Jessica Skarzynski

February 12, 2021 - The androgen receptor inhibitor darolutamide continues to show favorable tolerability in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, even when given for a prolonged period of time.

January 28, 2021 - The addition of apatinib to single agent chemotherapy showed promising efficacy and was found to be well tolerated in patients with pretreated advanced small cell lung cancer.

The combination of the anti-angiogenic multikinase inhibitor lenvatinib plus the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab demonstrated promising antitumor activity and a manageable safety profile in previously treated patients with advanced gastric cancer, advanced metastatic microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair colorectal cancer, and advanced biliary tract cancers

December 10, 2020 — Oral paclitaxel and encequidar elicited lower rates of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, as well as greater efficacy, in patients with metastatic breast cancer compared to intravenous paclitaxel.

December 5, 2020 - Patients with myelofibrosis who are relapsed after or refractory to therapy with Janus kinase inhibitors saw better overall survival, spleen response, and symptom response with higher doses of the telomerase inhibitor imetelstat.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with intense dose-dense epirubicin, paclitaxel, and cyclophosphamide demonstrated significant benefit in the treatment of patients with HR+/HER2- breast cancer.

The combination of next-generation proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone did not show a superiority in progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma when compared with the current standard of care triplet of bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone.

Women who eat a balanced, low-fat diet and daily portions of vegetables, fruit, and grains have a 21% lower risk of dying from breast cancer.

A 2018 Giants of Cancer Care® award winner for Supportive, Palliative Geriatric Care, Patricia A. Ganz, MD has spent much of her life working to improve the quality of care for patients with cancer.

The addition of the dendritic cell-based immunotherapy DCVAC/OvCA to standard carboplatin and gemcitabine led to a significant improvement in overall survival in patients with relapsed, platinum-sensitive, epithelial ovarian cancer.

Select patients with melanoma who consume a diet rich in fiber could see an improved response to treatment with immunotherapy.