Towards a novel approach guiding the decision-making process for anticancer treatment in patients with advanced cancer: framework for systemic anticancer treatment with palliative intent

Patient-centered cancer care, Advanced cancer decision-making, Stepwise decisional process, Palliative care domains, Illness understanding in oncology, Symptom control in cancer, End-of-life preparation, Patient-physician interaction, SACT-PI Decision Fra

Patient-centered decisions in advanced cancer care demand a step-wise decisional process, not a single decision act. The decision process includes key palliative care domains, e.g. illness understanding, symptom control, or end-of-life preparation. Patients' attitudes, beliefs, hopes, patient-ph…

Jun 1^st • 25 mins read

Magnitude of Clinical Benefit of Cancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration

antineoplastic agents, immunologic adjuvants, pharmaceutical adjuvants, phase 3 clinical trials, drug approval, drug labeling, medical oncology, united states food and drug administration, diagnosis, palliative care, surrogate endpoints, weight measureme

Regulatory agencies assess drug safety and efficacy, but thresholds may differ from those accepted by clinicians . Only 43.8% of RCTs for FDA-approved drugs meet the ESMO-MCBS threshold for meaningful benefit, reflecting potential softening of FDA standards. Encouraging trends include an increas…

Dec 13^th • 7 mins read