American Society of Clinical Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was formed in 1964 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. ASCO is a world-wide society of professionals focused on all forms of cancer. ASCO publishes a journal, provides seminars and symposiums, consultation services, networking and newsletters relating to current cancer research.
Study suggests patients with lung cancer who carry specific HER2 mutations may benefit from certain anti-HER2 treatments
New results from a retrospective study conducted in Europe suggest that anti-HER2 treatments, like the widely used breast cancer agent trastuzumab (Herceptin), have anti-cancer effects in a small subset of patients with advanced ...
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Apr 22, 2013 |
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Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy enables patients with advanced colorectal cancer, liver metastasis to undergo surgery
New results from a clinical trial conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that adding cetuximab (Erbitux) to standard chemotherapy enables some patients with otherwise inoperable liver metastases due to colorectal cancer have ...
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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Higher soy intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis linked to longer survival in women
New results from a large observational follow-up study conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that women with lung cancer who consumed more soy food prior to their cancer diagnosis lived longer than those who consumed less ...
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Mar 25, 2013 |
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Prospective study finds many children with retinoblastoma can safely forego adjuvant chemotherapy
New results from a prospective clinical trial conducted in France show that children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative (adjuvant) chemotherapy to prevent disease recurrence or metastasis; the results ...
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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American Society of Clinical Oncology issues annual report on state of clinical cancer science
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has just released its annual report on the top cancer advances of the year. Clinical Cancer Advances 2012: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer, highlights major ...
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Dec 03, 2012 |
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Study demonstrates that earlier end of life care discussions are linked to less aggressive care in final days of life
A large population- and health systems-based prospective study reports earlier discussions about end of life (EOL) care preferences are strongly associated with less aggressive care in the last days of life and increased ...
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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Study reports steady increases in long-term survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
A study by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) reported that five-year survival for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, the most common type of pediatric cancer) among children treated through COG clinical trials increased ...
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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First study on long-term cognitive effects of breast cancer CMF chemotherapy finds subtle impairment
Dutch investigators have reported that women who received CMF chemotherapy (a combination regimen including the drugs cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil) for breast cancer between 1976 and 1995 scored worse ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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First prospective analysis links breast and pancreatic cancer risk with Lynch syndrome
A new prospective study of patients with Lynch syndrome – an inherited disorder of cancer susceptibility caused by mutations in specific DNA repair genes – provides the first strong evidence that people with Lynch ...
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Feb 13, 2012 |
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Childhood cancer survivors' exposure to chemotherapy, radiation does not increase risk of birth defects in their childre
A large, retrospective study shows that children of childhood cancer survivors who received prior treatment involving radiation to testes or ovaries and/or chemotherapy with alkylating agents do not have an increased risk ...
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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American Society of Clinical Oncology issues annual report on progress against cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released Clinical Cancer Advances 2011: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer, an independent review of the advances in cancer research that have had the greatest ...
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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MRI predicts survival in locally advanced rectal cancer
A new study has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used to evaluate responses to pre-surgery (neo-adjuvant) chemotherapy or radiation may predict survival among patients with advanced rectal cancer. The findings ...
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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