ASCO: American Society of Clinical Oncology

Over the 20 years I've been treating breast cancer, I think this is the one area where we've really lagged behind in terms of making progress, said Andrew Seidman, MD, attending Physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Ovarian cancer survivors could have an option for treatment after chemotherapy, based on the outcome of a phase III study of an approved oral therapy for kidney cancer and soft tissue sarcoma.

Two-thirds of the metastatic myeloma patients in a phase II study were still alive a year after receiving a new combination therapy, compared to slightly more than half of patients receiving a standard monotherapy for the cancer, according to results presented today at the 49th Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

Michael Kolodziej, MD, National Medical Director for Oncology Strategies, Aetna, says that in regard to payers impacting the use of immunotherapies, most payers have decided they will respect the judgment of the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

In this video, Daniel George, MD, Director, Prostate Clinic, Genitourinary Oncology, Duke Cancer Institute, shares his thoughts on the most exciting data to be presented on immunotherapies at the ASCO Annual Meeting 2013.

An ongoing phase I study of patients who have experienced relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma has found that this population was largely able to tolerate a new oral 20S proteasome inhibitor after receiving other prior treatments.

This finding makes it clear that patients should be advised that they need to achieve a certain fitness level, and not just be told that they need to exercise. Unlike patient-reported exercise behavior, Lakoski said, fitness can be objectively and accurately measured in a clinical setting.

Half the patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who were treated with idelalisib in a phase I study experienced rapid and prolonged tumor shrinkage, a promising finding given the limited treatment choices for this group.

Results detailed today offer hope that a new form of immunotherapy will propel the bodies of some cancer patients to fight tumors, not be overrun by them, according to a study outlined at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) in Chicago.

Patients in a phase III trial lived longer and experienced fewer treatment-related deaths from locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after receiving the standard dose of radiotherapy, compared to those receiving a high dose, according to a study presented today at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO).

Imaging spotted relapses for just a tiny fraction of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) before symptoms appeared, according to a new multi-institutional study, prompting recommendations that the radiation exposure of follow-up scans may not be worthwhile for all patients.