Cancer Center, “A Randomized Phase II Study Comparing Concise versus Prolonged Afatinib as Adjuvant Therapy for Stage I–III NSCLC with EGFR Mutation” The awardees responded to a request for proposals issued by the NCCN ORP to the 21 NCCN Member
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William J. Gradishar, Meena S. Moran, Jame Abraham, Rebecca Aft, Doreen Agnese, Kimberly H. Allison, Sarah L. Blair, Harold J. Burstein, Chau Dang, Anthony D. Elias, Sharon H. Giordano, Matthew P. Goetz, Lori J. Goldstein, Sara A. Hurvitz, Steven J. Isakoff, Rachel C. Jankowitz, Sara H. Javid, Jairam Krishnamurthy, Marilyn Leitch, Janice Lyons, Jennifer Matro, Ingrid A. Mayer, Joanne Mortimer, Ruth M. O'Regan, Sameer A. Patel, Lori J. Pierce, Hope S. Rugo, Amy Sitapati, Karen Lisa Smith, Mary Lou Smith, Hatem Soliman, Erica M. Stringer-Reasor, Melinda L. Telli, John H. Ward, Kari B. Wisinski, Jessica S. Young, Jennifer L. Burns, and Rashmi Kumar
Systemic Therapy In patients with early-stage breast cancer, systemic adjuvant therapy is administered to reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence. The decision is often based on individual risk of relapse and predicted sensitivity to treatment (eg
.” Approximately half of patients with metastatic melanoma harbor an activating mutation of BRAF, a signaling kinase. These patients tend to show dramatic responses to vemurafenib. Other updates include expanded recommendations on adjuvant therapy and radiation
imaging specialists, and pulmonologists. “Radiation is recommended as an adjuvant therapy to improve local control after surgery, and it is also an effective palliative treatment for relief of chest pain that is often associated with mesothelioma,” said
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Fleming T Macdonald J . Levamisole and fluorouracil for adjuvant therapy of resected colon carcinoma . N Engl J Med 1990 ; 322 : 352 – 358 . 7 de Gramont A Boni C Navarro M . Oxaliplatin/5FU/LV in adjuvant colon cancer: updated efficacy
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neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. One retrospective study focused on 49 patients with adenocarcinoma (90%) or squamous (10%) cancer of the esophagus who were staged as T2,N0,M0 and received neoadjuvant chemoradiation. 14 The study found that the 5-year rates
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considered at high risk for recurrence after adjuvant therapy, interferon-alfa appears to confer a small benefit. The value of high-dose interferon was first established in 1996 by Kirkwood et al. 5 for patients with T4 lesions or evidence of regional
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. Goss PE Ingle JN Pritchard KI . Extending aromatase-inhibitor adjuvant therapy to 10 years . N Engl J Med 2016 ; 375 : 209 – 219 . 4. Goss PE Ingle JN Martino S . Impact of premenopausal status at breast cancer diagnosis in women entered
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-free and overall survival. 7 The effectiveness of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer led to a number of trials incorporating them into the adjuvant therapy of postmenopausal women with early-stage hormone receptor
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34%, 1 , 3 a favorable outcome that has been attributed to the combination of increased screening mammography and improved adjuvant therapy. 4 However, despite the steady increase in DCIS detection and treatment in the 1990s, the subsequent
