Oncology

Results from the CheckMate 066 study found that the checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab performs well in improving patients' long-term quality of survival benefit in patients with advanced melanoma.

Adrenal gland tumors that are defined as being nonfunctional may not really be so, and the hormones that these tumors secrete could increase an individual’s risk of cardiometabolic irregularities, according to a new study.

World Lung Cancer Day is a grassroots effort conceived by a lung cancer survivor. Here are a few updates on ways to prevent the disease and manage treatment.

This week, the top stories in managed care included the release of Medicare's Star ratings for hospital quality, a new proposal from CMS to require bundled payments for cardiac care, and an FDA panel recommended approving a continuous glucose monitoring system for dosing insulin.

Sharing information of diagnosis and treatment decisions reassured women newly diagnosed with breast cancer of their health choices, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology.

A new study has found that combining ipilimumab with local peripheral treatments such as radiotherapy or electrochemotherapy can significantly better survival in patients with melanoma.