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3 Oct 2019 - Oncology Conference reports ESMO 2019 — Video interview with Dr Jean-Yves Blay
ESMO's clinical track and effects on clinical practice
3 Oct 2019 - Oncology Conference reports ESMO 2019 — Video interview with Dr Stefan Bielack
Paediatric oncology at ESMO
3 Oct 2019 - Oncology Conference reports ESMO 2019 — Expert commentary: Survivor care, the lesson from paediatric oncology
The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is a model for late-effect research that offers suggestions for risk reduction interventions

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11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Cancer How is male breast cancer treated in the United States?
71% receive mastectomies; the remainder who get BCS underuse RT.
11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Ann Oncol CRPC: apalutamide shows OS advantage in SPARTAN
Shows 25% reduction in risk for death in interim analysis.
11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Ann Surg Surveillance may be safe in locally advanced esophageal cancer responsive to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Esophagectomy is associated with significant postoperative complications, but delay of surgery could lead to even more complications.
11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Oral Oncol OCSCC: Neck dissection lymph-node yield linked to survival
There have been limited data on the role of DOI and nodal yield in patients receiving END.
11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Chest NSCLC: robotic-assisted surgery bests open thoracotomy
Study examined surgical options in elderly patients with stage I-IIIA NSCLC.
11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Medical News Breast cancer screening for at-risk men shows benefit
Mammography screening in men with high risk had higher cancer yield than in women, a new research suggests.
11 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from J Glob Oncol CML: how much risk is associated with imatinib during pregnancy?
3 of 10 pregnant patients who continued imatinib experienced adverse issues.
10 Oct 2019 - Oncology drug update NICE decision on idelalisib for follicular lymphoma
A technology appraisal committee was unclear on whether the treatment is superior to current chemotherapeutic regimens
10 Oct 2019 - UK Clinical Digest from Br J Cancer Does metformin use lower gastric adenocarcinoma risk?
Findings from a population-based cohort study.
10 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from JAMA Oncol Breast cancer with high RS: add-on chemo yields 93% cancer-free rate at 5 years
TAILORx data support 21-gene score to guide use of adjuvant chemotherapy.
10 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from N Engl J Med NSCLC: frontline nivolumab+ipilimumab tops chemo for survival
Phase 3 CheckMate 227 shows advantage regardless of PD-L1 expression.
10 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from J Urol Focal therapy: 41% have clinically significant prostate cancer at 6 months
Biopsy needed to select patients for salvage treatment.
10 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Lancet Oncol AI-assisted endoscopy accurate for detecting upper GI cancers
Artificial intelligence diagnostic system could improve early detection.
10 Oct 2019 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from J Clin Oncol Dual targeted therapy: an option for melanoma with rare BRAF mutations
Efficacy appears lower than with V600E mutated melanoma.

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