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Drug Pair Benefits Patients With Melanoma Who Progressed on Prior Therapy
October 3rd 2017Combination therapy of Opdivo (nivolumab) and LAG-3 inhibitor relatlimab (BMS-986016) benefitted half of the patients with melanoma who previously progressed on an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 therapy, according to recent results from a dose-expansion study.
Expert Gives Updates on Kidney and Bladder Cancer
September 27th 2017Sumanta Kumar Pal, M.D., associate professor, Department of Medical Oncology, City of Hope, covered the scope of exciting genitourinary cancer data presented at the 2017 ESMO Congress, with a sharp focus on the CABOSUN and CheckMate-214 trials.
Acupuncture Reduces Symptom Burden in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
September 27th 2017Acupuncture is a powerful resource that has been around for thousands of years. The traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating chronic pain and headaches, and is now being used by many patients with cancer as a complementary therapy alongside medicinal treatment.
Combinations May Be Crucial for Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer
September 26th 2017The future for immunotherapy treatment for gynecologic cancers may be found in drug combinations, according to Dmitriy Zamarin, M.D., Ph.D., who admits that these agents have been slower to demonstrate progress in this group of patients.