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NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Bookmark

The nonprofit National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) publishes guidelines for patients to learn more about their diagnosis and their treatment options. Here is their 2022 update for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

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Does Sequential vs Concurrent Treatment Change Outcomes in HER2+ Breast Cancer? Bookmark

Excerpt from Cancer Network:

“Outcomes for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer did not differ when treated with sequential chemotherapy plus trastuzumab compared with a concurrent approach, according to a new phase III trial.

” ‘The effectiveness of trastuzumab with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting is evident; however, the cardiac safety of trastuzumab combined with anthracyclines has been questioned,’ wrote study authors led by Kelly K. Hunt, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.”

Go to full article published by Cancer Network on Sep 7, 2018.

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