Oral ridaforolimus is generally well tolerated and significantly improves PFS in metastatic sarcoma patients, according to the results of the phase 3 SUCCEED trial presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Trastuzumab-naïve metastatic breast cancer patients have significantly higher clinical benefit rates and longer OS times when treated with HER2-targeted therapies, compared with patients who previously received adjuvant trastuzumab, according to a study reported at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Adding bevacizumab to etoposide and cisplatin (BEEP) has significant anti-tumor effects in breast cancer patients with brain metastases after whole-brain radiotherapy, according to a study presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Second-line treatment with axitinib showed superior PFS but not OS compared with sorafenib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma previously treated with cytokines, according to updated tiral results reported at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Single-agent carfilzomib is efficacious in patients with relapsed and double-refractory/intolerant multiple myeloma, according to updatedtrial results presented at the 2012 American Association of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Nimotuzumab does not improve survival among newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients when added to standard temozolomide chemoradiotherapy, but warrants further study among patients with MGMT nonmethylated glioblastoma, according to a randomized multicenter phase 3 study reported at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
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