An outreach program at Boston s Dana-Farber navigated patients at a nearby Federally Qualified Health Center to cancer care, helping address the needs of a historically underserved patient population.
Choosing to practice at a community oncology center over a larger institution may seem like a risky endeavor. But many oncologists are still able to succeed professionally and financially in these smaller practices.
Patients with advanced melanoma have better event-free survival if pembrolizumab is given both before and after surgery; the findings tally with the mechanism of action of the drug, say researchers.
If the initial consult is with a surgeon, women are more likely to have up-front surgery for breast cancer. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
Extended follow-up from the CheckMate 274 trial further supports adjuvant nivolumab as a standard of care for patients with resected muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma.