Research covering cancer treatment delays due to insurance type, and improvements in cancer care and quality of life for low-income and minority patients seen with integrated community-based interventions will be highlighted in the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium’s official Press Program. Studies featured in the Press Program are among the more than 300 abstracts that will be presented at the Symposium.
August 17, 2021
August 6, 2021
The Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) commends the Biden Administration for proposing to rescind the Most Favored Nation (MFN) model from consideration. ASCO has consistently opposed the ill-advised MFN model, as it would have had a devastating impact on people with cancer.
July 15, 2021
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) today announced that 75 research sites applied and have been invited to participate in a pilot project testing a research site self-assessment tool and an implicit bias training program focused on increasing racial and ethnic diversity among clinical trial participants.
July 13, 2021
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) jointly released new Oncology Medical Home (OMH) standards, which provide a comprehensive roadmap for oncology practices to deliver high-quality, evidence-based cancer care.
June 15, 2021
A new ASCO guideline update recommends offering 1 year of adjuvant olaparib to patients with high-risk early-stage human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer and germline BRCA mutations after completion of (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy and local treatment, including radiation.
June 3, 2021
The addition of the immunotherapy agent toripalimab to standard first-line chemotherapy significantly delayed disease progression for patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), according to new research. The phase III international study, to be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, may represent a paradigm shift in the care of these patients, for whom there are currently few treatment options
June 3, 2021
Compared to standard of care chemotherapy, both a dual immunotherapy regimen and a single immunotherapy agent added to chemotherapy extends overall survival (OS) for patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), particularly those positive for the immune checkpoint protein PD-L1, according to data from a phase III trial to be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
June 3, 2021
Immunotherapy after surgery significantly improved disease-free survival (DFS) for patients with the most common type of kidney cancer, clear-cell renal carcinoma (RCC). A phase III international study, to be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, found that pembrolizumab (Keytruda) could offer an effective treatment for patients currently with few other options. KEYNOTE-564 is the first phase III study with a checkpoint inhibitor in the adjuvant setting to improve DFS for patients with high risk fully resected RCC.
June 3, 2021
The addition of 1 year of the PARP inhibitor olaparib after completion of standard neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy, surgery and any radiation therapy needed, significantly improved invasive disease-free (IDFS) and distant disease-free survival (DDFS) in patients with BRCA1/2 germline mutations and high-risk early-stage breast cancer that is negative for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-(HER2), according to new research to be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
June 3, 2021
Additional chemotherapy given after standard chemoradiation treatment does not improve survival for women with locally advanced cervical cancer, and is associated with additional side effects, according to results of a phase III international trial.
June 3, 2021
The investigational therapy 177Lu-PSMA-617 significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) when added to standard of care treatment in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) compared with standard of care alone, according to new research.
May 27, 2021
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its awards supporting researchers with projects spanning across many areas in cancer care, including immunotherapy, precision medicine, breast cancer, and palliative care. The awards will be given in conjunction with the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting.
May 26, 2021
Twenty-seven studies exploring a wide range of topics across many cancer disease sites will be presented at the upcoming 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place online June 4-8.
May 25, 2021
The Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) congratulates Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on her confirmation as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Administrator Brooks-LaSure is now in a key position to lead CMS during the agency’s continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) under the new Administration.
May 19, 2021
In a review of the incidence and trends of the Human Papillomavirus- (HPV-) related cancers, a new study found that over the last 17 years, the incidence of cervical cancer has decreased annually by 1%, while the incidence of other HPV-related cancers continues to increase.
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