Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-21DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2026.104051
V. Batumalai , M. Zhou , M. Chilkuri , S. Costello , D. Fraser , S. Ghosh-Laskar , Handoko , A. Liao , A. Teyateeti , G. Xiong , M.L. Yap
{"title":"Strengthening Oncology Data Systems for Equitable Care in Asia-Pacific: Current Practices and Future Directions","authors":"V. Batumalai , M. Zhou , M. Chilkuri , S. Costello , D. Fraser , S. Ghosh-Laskar , Handoko , A. Liao , A. Teyateeti , G. Xiong , M.L. Yap","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2026.104051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2026.104051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><div>Effective oncology data management through oncology information systems (OIS) is essential for high-quality cancer care, yet adoption across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region varies widely. This study benchmarked OIS utilisation, data capture, and integration across APAC to identify gaps and inform targeted improvements.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>A regional survey was distributed to radiotherapy professionals in 19 APAC countries. The questionnaire assessed OIS utilisation, data capture, IT support, training, and system integration. Responses were analysed descriptively and stratified by World Bank income group: low-middle-income countries (L-MIC), upper-middle-income countries (U-MIC), and high-income countries (HIC).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 149 responses were analysed. OIS functionality was limited in L-MICs and U-MICs, with only 34% and 59% of centres, respectively, using OIS beyond basic record-and-verify functions. Basic demographic data such as date of birth (83% L-MIC, 90% U-MIC) and sex at birth (98% L-MIC, 91% U-MIC) were consistently captured, but equity-related data were poorly documented (ethnicity 48% U-MIC, 59% HIC; disadvantaged group status rarely recorded in 78% of L-MICs). Radiotherapy data including treatment site (84% to 98%), intent (77% to 90%), and modality (86% to 95%) were consistently documented. However, the location of data capture varied: radiotherapy data were more frequently entered into OIS structured fields (35% L-MIC/U-MIC, 50% HIC), while demographic and diagnosis data showed lower structured capture in OIS (18% to 24% in L-MICs). Reliance on paper records remained widespread in L-MICs and U-MICs.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Marked disparities in OIS utilisation and data quality exist across APAC. Regional strategies should prioritise comprehensive training and standardised datasets to improve cancer care quality and equity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104051"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146141303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can we predict significant toxicity in older patients receiving curative chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer?","authors":"Niall Moon, Philippa Smith, Eilidh White, Alastair Thomson","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104019"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2026.104030
A. Irfan
{"title":"‘Letter to Editor: Impact of Treatment Decisions on Survival Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Non–small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Real-World Study’","authors":"A. Irfan","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2026.104030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2026.104030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104030"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146075380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2025.104021
Zohaib Sajid , Kabo Mohamed , Mohammad Al-Essa , Sundus Yahya , Maaz Sadiq , Katy Herring , Lynn Do
{"title":"Real-world experience of the KEYNOTE-522 Regimen in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer at University Hospitals Birmingham","authors":"Zohaib Sajid , Kabo Mohamed , Mohammad Al-Essa , Sundus Yahya , Maaz Sadiq , Katy Herring , Lynn Do","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104021"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2025.104025
Qurrat-ul-ain Tahir, Henry Brice, Anita Nagetey
{"title":"Real world safety and toxicity profile of Pembrolizumab in Neoadjuvant setting in comparison to KEYNOTE-522","authors":"Qurrat-ul-ain Tahir, Henry Brice, Anita Nagetey","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104025"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2025.104023
Pavetha Seeva, Nicky Levitt, Helen Turner, Ramnik Buttar
{"title":"Assessing if a Random Cortisol is sufficient to guide surgical safety in TNBC treated with Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy: The Oxford experience","authors":"Pavetha Seeva, Nicky Levitt, Helen Turner, Ramnik Buttar","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104023"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2026.104031
J.M. Callueng , M. Liu , B. Mou
{"title":"Authors’ Response to Re-evaluating the 30 Gy Dose for Chest Wall-Abutting Tumours in Single-Fraction Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy: Evidence From a Population-Based Study","authors":"J.M. Callueng , M. Liu , B. Mou","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2026.104031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2026.104031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104031"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146046279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2025.104015
Eliza Gimson, Juliet Richman, Neha Chopra, Amna Sheri, Jackie Newby, Judy King
{"title":"Readiness for adjuvant ribociclib – results of a local audit and national survey","authors":"Eliza Gimson, Juliet Richman, Neha Chopra, Amna Sheri, Jackie Newby, Judy King","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104015"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical oncologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2025.104026
Ismini Tsagkaraki, Anil Babar, Madhumita Bhattacharyya
{"title":"Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab vs chemotherapy alone for patients with early and advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC): Outcomes from Berkshire Cancer Centre","authors":"Ismini Tsagkaraki, Anil Babar, Madhumita Bhattacharyya","doi":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clon.2025.104026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10403,"journal":{"name":"Clinical oncology","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 104026"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}