Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) Podcast

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Impact of Organizational Characteristics and Process of Care on Hospital Mortality and Resource Use in Cancer Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units Sep 13, 2016

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Health-Related Quality of Life: Increasingly Important in the Era of Effective, Modern Myeloma Therapy Sep 06, 2016

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Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Novel Method of Exploration Aug 14, 2016

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This podcast highlights the innovative methodology employed in this study to determine risk factors for chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy, as well as implications of the findings to clinical practice and future investigation of immune mechanisms of this toxicity.

Changes in the Epidemiology of AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma and Lymphomas: How This Informs the Clinician Aug 08, 2016

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This podcast will assist readers in understanding the clinical implications of the paper by Yanik and colleagues. The paper describes the occurrence of Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma in the era of effective anti-HIV therapy where patients appear to be doing well from the standpoint of HIV clinical assessment, but continue to develop cancers associated with AIDS.

Implicit Racial Bias Affects Key Aspects of Physician Communication Jul 14, 2016

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Implicit bias affects oncologists and their patients - a few steps can help

Nivolumab Monotherapy is Safe and Active in Hematologic Malignancies Jul 14, 2016

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This podcast is a discussion of a clinical trial by Lesokhin et al which evaluated nivolumab monotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies.

Minimizing Frailty in Cancer Survivors: A Meaningful Goal for All Ages Jul 13, 2016

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This podcast discusses the prevalence of and risk factors associated with a phenotype of accelerated aging among ALL survivors. Measurement and implications of frailty/pre-frailty are discussed.

1q Gain, a Prognostic Biomarker in Nephroblastoma, and What's Next? Jul 11, 2016

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This podcast comments on two independent pediatric studies on both sides of the Atlantic showing the relevance of 1q gain in poor prognosis Wilms tumors which raises the perspectives for therapeutic modifications.

Therapy Impacts Long-Term Survival for Patients in Germany With Heritable Retinoblastoma Jul 05, 2016

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While ten-year overall survival has increased for German patients with heritable retinoblastoma, treatment modalities including radiation and/or chemotherapy can impact overall survival.

Dexamethasone and High-Dose Methotrexate in High-Risk B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia—Where Should We Go From Here? Jul 01, 2016

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The Children's Oncology Group study led by Larsen et al. showed that children and young adult patients with high-risk B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia benefit from receiving high-dose methotrexate during interim maintenance 1 and that those aged 1 to 9 years benefit from receiving dexamethasone for 14 days during induction.

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