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Coverage from the

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2021

June 04 - 08, 2021; Virtual/Online

June 04 - 08, 2021 Virtual/Online

ASCO 2021 'Exciting': Olaparib Benefit Also in Early BRCA+ Breast Cancer Patients taking olaparib had a 42% reduction in the risk of local recurrence of breast cancer, metastatic recurrence of breast cancer, other new cancers, or death due to any cause.
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 Better Cancer Survival Rates in States With Expanded Medicaid In states that expanded Medicaid income eligibility limits, survival rates for patients with cancer were better than in states in which eligibility criteria were more restrictive.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021

Conference News

ASCO 2021 Sharp Turn in Career Path: Leaving Academic Medicine Behind
Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2021
ASCO 2021 Doctor Empathy After 'the Bottom Drops Out of Your World'
Medscape Medical News, June 25, 2021
ASCO 2021 Simple Blood Test to Detect Colorectal Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2021
ASCO 2021 The 'Iceberg' of Sexual Harassment: What's Below the Surface
Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2021
ASCO 2021 DCIS: Biosignature Helps Guide Post-Lumpectomy Decisions
Medscape Medical News, June 17, 2021
ASCO 2021 'Remarkable' Results for Targeted Therapy of Rare CNS Tumors
Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2021
ASCO 2021 Saliva Test to Detect HPV-Associated Throat Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2021
ASCO 2021 Germline Genetic Testing for All Patients With Cancer?
Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2021
ASCO 2021 'Check Your Assumptions at the Door,' Advises Outlier Patient
Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2021
ASCO 2021 Oncologists Underestimate Patients' Use of Complementary Tx
Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2021
ASCO 2021 Blood Test for Multiple Cancers ― Too Many False Positives?
Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
ASCO 2021 Urine Metabolites Could Predict End of Life in Lung Cancer
Medscape News UK, June 9, 2021
ASCO 2021 The White Coat Didn't Fit ― Until She Put on a Yellow Dress
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 Black Women More Apt to Develop Distant Metastases After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Reuters Health Information, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 Nasal Swab Test Helps Identify Malignant Lung Nodules
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 How to Avoid Cystectomy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 Chemotherapy/Local Excision Avoids Proctectomy in Rectal Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 ACE Inhibitor Prevents LVEF Decline After Breast Cancer Drugs
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 COVID Builds a Case for Remote Patient Monitoring in Cancer Care
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 Novel Gene Panel Predicts Who Can Skip RT in Early Breast Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2021

ASCO 2021 Free UK Tool Could Help Guide COVID Care for Cancer Patients
Medscape News UK, June 8, 2021
ASCO 2021 Community Practices Still Not Testing Half of NSCLC Cases
Medscape Medical News, June 7, 2021
ASCO 2021 'Smart Bomb' Salvage in HER+ Metastatic CRC
Medscape Medical News, June 7, 2021
ASCO 2021 Low-Value End-of-Life Care in Some Patients With Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 7, 2021
ASCO 2021 NSCLC: Immune-Related AEs May Predict Survival Outcomes
Medscape Medical News, June 7, 2021
ASCO 2021 In Previous Year, 70% of Oncologists Reported Sexual Harassment
Medscape Medical News, June 7, 2021
ASCO 2021 IL-6 Levels Predict Distant Breast Cancer Recurrence
Medscape Medical News, June 4, 2021
ASCO 2021 'Exciting': Olaparib Benefit Also in Early BRCA+ Breast Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 Practice Halt: No Benefit in Cervical Cancer With Adjuvant Chemo
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 Immunotherapy Likely New Standard in Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 New Drug Toripalimab Improves Survival in Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 Adjuvant Immunotherapy Benefit in Resected Kidney Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 'Major Milestone' in mCRPC: Radiopharmaceutical Boosts Survival
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2021
ASCO 2021 New Hope on the Horizon for Advanced Synovial Sarcoma
Reuters Health Information, May 25, 2021
ASCO 2021 Cervical Cancer Rates Fall, but Other HPV Cancers Increase
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
ASCO 2021 Immunotherapy Takes First Major Step Into Earlier NSCLC
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
ASCO 2021 Novel Immunotherapy Relatlimab in Advanced Melanoma
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
ASCO 2021 'Very Strong Statement' to Discuss PSA Screens With Younger AAs
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
ASCO 2021 ASCO Will Be Virtual Again, Bigger and Better
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
ASCO 2021 Better Cancer Survival Rates in States With Expanded Medicaid
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021

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Medscape Oncology Perspectives

Real-World Breast Cancer Tx Fall Far Short of Trial Outcomes
Kathy D. Miller, MD
New Long-term Melanoma Data 'Clearly Favor' IPI/NIVO
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
ASCO Lung Cancer Targeted Therapy Data Expands EGFR and MET
Mark G. Kris, MD
What's Next After Anti-PD-1 Therapy for Melanoma Fails?
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
ASCO 2021: Best Lung Cancer IO Data
Mark G. Kris, MD
ASCO 2021's Best Trials Proved We Can Do More With Less
Mark A. Lewis, MD
ASCO Data Confirm Standard of Care for Cervical, Ovarian Cancer
Maurie Markman, MD
ASCO Data Present 'Clear Roadmap' to Treat Locally Advanced NSCLC
Mark G. Kris, MD
MDS Highlights From ASCO 2021
Amy DeZern, MD
Top Abstracts in Locally Advanced NSCLC From ASCO 2021
Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD
Melanoma Highlights From ASCO 2021
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
Key Presentations on Gastrointestinal Cancers From ASCO 2021
John L. Marshall, MD
Highlights in Multiple Myeloma From ASCO 2021
Joseph Mikhael, MD
Key Studies in Early Breast Cancer From ASCO 2021
Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD
Highlights in Metastatic Breast Cancer From ASCO 2021
Lisa A. Carey, MD
NIVO + LAG-3 Antibody Succeeds in Advanced Melanoma
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
New Data Support De-escalating Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer
David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc
Key Presentations on Advanced NSCLC From ASCO 2021
Mark A. Socinski, MD
Highlights in Renal Cell Carcinoma From ASCO 2021
Eric Jonasch, MD
For Residual TNBC Post-Chemo, Capecitabine Should Be Offered
Kathy D. Miller, MD
Olaparib Beneficial for BRCA-Mutated HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
Kathy D. Miller, MD
ASCO 2021: Breast Cancer Sessions Not to Miss
Kathy D. Miller, MD

Popular News from ASCO 2020

'Abysmal' Student Makes the Grade as Oncologist Kurt Oettel, MD, had a poor academic performance as an undergraduate and a long, hard road to med school acceptance.
Medscape Medical News, Aug 18, 2020
Oncology Care Model Reduces Costs but Savings Are Modest The Oncology Care Model was associated with lower costs for certain cancers, but these savings were offset by the administrative costs of the program.
Medscape Medical News, Jun 01, 2020
New OS Data With Olaparib Support 'New Era' for Ovarian Cancer New data showing that overall survival extended by more than a year cement the role of the olaparib in the treatment of BRCA-positive ovarian cancer.
Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2020

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