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A human leukocyte antigen (HLA) variant is associated with poor outcomes in patients with cancer who receive immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), according to research published in The Lancet Oncology. The study showed that HLA-A*03 was…
Pathologic upstaging among patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is more likely among older patients and those with lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and certain histologic features, according to study findings presented at the 22nd annual meeting…
Patients who progress on bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy to muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) have worse outcomes than patients with de novo MIBC and warrant neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), according to investigators. In a review of 801…
An international survey has revealed barriers to accessing cancer drugs deemed essential for routine clinical care. The survey was published in The Lancet Oncology. Researchers surveyed medical oncologists from 82 countries and found that some…
A study of more than 300,000 patients with COVID-19 and a history of cancer provides insights that can inform clinical care and etiologic studies, according to researchers. The group reported findings from this study in…
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