Dr. Lee Schwartzberg on How Biosimilars Will Help Address Financial Toxicity

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“We really believe that biosimilars line up as a value accretion for every constituency, whether it’s the patient, the practice, or the payer,” said Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, executive director, West Cancer Center.   Click here for full article & video interview.   Transcript: OneOncology announced that its practices have begun administering the 2 cancer… Read more »

West is 1st center in the country to offer the 1st FDA-approved Mesothelioma treatment in more than 15 years

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West Cancer Center is the first center in the country to offer the first FDA-approved Mesothelioma treatment in more than 15 years A clinical study showed that the NovoTTF-100L™ System in combination with chemotherapy may help people with malignant pleural mesothelioma extend their lives   West Cancer Center is pleased to announce they have been… Read more »

New pancreatic cancer treatment increases survival rates

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Even with aggressive and skilled treatment, pancreatic cancer is often deadly. But, work by West Cancer Center’s Dr. Axel Grothey — in partnership with doctors at the Mayo Clinic — shows that a new treatment protocol offers better outcomes for patients with the disease. Research published in the Annals of Surgery details an approach used… Read more »

Collaboration between West Cancer Center and UTHSC Brings CAR T-Cell Therapy to the Mid-South

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Patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and young adults with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia now have access to a procedure called chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, abbreviated as CAR-T. A collaboration between the physicians at the UTHSC Blood and Marrow Transplant Center and the clinical research team at West Cancer Center, supported… Read more »

FDA approves new ‘game-changer’ cancer treatment

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The FDA has approved a new cancer treatment that is being used in the Bluff City. Doctors are convinced it could even cure some forms of cancer. This new cancer treatment is being called a game-changer. Doctors are now able to use a patient’s own immune system to attack cancers. In the heart of the… Read more »

Nutrition Workshops

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Join WCC Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Anita Vincent, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at our Wolf River campus at 12pm a free nutrition workshop open to all patients, their loved ones, and staff!​ Sessions are listed below: Tuesday, Jan 8: Nutrition 101 – Back to Basics Thursday, Jan 24: Herbs & Supplements – Garlic Tuesday, Feb. 12:… Read more »

Heather Greene on Common Treatment-Related Toxicities in mRCC

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Heather Greene, a nurse practitioner at West Cancer Center, discusses common treatment-related toxicities in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In terms of anti-VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), healthcare providers should be aware of potential diarrhea, hypertension, palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia, as well as skin and hair depigmentation, says Greene. Patients who are receiving mTOR inhibitors should be… Read more »

Dr. Somer on Immunotherapy Combinations in mRCC

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Bradley G. Somer, MD, associate professor of hematology/oncology, head of strategic expansion/development, University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses the potential for immunotherapy combinations in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). In the CheckMate-214 study, the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) showed a clear survival advantage over the frontline standard-of-care sunitinib (Sutent)… Read more »