Senior Editor, OncLive®
Jason Harris has worked in journalism for more than 20 years, including stints at daily newspapers and niche publications for oncology and cardiology. He is a senior editor for OncologyLive® and managing editor for Oncology Fellows and the annual Giants of Cancer Care® album. He also contributes to the OncLive On Air and OncFellows podcasts. Email: jharris@onclive.com
Nivolumab Effective in Advanced Anal Cancer
April 10th 2017According to findings from a single-arm phase II trial, treatment with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) resulted in an overall response rate of 24.3% in previously treated patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.
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HER2-Enriched Subtype Predicts Response to Dual HER2 Blockade in Early Breast Cancer
April 10th 2017According to results from the PAMELA trial, women with the HER2-enriched subtype of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer were more likely to have a pathological complete response when treated with dual HER2-blockade.
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Pembrolizumab Impresses in Heavily Pretreated Head and Neck Cancer
April 7th 2017Pembrolizumab has shown durable, clinically significant responses in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who are refractory to platinum-based chemotherapy and cetuximab, according to results from the single-arm, phase II KEYNOTE-055 study.
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