Adult patients with Burkitt lymphoma had excellent long-term survival rates—upwards of 90%—following treatment with low-intensity chemotherapy regimens, according to a new clinical trial finding.
A research team from the NCI and ASCO presented a summary of best practices and strategies for future research in a co-sponsored symposium.
Recent discoveries about the genetics and cell signaling pathways of thyroid tumors have lead to the development of kinase inhibitors that target tumor cell division and blood vessels.
An investigational drug improved median survival while reducing risk of disease progression or death in persons with metastatic gastric cancer participating in the phase III REGARD trial.
The SHIVA trial is the first randomized trial to look at patient outcomes after treatments were chosen based on individual molecular profiles of each person's tumor.
Clinical trial focusing on bone marrow transplantation and rental transplant for multiple myeloma. Combined Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) and Renal Transplant for Multiple Myeloma (MM) With End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
Clinical trial focusing on ACY-1215, bortezomib, and dexamethasone. Study of ACY-1215 Alone and in Combination With Bortezomib and Dexamethasone in Multiple Myeloma
Clinical trial focusing on cell surface markers and pim kinases. Prognostic Potential of Cell Surface Markers and Pim Kinases in Multiple Myeloma
Clinical trial focusing on genetics and multiple myeloma. Relating Clinical Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma to Personal Assessment of Genetic Profile (CoMMpass)
Clinical trial focusing on TH-302, Dexamethasone, and Bortezomib. Open-label Study of TH-302 and Dexamethasone With or Without Bortezomib in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Clinical trial focusing on epidermal micrografts. Use of the Epidermal Micrografts for Wound Healing After Mohs or Excisional Surgery for Skin Cancer
Clinical trial focusing on biomarker analysis for translational integration in colorectal cancer. Assessment of Clinically Related Outcomes and Biomarker Analysis for Translational Integration in Colorectal Cancer (ACROBATICC)
A trial comparing pazopanib and sunitinib found pazopanib to have better safety and health-related quality-of-life profiles among persons with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Even in advanced stages, total tumor size can have a major impact on survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a new study.
After 18 years of follow-up, the drug finasteride was shown to reduce the risk for prostate cancer by approximately one third, but did not significantly affect overall survival in men or survival after prostate cancer diagnosis.
Changes made 5 years ago to accelerate time-to-initiation of clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute have paid off in the form of faster activation of studies.
FDA-approved clinical trials progress through three phases: the first shows safety, the second determines efficacy and further evaluates safety, and the third seeks to prove a drug's superiority over existing treatments. But when a drug's benefit is obvious in the first or second phase, is the third, and costly, phase needed?
Results for almost half of U.S. cancer drug trials are still not available three years after study completion.
A newly reported clinical trial used a vaccine that stimulated dendritic cells to treat newly diagnosed advanced melanoma.
Hispanic cancer patients rarely participate in clinical trials, but researchers want to tailor a Spanish-language DVD to change this situation.
A new streamlined method rapidly identifies genetic changes in small protein fragments unique to melanoma cancer cells.
New data has confirmed the biological action of the drug MGN1703 and suggests that it may be possible to identify which patients with gastrointestinal cancer will benefit most from the treatment.
Adding bevacizumab to initial treatment for glioblastoma did not improve overall patient survival or progression-free survival, according to results of a randomized phase III trial.
The use of tailored, web-based videos delivering educational information before an oncologist visit can significantly improve knowledge and reduce attitudinal barriers that impact enrollment in clinical trials, according to one new study.
A clinical trial has shown that patients and their physicians are eager to jump into next-era cancer care, which is analysis of a patient's tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer. The results of the study, CUSTOM, are being presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Among women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, late recurrence was best predicted by the clinical treatment score. Significant prognostic value was added by the PAM50 risk of recurrence score and by the Breast Cancer Index score, according to a study comparing five scores that was presented at the 5th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
A new class of drugs targeting the genetic material of skin cancer has been successfully tested in humans for the first time. This opens the way to new treatments for a range of conditions from skin cancers to eye diseases.
New light was shed on the use of TACE and SIRT in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by data from clinical trials presented at the International Liver Congress 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Orally administered rigosertib was found to be well-tolerated in patients with advanced solid tumors in a phase 1 trial. Rigosertib is a dual kinase inhibitor, and this trial is the first to study its orally administered form in solid tumors.
A new class of tumor-fighting drugs that use RNA interference were studied for their safety and preliminary efficacy.
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