older adults

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting; #ASCO22
June 3, 2022
Greg Guthrie, ASCO staff

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting: Improving Standard Care for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer and Older Adults with Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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The ASCO Annual Meeting is being held June 3 to 7, and here is some of the notable research that will be presented today. Today’s studies explore adding nimotuzumab to chemotherapy to treat KRAS wild-type pancreatic cancer and adding ibrutinib to standard care for older adults with mantle cell lymphoma.

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November 9, 2020
Brielle Gregory, ASCO staff

When You Have to Make Decisions for a Loved One With Cancer

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Brielle.Gregory

In this podcast, 3 experts discuss what it means to have the capacity to make decisions during cancer, and what families and caregivers should know if they need to make decisions on behalf of someone else.

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ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program: #ASCO20
May 13, 2020
Leslie Fannon Zhang, ASCO staff

ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program: Effect of Quitting Smoking on Lung Cancer Survival, Maintenance Therapy for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer, Geriatric Assessments, Medicaid Expansion and Overall Cancer Mortality, and Videoconferencing for Caregivers

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Leslie.Fannon.Zhang

Read early research highlights just released from the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program. They include studies on quitting smoking and lung cancer survival, recurrent ovarian cancer treatment, geriatric assessment for patients receiving systemic therapy, how Medicaid expansion is impacting U.S. cancer mortality, and using videoconferencing with long-distance caregivers.

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