BJMO - volume 12, issue 3, february 2018
S. Aspeslagh
BJMO - volume 12, issue 3, february 2018
E. Seront MD, PhD
Multiple immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are currently available for the treatment of bladder cancer. The question raised by Dr Seront in his lecture was: “which agent should be used for which patient?”
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L. Dirix MD
It has become a yearly tradition during the annual BSMO meeting to have a presentation by Dr Luc Dirix discussing the top stories in oncology over the past year. The 2018 edition was no exception.
Read moreBJMO - volume 11, issue 7, november 2017
P. Specenier MD, PhD
BJMO - volume 11, issue 7, november 2017
L. Triest MD, K. Papadimitriou MD, PhD, M. Rasschaert MD, PhD, J. Van den Brande MD, M. Peeters MD, PhD
ESMO 2017 featured the presentation of several practice changing data in the field of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. The first part of this report will summarize the key data presented in the field of gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), biliary, gallbladder, biliary, pancreatic and hepatocellular cancer. In the second part, the focus is turned to colorectal cancer.
(BELG J ONCOL 2017;11(7):340–348)
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V. Kruse MD, PhD, L. Brochez MD, PhD, A. Rutten MD
During this year’s ESMO congress a lot of promising new data were presented with regard to melanoma care. We have selected 13 abstracts to discuss here.
(BELG J ONCOL 2017;11(7):334–337)
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T. Vermassen PhD, S. Rottey MD, PhD
From the 8th till the 12th of September, Madrid was the host city for the 2017 ESMO Congress. The central theme of the congress was ‘Integrating science into oncology for a better patient outcome’, as it is crucial that researchers and clinicians exchange knowledge in an era of deep understanding of the molecular biology underlying the development of cancer. ESMO 2017 was attended by almost 24,000 registered attendees. This report will highlight eleven key studies concerning genitourinary cancers presented during the meeting.
(BELG J ONCOL 2017;11(7):326–333)
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