The Christie Hospital

Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma

Ipilimumab, with or without a gp100 peptide vaccine, as compared with gp100 alone, improved overall survival in patients with previously treated metastatic melanoma. Adverse eve...

Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma who progressed after anti-CTLA-4 treatment (CheckMate 037): a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3 trial

Gefitinib plus best supportive care in previously treated patients with refractory advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: results from a randomised, placebo-controlled, multicentre study (Iressa Survival Evaluation in Lung Cancer)

Stromal cell associated haemopoiesis

Epoetin alpha prevents anaemia and reduces transfusion requirements in patients undergoing primarily platinum-based chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer

Anaemia commonly occurs in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, often necessitating blood transfusion. This multicentre study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety...

Recombinant human erythropoietin and platinum-based chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer.

Epoetin alfa appears to be effective and well tolerated in preventing hemoglobin decline in patients undergoing aggressive cyclic platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced ovaria...