<ѻý>The Unfulfilled Promise of Cannabis for Cancer-Related Symptomsѻý> Medical cannabis is currently too far removed from the standards of medical practice Jan 14, 2023
<ѻý>For People With HIV, Early Anal Cancer Screening Tied to Better Outcomesѻý> All people with HIV should be screened, not just men who have sex with men, researchers say Jan 13, 2023
<ѻý>Off-the-Shelf T-Cell Therapy Effective Against Viral Infections After Allo-HCTѻý> Produced an antiviral response in 95% of patients with six different types of infection Jan 13, 2023
<ѻý>MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Eases Pain From Bone Metastasesѻý> More responses with ultrasound, but quality-of-life scores lower vs EBRT in nonrandomized trial Jan 11, 2023
<ѻý>Study Supports Routine Omentectomy in Absence of Metastasis During CRS-HIPECѻý> High rate of occult metastases in patients with grossly normal omentum Jan 11, 2023
<ѻý>Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Esophageal, Gastric Cancersѻý> Cohort study provides "reassurance of the protective clinical benefits of weight loss surgery" Jan 11, 2023
<ѻý>Zanubrutinib Shows Good Tolerance in BTK-Inhibitor Intolerant Malignanciesѻý> Most patients had no recurrence of their original intolerance event Jan 10, 2023
<ѻý>Post-HSCT Brentuximab Vedotin Plus Nivolumab Highly Effective in Hodgkin Lymphomaѻý> However, toxic effects might limit the combination to the highest-risk patients Jan 10, 2023
<ѻý>Conspiracy Theorists' Cancer Beliefs; HIV Meds and Ethnicityѻý> Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium levels and health outcomes Jan 07, 2023 podcast
<ѻý>Genomic Assay May Pinpoint Who Can Skip RT After Breast-Conserving Surgeryѻý> Patients categorized as low risk with 16-gene signature showed no significant benefit with RT Jan 06, 2023
<ѻý>More Evidence to Support Restrictive Opioid Prescribing After Cancer Surgeryѻý> Significant decreases in prescription days, doses, refill requests, with few patient complaints Jan 06, 2023
<ѻý>Optimizing Treatment for Older Patients With HR+ Low-Risk Breast Cancerѻý> Five days of radiotherapy, five years of hormonal therapy, or somewhere in between? Jan 05, 2023
<ѻý>More Extensive Resection of Low-Grade Glioma Linked to Longer Survivalѻý> Across both subtypes, improved survival seen with at least 75% resection, study finds Jan 05, 2023
<ѻý>Watch for New Psych Disorders in the Spouses of Cancer Patientsѻý> Risk especially high within the first year after cancer diagnosis Jan 05, 2023
<ѻý>Jazz Musician With Slowly Expanding Neck Mass Causing Dysphagiaѻý> Alcoholism, liver dysfunction highly linked with rare disease of unknown etiology Jan 04, 2023
<ѻý>Can Dying Well Be a Part of Living Well?ѻý> Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, on her mission to transform end-of-life care Jan 03, 2023 podcast
<ѻý>Crystal Ball Cloudy for PI3K Inhibitors' Future in Hematologyѻý> After a year of negative news, some caution about throwing out the baby with the bath water Jan 02, 2023
<ѻý>Adagrasib Shows Anti-Tumor Activity in Heavily Pretreated KRAS-Mutant CRCѻý> Response rates of 19% alone, 46% with cetuximab in phase I/II trial Dec 21, 2022
<ѻý>Early Win for Gene Therapy in Rare Form of SCIDѻý> 10 infants were able to make their own T cells; safety good so far Dec 21, 2022
<ѻý>Mixed Results With Hormonal Strategies for Premenopausal Breast Cancerѻý> Exemestane reduced recurrence, metastasis versus tamoxifen, but no survival benefit Dec 20, 2022
<ѻý>Long-Term Data Reinforce Targeted Combo Versus Single Agent for Advanced Melanomaѻý> Encorafenib-binimetinib tops vemurafenib, but checkpoint inhibitors remain first-line choice Dec 19, 2022
<ѻý>OS Benefit Eludes Second-Line Niraparib Maintenance in Ovarian Cancerѻý> Significant PFS results demonstrated in NORA trial don't extend to overall survival Dec 17, 2022
<ѻý>FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancerѻý> Half of patients achieved complete responses with adenoviral vector-based product Dec 16, 2022
<ѻý>Anti-PD-1 Drugs Impress as Frontline Therapy for Early, Unfavorable Hodgkin'sѻý> 3-year PFS of 99%, OS of 100% with nivolumab-chemo, high response rate with pembrolizumab Dec 16, 2022
<ѻý>No Blaming Common Antihypertensives for Pancreatic Cancer, Study Suggestsѻý> Some reassurance on widely prescribed dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers Dec 15, 2022
<ѻý>New Regimen for GvHD Prophylaxis in Well-Matched Reduced-Intensity Allo-HCTѻý> Post-transplant cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, and MMF reduces GvHD without higher relapse risk Dec 14, 2022
<ѻý>'Practice-Changing' Results With Zanubrutinib Versus Ibrutinib in CLL/SLLѻý> Significantly longer PFS with second-gen BTK inhibitor in relapsed/refractory disease Dec 14, 2022
<ѻý>C3 Pathway Inhibitor May Change Practice for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuriaѻý> Iptacopan improved hemoglobin without transfusion versus current standard of care Dec 14, 2022
<ѻý>High-Dose Chemo, ASCT Improves Survival in Primary CNS Lymphomaѻý> European trial is "practice-changing as of today," says U.S. expert Dec 13, 2022
<ѻý>Prolonged Responses in DLBCL Spark Talk of a Cure With Bispecific Antibodyѻý> Most complete responses lasted 24 months or longer after limited-duration glofitamab Dec 13, 2022
<ѻý>Blinatumomab-Chemo Consolidation a 'New Standard' in MRD-Negative B-ALLѻý> Phase III study showed 58% reduction in the risk of death versus chemo alone Dec 13, 2022
<ѻý>Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors Experience Accelerated Epigenetic Agingѻý> Data from St. Jude cohort show higher rates of neurocognitive impairment Dec 13, 2022
<ѻý>Direct-Acting Antivirals Linked to Improved Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis Cѻý> All-cause mortality rate significantly lower in treated versus untreated group Dec 13, 2022
<ѻý>Durable Platelet Response in Immune Thrombocytopenia With Efgartigimodѻý> Glycoprotein receptor inhibitor produces four times as many responses as placebo Dec 12, 2022
<ѻý>Black Patients Less Likely to Get Advanced Treatments for PEѻý> Also less likely for patients on Medicare and Medicaid Dec 12, 2022
<ѻý>AML Study Suggests Intensive Chemo Unnecessary Before Allo-HCTѻý> Similar outcomes if patients went directly to transplant or received intensive salvage first Dec 11, 2022
<ѻý>Talquetamab Offers New Hope in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myelomaѻý> Bispecific antibody achieves "incredible" response rates over 70% in heavily pretreated patients Dec 11, 2022
<ѻý>Ibrutinib Makes Its Case for First-Line Treatment in Mantle Cell Lymphomaѻý> Standard-of-care autologous transplant fails to prove superior to BTK inhibitor alone Dec 11, 2022
<ѻý>Rigid In-Hospital Diet Offers No Advantage in Patients After HSCTѻý> "We should eliminate these silly neutropenic diets," expert says Dec 10, 2022
<ѻý>Higher Brain Cancer Risk After CT Exam in Childhoodѻý> Study suggests one radiation-induced brain cancer expected per 10,000 persons receiving a head CT Dec 09, 2022