BJMO - volume 11, issue 4, september 2017
Tom Feys MBA, MSc, H. Wildiers MD, PhD
This report will discuss a selection of key studies related to breast cancer discussed during the 2017 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. ASCO 2017 featured important new data generated with CDK4/6 inhibitors in patients with advanced breast cancer and included several abstracts considering the potential of PD-L1 inhibition for breast cancer. In addition to this, updates of several large phase III studies, including MARIANNE, ALLTO and APHINITY were presented. For a more complete overview of breast cancer news presented at ASCO 2017, we refer to the ASCO annual meeting website (https://meetings.asco.org/am/register-submit-abstracts).
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P. Specenier MD, PhD
BJMO - volume 11, issue 4, september 2017
J. Kerger MD
BJMO - volume 11, issue 3, may 2017
W. Lybaert MD, M. Simoens , Wim Demey MD, F. van Fraeyenhove MD, T. Vandamme MD, PhD, L. De Backer , M. Peeters MD, PhD
Barcelona, 8-10 March 2017.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2017;11(3):129–133)
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Tom Feys MBA, MSc
From 12–15th March, the Society of Gynecological Oncology hosted its 48th annual meeting. The meeting continues to be one of the key educational and scientific events for physicians treating and caring for women with gynaecologic cancer. This summary will discuss some of the key studies presented during the meeting, with a focus on medical oncology. For a complete overview of abstracts presented in National Harbor we refer to the Society of Gynecological Oncology website: www.sgo.org.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2017;11(3):134–137)
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L. Decoster MD, PhD, C. Kenis RN, PhD
The 2016 annual conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology took place in Milan, Italy from November 17–19th. More than 450 delegates from 42 countries with a special interest in the care for older patients with cancer attended this conference. The meeting provided an overview of current advances in geriatric oncology.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2017;11(2):78–80)
Read moreBJMO - volume 10, issue 8, december 2016
Rasschaert M , Papadimitriou K , J. Van den Brande MD, R. Weytjens MD, Peeters M
From October 7th till October 11th, Copenhagen formed the background for the 2016 annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). This report will focus on some of the key studies presented during the meeting, referring to gastrointestinal cancer.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2016;10(8):290–94)
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