David Henry's JCSO podcast, January-February 2018
A bimonthly round-up by Dr David Henry, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, highlighting the latest research and best practices in the clinical and supportive care of patients with cancer.
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In this podcast, Dr Henry discusses research articles on analgesic management in radiation oncology for painful bone metastases, hospitalizations for fracture in patients with metastatic disease, measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior in breast cancer survivors, and patient navigators’ personal experiences with cancer and their impact on treatment. He also highlights a New Therapies review article on hallmark tumor metabolism becoming a validated therapeutic target, as well as The JCSO Interview, in which Kenneth Anderson, MD, talks about new myeloma drugs and their associated improved response rates and extended survival. Comments on the approvals of abemaciclib for breast cancer and avelumab and durvalumab for metastatic bladder cancer, and Case Reports on concurrent ipilimumab and CMV colitis refractory to oral steroids, recurrent head and neck cancer presenting as a large retroperitoneal mass, massive liver metastasis from colon adenocarcinoma causing cardiac tamponade, and cardiac pleomorphic sarcoma after placement of Dacron graft round out the line-up of articles.
Listen to the podcast below.