Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) Podcast

This study reports surprisingly good outcomes for children with Ph-like ALL treated on the St. Jude Total Fifteen clinical trial.

Corticosteroids are recommended as part of the WHO analgesic ladder but there is limited evidence for their efficacy for the treatment of pain in cancer patients.

The availability of reconstructive surgeons restricts the use of immediate breast reconstruction, creating unintended inequities even in a system with universal health care coverage.

This podcast describes the rising epidemic of HPV-associated oropharynx cancer, its unique demographic profile and natural history, and comments on new findings from Carole Fakhry et al. regarding patterns of disease recurrence seen in patients enrolled on RTOG 0129 and 0522.

This podcast discusses the report of cardiac monitoring data from the HERA trial, places the findings in context with data from other trials, and considers how the report relates to clinical practice.

This is a review of breast needle biopsy for the diagnosis of breast cancer and how surgeons and geography affect utilization and the resultant impact on quality of care.

FISH genetics, LDH and beta 2-microglobulin can identify a group of newly diagnosed myeloma patients with a two-year survival of only 52% in spite of bortezomib-based therapy.

The current study, reporting on the upfront use of lenalidomide and rituximab in CLL, suggests high response rates and excellent tolerability in younger as well as older patients, albeit with a modest median progression-free survival.

This podcast summarizes the findings of a recent longitudinal functional MRI study examining the effects of breast cancer chemotherapy on multitasking-related brain activation and its relationship to cognitive complaints, and discusses implications and future directions.

This podcast discusses the measures to optimize central-nervous-system-directed therapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

This trial supports the use of neoadjuvant capecitabine monotherapy as a potentially more convenient radiosensitizer that does not sacrifice surgical and pathologic outcomes in rectal cancer. However, further study is needed.

This podcast reviews the current role of PET and radiotherapy in PMBL.

This podcast concerns the potential complimentary role played by PET and CT in the assessment of response in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Among more than 2,000 patients with an invasive cancer, more than 5% had a mutation in PTEN and almost half of these patients had a second malignancy. This observation has implications for patients with breast, endometrial and thyroid cancer, and those with known PTEN mutations.

This partner study suggests that spouses of people with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer do not have elevated oral HPV prevalence and the partners' risk for oropharyngeal cancer remains low.

This JCO podcast provides observations and commentary on the JCO article, "Provision and discussion of survivorship care plans with cancer survivors: Results of a nationally representative survey of oncologists and primary care physicians" by Danielle Blanch-Hartigan, et al.

The study provides evidence that several patients with high-risk ALL who show a favorable MRD response to chemotherapy can achieve a cure without stem cell transplantation.

This podcast summarizes and provides clinical conclusions of a large international study on ovarian cancer incidence and outcomes in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.

In this podcast, I will discuss first-line usage of anti-EGFR therapies in metastatic colorectal cancer in the context of the PEAK trial findings with a focus on the emerging data surrounding RAS oncogene mutations in treatment selection.

This JCO podcast provides commentary on the accompanying JCO article "Underestimation of risk of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation in women with high grade serious ovarian cancer by BRCAPRO: A multi-institution study" by Molly S Daniels, et al, and evaluates the need for BRCAPRO in patients with ovarian cancer and the benefit of identifying germline BRCA and other mutations in this population.

This podcast discusses the results of an analysis of the risk of severe gastrointestinal toxicity associated with the administration of bevacizumab to women with advanced ovarian cancer.

Observations from the AURELIA trial evaluating bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy in platinum resistant recurrent ovarian cancer patients and results from Patient-Reported Outcomes.

This JCO podcast provides observations and commentary on the JCO article, Survival, Durable Tumor Remission, and Long-Term Safety in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Receiving Nivolumab," by Suzanne Topalian, et al.

Coincident with increased reconstruction with mastectomy are higher rates of mastectomy for early stage cancer and contralateral prophylaxis, suggesting the need for assessment of decision support tools and understanding of the patient perspective.

Early commencement of adjuvant chemotherapy is unlikely to be relevant for the majority of patients but unnecessary delay may be unwise for patients in whom the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy is expected to be significant.