November 12th 2024
Elraglusib is undergoing investigation in an open-label, multicenter, phase 1/2 trial for the treatment of patients with Ewing sarcoma.
September 12th 2024
Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Oncology Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2-Expressing Breast Cancer… Advances in Management from HER2-Low to Positive Disease
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42nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
March 6 - 9, 2025
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Olaratumab Receives FDA Approval for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
October 19th 2016The PDGFRα antagonist olaratumab (Lartruvo) has been granted an accelerated approval from the FDA in combination with doxorubicin for the treatment of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who are not candidates for radiotherapy or surgery.
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Study Shows Functional Imaging Superior in Assessing Sarcoma Outcomes
October 14th 2016A comparison of anatomic and functional imaging in the assessment of clinical outcomes in patients with Ewing sarcoma has shown that FDG-PET, assessed by PERCIST criteria, was superior in predicting clinical benefits and identifying responses.
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Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy Produces Significant Survival Benefit in Sarcoma
October 10th 2016A technically negative trial in high-risk adult soft tissue sarcoma nonetheless produced a significant survival benefit for anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study presented at the 2016 ESMO Congress.
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GIST Experts Moving Toward Personalized Medicine Approach to Treatment
October 5th 2016Lori Rink, PhD, speaks about what oncologists have learned about GIST in the past 3 decades, the important role of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) in treating the disease, and the personalized treatment approach on the horizon.
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Functional, Anatomic Imaging Compared in Sarcoma Study
September 28th 2016A comparison of anatomic and functional imaging in the assessment of clinical outcomes in patients with Ewing sarcoma has shown that FDG-PET, assessed by PERCIST criteria, was superior in predicting clinical benefits and identifying responses, according to a study published in the <em>Journal of Clinical Oncology</em>.<br />
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Breaking Down Sarcoma, Other Cancers Into Different Types
September 22nd 2016George D. Demetri, MD, senior vice president for Experimental Therapeutics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Ludwig Center at Harvard, discusses how sarcoma is leading the way in the breakdown of cancers into different types.
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CHMP Recommends Approval of Olaratumab Combo for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
September 22nd 2016The PDGFRα antagonist olaratumab has been recommended approval by The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for use in combination with doxorubicin for patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who are not good candidates for radiotherapy or surgery.
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The Convergence of Targeted Therapies and Immuno-Oncology in Sarcoma
August 9th 2016George D. Demetri, MD, senior vice president for Experimental Therapeutics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Ludwig Center at Harvard, discusses the relevance of sarcoma in the converging worlds of targeted therapies and immuno-oncology.
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Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Show Only Modest Potential in Sarcoma
July 21st 2016Research is making only modest progress in the discovery of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors that show benefit in the treatment of sarcomas, Gary K. Schwartz, MD, argued during a presentation at the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting.
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