Nivolumab Could Change Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Paradigm
February 16th 2016With the phase III CheckMate-141 trial being stopped early due to the anti-PD-1 agent nivolumab having met its primary endpoint of overall survival improvement in head and neck cancer, Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, couldn't be more elated.
Immunotherapies and the Challenge They Present in Melanoma
February 13th 2016With the field of immunotherapy growing at a rapid rate, and its increasing incorporation in the armamentarium of treatments in melanoma, Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses where the field is going and how oncologists can be using the therapies.
Radium-223 Retreatment Deemed Safe in Bone-Metastatic Prostate Cancer
February 3rd 2016Retreatment with radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) after initial therapy and progression was deemed safe in patients with bone-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), according to a recent prospective, open-label phase I/II trial.
Novel Immunotherapy for Metastatic Cervical Cancer Shows Survival Benefit
October 1st 2015Tom Herzog, MD, clinical director, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, explains the impact ADXS11-001 may have on patients with recurrent metastatic cervical cancer who currently have limited effective treatment options.