{"title":"Modeling Barrett’s Esophagus on a Personalized Organ Chip","authors":"B. Boettner","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.06.09.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.06.09.009","url":null,"abstract":"Acid reflux, the backwash of stomach acid into the swallowing tube, or esophagus, is something that many experience occasionally. When it happens repeatedly and becomes a chronic problem, it can result in “Barrett’s esophagus” (BE), a condition in which cells in the epithelial lining of the esophagus appear to assume the identity of stomach or intestine cells. This process is known as “metaplasia” and is associated with an increased incidence of esophageal cancer – one of the deadliest tumors estimated to be the sixth most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124574186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It’s Time to Stop Talking About Cellular Therapy Disparities and Take Action","authors":"J. Auletta, S. Davies","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.05.22.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.05.22.001","url":null,"abstract":"The cellular therapy community has long recognized inequality in access to treatment and disparities in treatment outcomes based on patient race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. It is no longer enough to recognize the problem exists. As the late John Lewis stated, “If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.” The cellular therapy community, which includes hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), must advance efforts to end these inequities.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"820 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133848696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“If I Can See It, I Can Kill It”","authors":"A. Pecora","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.05.19.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.05.19.001","url":null,"abstract":"If one could use the word “elegant” to describe anticancer therapy, that moniker would apply to messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. The elegance of mRNA vaccines derives from their apparent ability to overcome one of the major limitations of conventional cancer vaccines: HLA restriction. Most cancer vaccines are composed of glycoproteins that only fit inside the antigen-presenting pockets in human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecules – our cellular “home address” – a certain percentage of the time. Consequently, anyone treated with a protein-based vaccine is fortunate to achieve an immune response.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124733240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Road to the Clinic: BYON4228","authors":"M. Timmers, T. K. van den Berg","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.05.03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.05.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"The latest Byondis investigative therapy that will soon enter Phase I or First-in-Human (FiH) study is also the company’s first immuno-oncology (IO) therapeutic, BYON4228. How and why it got there is the stuff that researchers’ dreams are made of. BYON4228 is a monoclonal antibody (mAb). A mAb is – per the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), “a type of protein that is made in the laboratory and can bind to certain targets in the body, such as antigens on the surface of cancer cells.” Monoclonal antibodies can be used to diagnose and treat many diseases, such as cancers. They can be used alone or to carry drugs, toxins, or radioactive substances directly to cancer cells","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132793181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Updated Data to be Presented at ASH Reinforces the Strength of Servier’s Hematology Portfolio","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2021.12.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2021.12.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"First results from the Phase 3 AGILE study, a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1-) mutation shows improved event-free survival (EFS) and various secondary outcomes.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129842525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Good Communication and Transparency may Help avoid a Medical Malpractice Lawsuits","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2021.02.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2021.02.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"In the Hippocratic Oath, Physicians promise to behave ethically and professionally towards their patients. However, in complex care settings, physicians may default to practicing behavior that, in essence, runs counter to the interests of a patient. Results from a study published in BMC Health Services Research suggests that this may include practicing defensive medicine, failing to report incidents, and being hesitant to disclose incidents to patients.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132751976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge Alone is Not Enough to Defeat Cancer","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2018.11.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2018.11.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"Doctors should have the liberty to treat patients as they thinks best, and that they should be able to practice medicine without fear of litigation for failure to comply with, what he calls 'arbitrary,' standards and guidelines that may not always be appropriate for every patient. Excessive and unnecessary regulatory requirements and insurance demands make doctors less flexible and effective in treating their patients.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123917796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time to Progression of Colorectal Cancer may be Predicted by Model Based on Serial Liquid Biopsy","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2018.08.31.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2018.08.31.001","url":null,"abstract":"While clinicians often use tumor biopsies for cancer genotyping, many tumors have intratumor heterogeneity which can drive treatment resistance; therefore, multiple biopsies in time and space are needed to better understand how tumors evolve to resist therapy.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134268849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Liquid Biopsies and Treatment Response","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2017.06.30.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2017.06.30.001","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the mechanisms of acquired resistance to targeted therapies in the treatment of cancer may help guide treatment strategies and improve clinical outcomes. [A new study, presented at the 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) shows that so-called liquid biopsies, blood tests that detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), may not only sound an early alert that a treatment?s effect is diminishing, but may also help explain why – sometimes offering clues about what to do next.","PeriodicalId":301285,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine - The International Oncology Network","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133426817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}