Hematology/Oncology

• In the Journals

• New cytotoxic, biologic agents have not improved survival for patients with distant recurrence

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2012
• A review of adjuvant phase 3 trials conducted over a 24-year period demonstrated no general survival improvement for patients who developed distant breast...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Diffusion-weighted imaging shows promise identifying false-positive lesions

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2012
• Diffusion-weighted imaging successfully identified as negative/benign nearly half of nonmalignant breast lesions that had been incorrectly identified as...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Minority women more likely to present with higher-grade breast cancer tumors

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2012
• Black and Hispanic women are more likely to present with high-grade breast cancer tumors and less likely to receive post-surgical radiation therapy than...More »

• In the Journals

• Prone position may be safer during radiation

• November 15, 2012
• Patients with breast cancer who underwent CT scans in the prone position experienced significantly less radiation exposure to their hearts and lungs than...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Breast cancer mortality rate higher in black women than white women

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2012
• Black women were at a nearly 50% increased risk for overall breast cancer-specific mortality than women of other races, according to findings presented at...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Triple-negative breast cancer increased risk for local recurrence

• HemOnc Today, December 25, 2012
• Women with triple-negative breast cancer and no more than three positive lymph nodes after a mastectomy have an increased risk for local recurrence than...More »

• FDA advisory panel decisions

• FDA grants priority review for T-DM1

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2012
• The FDA has granted priority review designation for the breast cancer drug trastuzumab emtansine.
  Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Immunogen, Genentech) is...More »

• Breast Tomosynthesis

• November 3, 2012
• The DBT system employs a digital X-ray that records a series of low-dose, high-resolution images of the breast while traversing a small (15°) arc around ......More »

• Prone position may be safer during radiation

• HemOnc Today, November 10, 2012
• Patients with breast cancer who underwent CT scans in the prone position experienced significantly less radiation exposure to their hearts and lungs than...More »

• Breast, ovarian tumors may share molecular qualities

• HemOnc Today, November 10, 2012
• Researchers have identified genetic similarity between basal-like breast cancer tumors and serous ovarian cancer tumors.
  The findings highlight the...More »

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