Affording the Best Care

From the death of folk music star Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary to good news from broadcasting legend Dick Vitale, here is this week’s news.

In addition to a breakthrough therapy designation for a lung cancer drug, this week we’ll be talking a lot about additional side effects and health conditions that may come with a cancer diagnosis, and how to manage them.

As I shift from an oncologist to a gynecologist for breast screenings, I examine both my reluctance to let go of the past and my hopes for the future.

Last week, we saw a few moving parts in the regulatory space, from new NCCN guidelines for pediatric neuroblastoma treatment to FDA Fast Tracks and Priority Reviews

Stereotactic body radiation therapy combined with Nexavar showed a clinically important improvement in overall survival in locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

CBD consumption was safe but did not have a statistically significant reduction in scan-related anxiety versus placebo for patients with breast cancer.