Feb 28, 2012
Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations should receive EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors as 1st line therapy because they produce higher response rates, long progression free survival, reduced toxicity, improved symptom control and convenience of oral administration compared to chemotherapy...
Feb 28, 2012
This JCO Podcast provides observations and commentary on the JCO article, "Randomized Phase III study comparing Paclitaxel Cisplatin Gemcitabine and Gemcitabine Cisplatin in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer without prior systemic therapy: EORTC 30987 Intergroup Study" by Joaquim Bellmunt et...
Feb 21, 2012
The management of patients with early stage Hodgkin lymphoma with unfavorable characteristics remains a topic for study.
Feb 21, 2012
This podcast reports on a phase I/II trial investigating novel anti-CD22, moxetumomab pasudotox, in the treatment of patients with refractory hairy cell leukemia, which demonstrated responses in the majority of patients at all dose levels.
Feb 6, 2012
When dose dense treatment was first described we were greatly enthusiastic for all women with breast cancer. As the experience has matured we now realize that the benefit is confined to women with ER negative cancers. We think it is time to question our use of CSFs and dose dense treatment in ER+ women based on 2...