The OncLive® News page includes the latest in clinical oncology news, including breaking regulatory decisions, clinical trial findings, pivotal and practice-changing data published in academic peer-reviewed journals, and more across solid and hematologic malignancies. Regulatory news includes new drug approvals by the FDA and European Union, priority review and breakthrough therapy designations, and orphan drug and fast track statuses.
New Ovarian Cancer Guidelines Include Surgery, Chemotherapy and Therapy Advancements
March 18th 2015Recent advancements in the treatment of ovarian cancer, including surgical techniques, the approvals of bevacizumab and olaparib, and intraperitoneal chemotherapy, have led the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to make changes to their clinical practice guidelines.
Expert Discusses Frontline Bortezomib in MCL
March 18th 2015To gain new insight on the phase III LYM-3002 study and bortezomib's use in the frontline MCL setting, OncLive interviewed Andrew Evens, DO, MSc, director of the Tufts Cancer Center and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Tufts University School of Medicine.
ASCO Report Says Patient Survival Improves But Costs and Administrative Burden Also Climb
March 17th 2015Patients with cancer are living longer thanks to new treatments, but the US oncology care system is burdened by growing administrative responsibilities, difficulties obtaining payment, and runaway costs.
Wistar-Penn Collaboration Identifies HSP70 as Promising New Target for Melanoma Therapy
March 12th 2015A 10-year collaboration between scientists at The Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania has recently resulted in the emergence of an exciting new target for cancer therapy, heat shock protein 70, that could be helpful in treating patients with melanoma.
Role of Stem Cell Transplantation Evolving in Multiple Myeloma
March 11th 2015OncLive interviewed Ravi Vij, MD, associate professor, Division of Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Washington University School of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center, on what the future holds for stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma.
Targeting Gastric Cancer: Recent Advances Generate Fresh Hopes After Many Frustrations
March 11th 2015As we enter an era of unprecedented clinical trial activity in gastric cancer, with thousands of patients enrolled or set to be enrolled in large, randomized phase III trials of novel targeted agents, we may finally be on the path to changing the course of this disease.
OncLive Welcomes MD Anderson Cancer Center to Strategic Alliance Partnership Program
March 10th 2015OncLive today joins with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in a partnership to increase awareness of the latest advances in cancer research, treatment and care through OncLive's Strategic Alliance Partnership program.
Top Breast Cancer Research Findings for the Past Year
March 9th 2015A new standard that recommends ovarian function suppression (OFS) therapy as a routine adjuvant treatment option for certain premenopausal women with higher risk, hormone receptor (HR)–positive breast cancer emerged as the most far-reaching medical oncology research finding in the field for 2014, according to Debu Tripathy, MD.