Immuno-Oncology

Immunotherapies made headlines in oncology last month when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decided that the anticancer vaccine sipuleucel-T (Provenge) will be a payable expense for prostate cancer.

Hormonal therapies have long been the standard of care for metastatic advanced prostate cancer

New treatment approaches that improve overall survival for patients with late-stage melanoma spotlighted

Dr. Wolchok from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Describes the Immunotherapy Ipilimumab

Dr. Axel Hoos from Bristol Myers-Squib on the Patients That Respond to Ipilimumab

Dana Monroe from San Francisco Oncology Associates Discusses Ipilimumab's Side Effects

An experimental melanoma vaccine gp100 peptide vaccine in combination with IL2 may shrink tumors and prevent the progression of late-stage melanoma

Juanita Madison from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance on Handling the Provenge Treatment Process

Juanita Madison from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Describes the Provenge Treatment Process

Suzanne Beauchene from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Discusses the Provenge Treatment Process from Start to Finish

At ONS researchers from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) discussed their multidisciplinary care coordination approach for treating patients with Provenge

The FDA recently approved the immunotherapy ipilimumab (Yervoy) as a second-line treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma

As immunotherapy options grow, oncologists will need new frameworks of reference for evaluating whether patients are benefiting from the treatments

Researchers at SFOA have examined the challenges ipilimumab's unique side-effect profile presents to oncology professionals

Dr. Leonard Gomella from the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center on Novel Prostate Cancer Immunotherapies

Immunotherapies again made headlines in oncology last month

The federal agency that determines Medicare reimbursements this week proposed to fully cover the cost of Provenge

Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to start rolling out its newly approved melanoma drug ipilimumab (Yervoy) in the next several weeks

James P. Allison has never hesitated to buck the system

A recent poll conducted by Britain's Royal Society found that what Britons want most is a vaccine that will prevent cancer.

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Novel immunotherapy approaches to metastatic prostate cancer: Stimulating the immune response ex vivo with autologous antigen presenting cells.

New pancreatic cancer vaccine findings were presented at the 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 19-21 in Orlando, FL.

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