Pembrolizumab Does Not Improve Upon Lenvatinib in Advanced HCC
Adding pembrolizumab to first-line treatment with lenvatinib did not improve outcomes in a phase 3 trial of patients with advanced HCC.
Efficacy Shown for New Melanoma Therapeutic Vaccine
Patients who received the vaccine plus Keytruda were 49 percent less likely to die or have their cancer return after three years.
Toripalimab Improves PFS, OS in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Adding toripalimab to first-line chemotherapy improved survival in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Adding Atezolizumab to Chemo Improves Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Adding atezolizumab to treatment with carboplatin improved survival outcomes in patients with metastatic TNBC in a phase 2 trial.
Risk for Skin Cancer Increased for Patients With Lower Extremity Lymphedema
Lymphedematous extremity 2.65 times as likely as the nonlymphedematous extremity to have skin cancer.
Home Monitoring App Improved Outcomes for Pain Among Children With Cancer
Researchers determined use of a home pain monitoring app led to less clinically significant pain in children with cancer.
No Reduction in the Prevalence of Poor Physical Function in Survivors of ALL and NHL Seen Across Three Decades
Researchers sought to determine the prevalence of reduced function among survivors of ALL and NHL by treatment decade.
Study Looks at Survival in Metastatic NSCLC Treated With Immunotherapy
Survival similar among racial and ethnic groups; ECOG performance status linked to survival.
Nurse Practitioner Satisfaction With In-Person vs Telehealth Care Varies
An assessment of nurse practitioners’ preferences for in-person or telehealth care delivery showed mixed satisfaction, but most of those who provided both preferred in-person.
Radiation-Induced Lung Injury
Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a complication of radiation therapy and can develop as radiation pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis.
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