Oncology Practice Review – Issue 3

In this issue:
  -  Pembrolizumab for advanced clear-cell gynaecological cancers
  -  Promising new blood test to detect early pancreatic cancer
  -  Daratumumab delays progression from smouldering to active multiple myeloma
  -  Cabozantinib for advanced neuroendocrine tumours
  -  No benefit for PD-L1 inhibitor compared with cetuximab in platinum-ineligible patients undergoing radiotherapy for HNSCC
  -  Māori travel longer distances to access bronchoscopy for lung cancer
  -  Updated melanoma guidelines from ESMO
  -  Pilot study supports professional supervision to enhance job satisfaction in radiation oncology
  -  Pharmac funds new treatments for liver, ovarian, neuroendocrine, lung and kidney cancers
  -  Pharmac funds denosumab for malignant hypercalcaemia in patients with renal damage
  -  Change to the funded palbociclib brand
  -  Sonobiopsy is looking feasible for noninvasive diagnosis of brain tumours
  -  Antibody-drug conjugates for breast cancer: new FDA approvals and indications
  -  Escherichia coli as an anticancer tool?
  -  Gender-affirming hormone therapy and the risk of prostate cancer in transgender women

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