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June 25, 2018/by Anne John Michael

ASCO 2018 NSCLC: The ASCO18 Lung Cancer Track Summarised

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a key feature of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2018 annual meeting. This year, encouraging results with single-agent immunotherapy (I-O) and combinations of I-O with chemotherapy (CTx), including the CheckMate 227 with nivolumab (NIVO), IMpower131 and IMpower150 studies with atezolizumab (ATEZO), and KEYNOTE-042 and KEYNOTE-407 studies with pembrolizumab (PEMBRO). Furthermore, important Asian data on treatments for epidermal growth-factor recptor (EGFR) mutation-positive (mu+) NSCLC (ARCHER 1050, NEJ009, NEJ026, and JO25567).

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June 19, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

U.S. FDA Approved Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors Updated 19-Jun-2018

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June 19, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

ASCO 2018 Breast Cancer: The ASCO18 breast cancer track summarised

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May 10, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

AACR 2018: first-line atezolizumab, bevacizumab plus chemotherapy active in non-squamous NSCLC

US FDA approved CAR-t cell BiTE DAR-T cell CD19 Immunotherapies blinatumomab axicabtagene ciloleucel tisagenlecleucel

May 2, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

US FDA approved CAR-T cell and BiTE immunotherapy - Updated 2-May-2018

ONCOLOGY ARTICLES

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June 8, 2018/by Anne John Michael

ASCO 2018 HCC: The ASCO18 hepatocellular cancer track summarised

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting includes two Phase III studies in the second-line treatment of the disease. Moreover, data with several immune-checkpoint inhibitors were presented, including the KEYNOTE-224 with pembrolizumab. Welcome to the summary of the ASCO 2018 HCC track.

AACR 2018 First-line Nivolumab-Ipilimumab in TMB-high NSCLC front-line immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer tumour-mutation burden CheckMate 227 NCT02477826

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April 21, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Nivolumab-Ipilimumab Combination: A New Option for TMB-High NSCLC (CheckMate 227)

NCT02578680 Keynote189 AACR 2018 pembrolizumab chemotherapy nsclc NEJM Leena Gandhi

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April 19, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Frontline Combination of Pembrolizumab and Chemotherapy: A New Standard of Care for Non-squamous NSCLC

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April 10, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Pembrolizumab effective in frontline NSCLC with low PD-L1 expression

Herbert Loong on irAEs Immunotherapy (I-O) and New Onset Diabetes or immune-mediated diabetes

April 6, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

I-O in Special Populations: Diabetes and Concomitant Steroids

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

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ONCOLOGY ARTICLES (Cont’d)

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April 4, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Crizotinib beneficial for East-Asian NSCLC patients with ROS1 alterations

Crizotinib in Asian NSCLC patients with ROS1 alterations was associated with a 71.7% objective response rate (ORR) with a median duration of response (DOR) of 19.7 months (95% CI, 14.1 months - not reached). Learn more about the results with crizotinib in East-Asian non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harbouring c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1) rearrangements.

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March 31, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Nivolumab for NPC: immunotherapy active in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NCI-9742)

Making sense of immunotherapy in NSCLC

March 26, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Making sense of 1st-line immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Symposium Highlight 5HT3 NK1 Palonosetron Netupitant CINV Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting

January 30, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Advances in the Prophylaxis of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting: From Multi-Dose to Single Dose Control

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November 29, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Achieving Long-Term Survival in the First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma; A Balancing Act of Efficacy and Side-Effects

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November 20, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Do you know your lifetime risk on Pancreatic Cancer?

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October 25, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Luminal Breast Cancer: can CDK4/6 Inhibition by Palbociclib Improve on Chemotherapy?

Nivolumab Renal Cell Cancer Symposium Highlight

September 19, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Nivolumab for Renal Carcinoma: Getting the Most Out of PD-1 Immunotherapy

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July 5, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Should all Women with Endocrine-Sensitive and Operable Breast Cancer Receive Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy?

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June 21, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Interested in Attending an Immunooncology Conference?

Latest global trends of health measure and impact on survival rate

August 16, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Latest global trends of health measure and impact on survival rate

Lack of strength and diabetes are becoming epidemic in the ageing population, and patients often ignore early signs and are unaware how to prevent these problems.

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July 18, 2017/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

Optimisation of aerosol delivery in patients with poor asthma control

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December 15, 2016/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

AMNOG: Germany Pharmaceuticals Pricing Legislation Overview

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May 29, 2016/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

ASCO16 Nivolumab (Opdivo©) Data

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April 4, 2016/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

ACC2016: 8½ Important Cardiology Lessons Learned

July 11, 2018/by News Feed

Ipilimumab plus nivolumab FDA approved for MSI-H and dMMR pre-treated mCRC

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July 2, 2018/by News Feed

Combination encorafenib plus binimetinib for unresectable/metastatic BRAF V600E or V600K-positive melanoma FDA approved

FDA has limited the use of Tecentriq and Keytruda for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing therapy. More Information. June 19, 2018

June 19, 2018/by News Feed

FDA limits use of atezolizumab and pembrolizumab in urothelial carcinoma

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June 14, 2018/by News Feed

Bevacizumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel FDA approved for several types of gynaecological cancers

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June 14, 2018/by News Feed

FDA approved pembrolizumab for 3rd-line PMBCL in adult and pediatric patients

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June 13, 2018/by News Feed

FDA approved pembrolizumab for chemotherapy-refractory r/m cervical cancer with PD-L1 CPS ≥1

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June 9, 2018/by News Feed

FDA approves venetoclax in 2nd-line for patients with CLL or SLL

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June 6, 2018/by News Feed

FDA approved biosimilar pegfilgrastim to decrease the chance of febrile neutropenia in patients with non-myeloid cancers on myelosuppressive chemotherapy

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May 21, 2018/by News Feed

FDA approved avatrombopag for thrombocytopenia in CLD patient scheduled for a procedure

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May 18, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

FDA safety alert: use of immunotherapy in metastatic urothelial cancer with low PD-L1 expression

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May 16, 2018/by News Feed

Biosimilar epoetin alfa-epbx approved by FDA for the treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease, use of zidovudine for HIV, and concomitant myelosuppressive chemotherapy

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May 7, 2018/by Stijn van den Borne, MSc

FDA approves daratumumab plus VMP for transplant ineligible myeloma patients

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