ASCO Annual Meeting

The dosing frequency of zoledronic acid (Zometa) can be reduced by 67% without compromising efficacy and safety in women with breast cancer and bone metastases.

Obesity significantly increases the risk of dying of breast cancer in premenopausal women with ER-positive early disease, according to findings from a large, retrospective study involving 80,000 patients.

In December 2013, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that asymptomatic, high-risk individuals receive annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT).

The new targeted drug, PLX3397, has demonstrated responses in patients with pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), a rare joint disorder.

A rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) after surgery or radiation therapy for prostate cancer is not enough reason, on its own, to initiate androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), a large observational study has found.

The highly selective EGFR inhibitor AZD9291 demonstrated an ORR of 64% without inducing dose-limiting toxicities in patients with metastatic NSCLC who harbor an acquired EGFR T790M resistance mutation.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2013 Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 31 to June 4, 2013. Here's our slideshow from the conference.

An updated blog from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting held in Chicago.

An updated blog from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting held in Chicago.

At the press briefing on Monday, ASCO featured advances in lung and breast cancer treatment and prevention and new insight on the nation’s cancer drug shortages.

An updated blog from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting held in Chicago.

On Sunday, ASCO released data from five pivotal studies on reducing cervical cancer deaths worldwide, first therapies for two rare cancers, and treatment advances for breast and brain cancers.

Carol Aghajanian, MD, from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a phase III trial of pazopanib versus placebo in women who have not progressed after first-line chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

An updated blog from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting held in Chicago.

In a press briefing on Saturday, ASCO highlighted important advances in treatment for multiple aggressive cancers, and new insight on HPV related cancer risk.