Top 15 Cancer Stories of 2015

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In this slide show we take a look back at the past year in cancer news and research, with some of our most read stories of 2015 including new immunotherapy approvals, a look at the overtreatment of DCIS, a study on fish oil and chemoresistance, and more.

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Once a patient-specific dose is determined, an all-oral combination of revumenib plus decitabine/cedazuridine and venetoclax may be “very good” in AML.
Patients with lung cancer who achieve a complete response with neoadjuvant therapy may not experience additional benefit with adjuvant immunotherapy.
Numerous trials have displayed the evolution of EGFR inhibition alone or with chemotherapy/radiation in the EGFR-mutated lung cancer space.
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Although high grade adverse effects are infrequent among patients undergoing treatment for SCLC, CRS and ICANS may occur in higher frequencies.
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Co-hosts Kristie L. Kahl and Andrew Svonavec highlight what to look forward to at the 67th Annual ASH Meeting in Orlando.
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Based on a patient’s SCLC subtype, and Schlafen 11 status, patients will be randomly assigned to receive durvalumab alone or with a targeted therapy in the S2409 PRISM trial.
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