Other significant news from the ASCO annual meeting

We apologize for the slight delay in getting to other notable news from the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology. (Other elements of the rest of life interfered.) However, here is the keypoint summary with links to the relevant abstracts: … READ MORE …

Managing advanced prostate cancer: what’s going to be presented at ASCO

So there are going to be > 180 papers specific to the management of prostate cancer presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) starting in Chicago next weekend. Some will be trivial; several will be “interesting”; a very few will be important. … READ MORE …

ASCO says most “hi tech” scans are inappropriate in low-risk prostate cancer

In an article just published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has strongly recommended against the use of advanced imaging technologies  for determining the spread of prostate cancer in men with early stage, low-risk disease. … READ MORE …

How to get really bad investment advice

As we get closer to the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) — to be held at the beginning of June — the investor community is beginning its annual frenzy of speculation about exactly what new information will be presented at the meeting about development stage and marketed drugs. … READ MORE …

ASCO commentary and update no. 4

There were about 50 prostate cancer-specific posters presented in the general poster session on Sunday, and we will give a quick overview of some of the more interesting ones. … READ MORE …

More papers that are NOT being presented at ASCO (group 2)

The following report provide links to a second group of abstracts of papers on prostate cancer given in the abstract listings for the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as “publication only” abstracts but which will not actually be presented at the meeting: … READ MORE …

More papers that ARE being presented at ASCO (group 6)

The following report gives core information on a sixth and final group of prostate cancer papers that are being formally presented at ASCO. … READ MORE …

More papers that ARE being presented at ASCO (group 5)

The following report gives core information on a fifth group of 15 papers that are being formally presented at ASCO. … READ MORE …

More papers that ARE being presented at ASCO (group 4)

The following report gives core information on a fourth group of 15 papers that are being formally presented at ASCO. … READ MORE …

What’s NOT being presented at ASCO?

The following abstracts of papers on prostate cancer are given in the abstract listings for the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as “publication only” abstracts but will not actually be presented at the meeting: … READ MORE …

What IS being presented at ASCO this year

Over the next few days we plan to work our way through the abstracts for the upcoming annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) , which were made available on line yesterday, and let you know what studies look to be of interest. … READ MORE …

Not much to look out for at AACR and ASCO!

The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research starts tomorrow in Denver, Colorado. … READ MORE …