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  •   George Lundberg, MD

    In this article for Cancer Therapy Advisor, Dr. Shaalan Beg shares updates from the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium on treatments for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

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  •   Emma Shtivelman, PhD

    Excerpt from Reuters:

    “AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug Imfinzi cut the risk of death in patients with mid-stage lung cancer by nearly a third in a closely watched clinical study, reinforcing the case for using the drug in earlier disease.

    “The encouraging overall survival data boosts prospects for a medicine that was approved this week in Europe and has already had a promising U.S. commercial launch, based on its ability to slow disease progression.”

    Go to full article published by Reuters on Sep 25, 2018.

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    ASCO 2017: Breast Cancer Treatment News

    Emma Shtivelman, PhD

    Last month, the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting took place in Chicago. Thousands of oncologists, patients, and journalists gathered to learn about the most recent developments in cancer research and treatment. Here are some breast cancer highlights from the meeting: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is considered more responsive to treatment with immune checkpoint drugs than any other type of breast cancer.… Read more »