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Evaluating the long-term effectiveness and safety of adding carboplatin with or without veliparib to standard chemotherapy given before surgery in patients with triple‑negative breast cancer.

Evaluating the long-term effectiveness and safety of adding carboplatin with or without veliparib to standard chemotherapy given before surgery in patients with triple‑negative breast cancer.

Posted by on May 8, 2022 in Breast cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study reported the long-term effectiveness and safety of adding carboplatin (Paraplatin) with or without veliparib (ABT-888) to standard chemotherapy given before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy; NACT) in patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The data showed that the addition of carboplatin to standard NACT...

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Investigating the benefit of frequent surveillance imaging on the survival outcomes in patients with resected stage III melanoma.

Investigating the benefit of frequent surveillance imaging on the survival outcomes in patients with resected stage III melanoma.

Posted by on May 8, 2022 in Melanoma | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study investigated the benefit of frequent surveillance imaging on the survival outcomes in patients with resected stage III melanoma. The data showed that patients who underwent less frequent imaging (12-monthly) had better outcomes than those who underwent more frequent imaging (3- to 4-monthly). Some background Melanoma is a...

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Evaluating the risk factors associated with radiation skin irritation after radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer

Evaluating the risk factors associated with radiation skin irritation after radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer

Posted by on Mar 20, 2022 in Breast cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study evaluated the risk factors associated with acute radiation dermatitis (ARD; skin irritation) after radiotherapy (RT) in patients with breast cancer (BC). The data showed that patients with diabetes, smokers, and those with a body mass index (BMI; a measure of body weight in relation to height) of more than 25 kg/m2 had a...

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Can osimertinib be used as first-line therapy in older patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC?

Can osimertinib be used as first-line therapy in older patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC?

Posted by on Jan 30, 2022 in Lung cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of osimertinib (Tagrisso) as first-line therapy for older patients above 75 years with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that osimertinib as first-line therapy is effective in these patients. However, osimertinib was...

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Comparing the effectiveness of immune-based combination therapies as first-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Comparing the effectiveness of immune-based combination therapies as first-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Posted by on Dec 31, 2021 in Lung cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study compared the effectiveness of immune-based combination therapies as first-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that immunotherapies plus chemotherapy combination was the best treatment for improving overall survival whereas, immunotherapy plus anti-angiogenic therapy plus chemotherapy...

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Adding dalpiciclib to fulvestrant in patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative advanced breast cancer

Adding dalpiciclib to fulvestrant in patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative advanced breast cancer

Posted by on Dec 31, 2021 in Breast cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of dalpiciclib (SHR6390) plus fulvestrant (Faslodex) in patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) and HER2-negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer (BC). The data showed that adding dalpiciclib to fulvestrant was safe and significantly improved the survival without cancer worsening in...

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Evaluating the effectiveness and safety outcomes of durvalumab maintenance after chemoradiotherapy for unresectable stage 3 non-small-cell lung cancer.

Evaluating the effectiveness and safety outcomes of durvalumab maintenance after chemoradiotherapy for unresectable stage 3 non-small-cell lung cancer.

Posted by on Nov 28, 2021 in Lung cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety outcomes of durvalumab (Imfinzi) maintenance after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in real-world patients with unresectable stage 3 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that durvalumab maintenance after CRT was safe and showed good short-term survival outcomes in these...

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Evaluating the effectiveness of T-VEC after failure of immunotherapy in patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma.

Evaluating the effectiveness of T-VEC after failure of immunotherapy in patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma.

Posted by on Nov 27, 2021 in Melanoma | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study evaluated the effectiveness of talimogene laherparepvec (Imlygic; T-VEC) after failure of immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma. The data showed that T-VEC after the failure of immunotherapy is safe and effective in these patients. Some background Melanoma is an aggressive type of...

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Investigating the side effect profiles of different PD-L1/PD-1 inhibitor-based combination therapies.

Investigating the side effect profiles of different PD-L1/PD-1 inhibitor-based combination therapies.

Posted by on Nov 7, 2021 in Lung cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study investigated the side effect profiles of different PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-based combination therapies. The data showed that PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in combination with chemotherapy were associated with a higher risk of treatment-related side effects than with targeted therapy or immunotherapy combinations. Some background...

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Evaluating the outcomes of current therapies after surgery for patients with stage III melanoma who did not undergo complete lymph node dissection.

Evaluating the outcomes of current therapies after surgery for patients with stage III melanoma who did not undergo complete lymph node dissection.

Posted by on Oct 31, 2021 in Melanoma | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study evaluated the outcomes of immune and molecular targeted therapies after surgery for patients with stage III melanoma who did not undergo complete lymph node dissection. The data showed that the immune and targeted therapies after surgery were associated with increased survival without metastasis among these patients. Some...

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Extended therapy with letrozole for 5 years improves survival outcomes in postmenopausal patients with hormone positive early-stage breast cancer.

Extended therapy with letrozole for 5 years improves survival outcomes in postmenopausal patients with hormone positive early-stage breast cancer.

Posted by on Oct 24, 2021 in Breast cancer | 0 comments

In a nutshell This study compared the effectiveness and safety of extended therapy with letrozole (LET; Femara) for 5 years versus the standard therapy of 2-3 years for the treatment of postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer (BC). The data showed that extended treatment with LET for 5 years significantly improved the survival outcomes...

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Does tebentafusp provide survival benefit in patients with advanced uveal melanoma?

Does tebentafusp provide survival benefit in patients with advanced uveal melanoma?

Posted by on Oct 17, 2021 in Melanoma | 0 comments

In a nutshell The study aimed to investigate the safety and effectiveness of immunotherapy drug tebentafusp in previously untreated advanced uveal melanoma. The study showed that tebentafusp is effective and improved the overall survival in patients with uveal melanoma. Some background Melanoma is an aggressive kind of skin cancer. Uveal melanoma...

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