Outcome of early treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with haematological disorders.

Outcome of early treatment of COVID-19 with antivirals or anti-spike monoclonal antibodies (MABs) in patients with haematological malignancies (HM) is unknown. A retrospective study of HM patients treated for mild/moderate COVID-19 between March 2021 and July 2022 was performed. The main composite end-point was treatment failure (severe COVID-19 or COVID-19-related death).

[Docetaxel for octogerian metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patient: A multicentric ten years' experience].

Introduction: There is very few data about the management of elderly patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The aim of this study was to analyze the management of patients aged 80 and over treated with docetaxel for a mCRPC.

Methods And Materials: Clinical and pathological characteristics of octogerians treated with docetaxel were collected retrospectively from 3 French centers from 2009 to 2019.

[Some important breakthroughs in oncology and hematology in 2018: A selection by the editorial board of Bulletin du Cancer].

The editorial board of Bulletin du Cancer presents some hot topics published or presented in major oncology meetings in 2018. This selection is related to pediatric oncology and to solid and hemato-malignancies in adults, with immunotherapy approaches (checkpoints or CAR-T) as one of the major breakthroughs. Putative impacts on daily practices are discussed, in order to detail what will really change our practice.

[Hot topics in 2017 in oncology and hematology. A selection by the editorial board of Bulletin du Cancer].

Actuality was dense in 2017 for oncology and hematology. The editorial board of the Bulletin du Cancer proposes a selection of key data distinguishing four trends: precision medicine, immunotherapy, focus on early stages and global management of metastatic disease. A summary of results which have been published or presented in congresses is proposed and the impact on daily practices is discussed.