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ASCO Annual Meeting

Healio.com brings you the highlights from the ASCO Annual Meeting. Refer back to this page often to read the latest news from ASCO, see perspectives and interviews with leading researchers and clinicians, and review archives of past meetings.

Meeting News

Margetuximab improves PFS in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer

June 25, 2019
CHICAGO — The combination of margetuximab and chemotherapy prolonged PFS compared with trastuzumab-chemotherapy among patients with…
VIDEO: AstraZeneca executive highlights ‘extensive’ development program for acalabrutinib in CLL
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VIDEO: AstraZeneca executive highlights ‘extensive’ development program for acalabrutinib in CLL

June 25, 2019
CHICAGO — Michelle Dawson, PhD, U.S. medical affairs franchise head for hematology at AstraZeneca, spoke with HemOnc Today at ASCO Annual…
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Adjuvant chemotherapy demonstrates survival benefit in triple-negative breast cancer subtype

June 24, 2019
CHICAGO — Patients with small, node-negative, triple-negative breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy experienced improvements in OS…
Investigational CAR T-cell therapy induces durable responses in pretreated leukemia subtypes
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Investigational CAR T-cell therapy induces durable responses in pretreated leukemia subtypes

June 24, 2019
CHICAGO — Heavily pretreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma and prior ibrutinib treatment achieved…
VIDEO: Eisai executive highlights key pipeline assets
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VIDEO: Eisai executive highlights key pipeline assets

June 24, 2019
CHICAGO — Takashi Owa, PhD, chief discovery officer and chief medicine creation officer for Eisai’s oncology business group, spoke with…
VIDEO: Cemiplimab represents ‘paradigm shift’ in treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
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VIDEO: Cemiplimab represents ‘paradigm shift’ in treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

June 21, 2019
CHICAGO — Michael R. Migden, MD, associate professor of dermatology and associate professor of head and neck surgery at The University of…
VIDEO: Talazoparib improves PFS in patients with BRCA mutations
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VIDEO: Talazoparib improves PFS in patients with BRCA mutations

June 20, 2019
CHICAGO — At the ASCO Annual Meeting, Jose Pablo Leone, MD, medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, spoke with HemOnc Today…
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Exercise reduces cancer-related fatigue, boosts muscle strength among patients with breast cancer

June 20, 2019
CHICAGO — Patients with breast cancer experienced reductions in cancer-related fatigue and improved muscle strength through an exercise regimen…
VIDEO: Studies in lung cancer, sarcoma highlight Eli Lilly presentations at ASCO
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VIDEO: Studies in lung cancer, sarcoma highlight Eli Lilly presentations at ASCO

June 20, 2019
CHICAGO — Maura Dickler, MD, vice president of late-phase oncology development at Eli Lilly, spoke with HemOnc Today about key data presented…
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RELAY: Ramucirumab, erlotinib combination improves PFS in EGFR-mutated metastatic NSCLC

June 19, 2019
CHICAGO — The addition of ramucirumab to erlotinib significantly improved the outcomes of patients with EGFR-mutated metastatic non-small…