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"We hypothesized that the newer treatment would turn out to be most beneficial for patients, but the magnitude of the benefit exceeded our expectations."

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A Phase 3 trial has demonstrated that patients with advanced stage (3 or 4) classic Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent initial treatment with nivolumab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, and AVD chemotherapy (N-AVD) had a significantly lower risk of their cancer getting worse than patients treated with brentuximab vedotin, a monoclonal antibody, and AVD (BV-AVD) a year after starting treatment.

A case is building for the routine use of dexrazoxane to protect the hearts of children with cancer being treated with doxorubicin.

A simple blood test that can tell whether you might have cancer in your body is available in New York State but doctors are still hesitant to prescribe it. 

If you saw news coverage of a study suggesting limited benefit to colonoscopies, consider this message from experts.

Doctors that oversee cancer clinics say that new patients are arriving for treatment with more advanced disease than before the COVID 19 pandemic, that's according to a survey from the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

The Wilmot Cancer Foundation held its tenth annual Warrior Walk on Sunday. The event was held at Genesee Valley Park in honor of those impacted by cancer. Hundreds of cancer survivors, family members, friends, doctors, and researchers showed up to celebrate and show their respect.           

Replacing vincristine with polatuzumab vedotin improved PFS, without adding toxicity

/PRNewswire/ -- New data establishes for the first time that chemo brain is a major problem for lymphoma survivors. Separately, investigators found that...