ASCO
ASCO Provides New Guideline for Opioids in Cancer Care
After extensive research and review, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has updated its guideline to ...
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
ASCO Panel Pushes Tighter Controls for Hazardous Drug Exposure
Alexandria, Va.—The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has weighed in on standards for handling ...
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Investigational Immunotherapy Looks Positive for HPV-Related Epithelial Cancers
In this phase 1 study, eight patients with metastatic HPV-16 cancers received a single infusion of KITE-439. In six ...
JULY 13, 2018
Challenges to Cancer Pain Management Are Multifactorial
In the 1980s, up to 70% of cancer patients reported pain. Thirty years later, cancer pain prevalence has not ...
JUNE 26, 2017
Severe Health Problems for Childhood Cancer Survivors Decline
Chicago—An analysis of patients in the National Institutes of Health-funded Childhood Cancer Survivor Study ...
JUNE 21, 2017
New ASCO Guidelines Stress Being Careful With Opioids
The guideline recommends a full range of evidence-based strategies for safe and effective treatment of persistent ...
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Temozolomide Plus Radiation for GBM Improves OS in Older Patients
Overall survival (OS) is improved when temozolomide is added to hypofractionated radiation for first-line treatment ...
JUNE 10, 2016
Capecitabine Extends Survival After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
Adding capecitabine to gemcitabine in adjuvant treatment of pancreatic cancer prolongs survival without increasing ...
JUNE 10, 2016
Call to Action: Public Comments on Medicare Part B Experiment End May 9
Oncology organizations urge members to speak out against CMS proposed drug reimbursement plan
APRIL 27, 2016
