Australian expert rejects criticism of oncology trials bias

An Australian expert has rejected claims that oncology clinical trials are increasingly compromised by use of surrogate outcomes and industry funding. A new review has noted a swing in recent years to greater use of surrogate end points along with a...

An Australian expert has rejected claims that oncology clinical trials are increasingly compromised by use of surrogate outcomes and industry...

Cancer care

Shingles vaccine for immunocompromised available privately ‘soon’

GlaxoSmithKline is launching its non-live shingles vaccine Shingrix in Australia later this year but expects it will be a "few years" before it is included in the National Immunisation Program. Shingrix was registered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in 2018...

GlaxoSmithKline is launching its non-live shingles vaccine Shingrix in Australia later this year but expects it will be a "few...

Cancer care

News in brief: Pembrolizumab in previously treated mesothelioma; COX-2 disappoints in CRC; Joe Biden plans cancer research agency

Pembrolizumab shows promise in previously treated mesothelioma Patients with previously-treated advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) may have tumour responses lasting up to a year or more following pembrolizumab therapy, a study involving Australian patients has shown. Results from a cohort of 118...

Pembrolizumab shows promise in previously treated mesothelioma Patients with previously-treated advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) may have tumour responses lasting up...

News in brief: Call to step up latent infection screening; Genetic clue to oesophageal cancer; Obesity paradox in breast cancer

Multicultural community requires better ID screening Researchers have called for universal screening for latent and undiagnosed infections among overseas-born patients with cancer. An audit of 952 overseas-born patients presenting at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in 2019 found only about half were...

Multicultural community requires better ID screening Researchers have called for universal screening for latent and undiagnosed infections among overseas-born patients with...