best possible outcomes to patients with cancer.
Panelists emphasized that for a patient with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer and active brain metastases, selecting a treatment with proven intracranial activity is critical, while carefully considering prior therapy tolerability, radiation history, and the balance between treatment efficacy and patient convenience to optimize both disease control and quality of life.
In the final cross Q&A session from the multiple myeloma module, panelists discuss implications of IKEMA and consider the importance of biochemical versus clinical progression.
The panel discusses the efficacy of belantamab mafoditin and where the treatment fits in the multiple myeloma treatment landscape.
Daniel V. T. Catenacci, MD, and colleagues present findings from a study of circulating tumor DNA as a predictive biomarker for gastric and gastroesophageal cancer.
Patients 70 years or older that received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy had better overall survival than those undergoing radical cystectomy alone.
J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, ABOM-D, an interventional radiologist at Emory Healthcare, details how cryoablation can be used by radiologists to manage pain in patients with cancer.
Danazol was reviewed as an effective treatment option for patients with myelodyspplastic syndromes, according to a recently published article by Sangam Shah, MBBS, et al.
Zolbetuximab’s targeted action, combined with manageable adverse effects, positions it as a promising therapy for advanced gastric cancer.
This case presents a patient with locally advanced, unresectable, mismatch repair–deficient sigmoid colon cancer who was treated with neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy followed by surgical resection leading to a complete pathologic response after preoperative systemic chemoimmunotherapy.
Ibrahim Halil Sahin, MD, and colleagues, explore, the CIRCULATE-US (NRG-GI008; NCT05174169) investigating postoperative ctDNA dynamics in early-stage colon cancer for treatment selection.
Findings from clinical trials conducted in recent years demonstrate the benefit of integrative oncology for patients undergoing treatment for cancer.