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“We are confident that this will mark the first steps toward a reduction of the duration of trastuzumab in many women with HER2-positive breast cancer,” says Helena M. Earl, MBBS, PhD, FRCP.

“Treating financial toxicity at the patient level is similar to treating a symptom like fatigue. You can try to prevent it, but to some degree, patients are going to experience it, and when they do, you need a plan,” says Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS.

Interest in personalizing medicine in oncology is growing, so the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) titled its theme for the 2018 presidential address at the annual meeting, "Delivering Discoveries: Expanding the Reach of Precision Medicine."

San Francisco, CA—Understanding the complex relationship between the PD-1 receptor, its ligand 1 (PD-L1), and mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) status may help to improve treatment outcomes in patients with resectable gastric and esophageal cancer, according to a retrospective tissue-based analysis.

Chicago, IL—A greater understanding of the biology of cholangiocarcinoma, including differences between intrahepatic versus extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, is driving the development of new therapeutic options that have shown promising results in advanced stages of this difficult-to-treat cancer.

Experts at this roundtable discussion addressed high patient costs, achieving greater value in oncology care, and the desire for access to comparative data.