The OncLive Sarcomas/TGCT condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT), soft tissue sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, Ewing sarcoma, and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in sarcomas and TGCT.
May 14th 2024
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, detailed research into the relationship between guideline-concordant care and survival outcomes in patients with osteosarcoma in California.
Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Lurbinectedin Plus Doxorubicin Shows Early Efficacy and Safety in Soft Tissue Sarcomas
June 12th 2023A full dose of lurbinectedin plus a low dose of doxorubicin was clinically active and tolerable in patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcomas, supporting its continued investigation in those with leiomyosarcoma.
Dr Van Tine on Investigating Cabozantinib With PD-1 and CTLA-4 Inhibition in Sarcoma
June 9th 2023Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for launching a randomized phase 2 trial investigating cabozantinib combined with nivolumab and ipilimumab vs cabozantinib alone in metastatic soft tissue sarcoma and discusses key findings from the trial.
FDA Extends Review Period for Nirogacestat NDA in Desmoid Tumors
The FDA has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act decision date by 3 months to allow more time to complete their review of the new drug application seeking the approval of nirogacestat in the treatment of adult patients with desmoid tumors.
Doxorubicin/Zalifrelimab/Balstilimab Generates Activity in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
June 5th 2023Treatment with doxorubicin plus zalifrelimab and balstilimab produced a favorable 6-month progression-free survival rate in patients with difficult-to-treat soft tissue sarcoma subtypes unlikely to respond to doxorubicin or immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy.
Nirogacestat Provides Rapid and Sustained Pain Reduction for Patients With Desmoid Tumors
June 4th 2023Treatment with the investigational gamma secretase inhibitor nirogacestat allowed patients with progressing desmoid tumors to experience a significant and clinically meaningful reduction in several aspects of disease-related pain when compared with placebo.
Olverembatinib Recommended for Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for SDH-Deficient GIST
The China National Medical Products Adminstration’s Center for Drug Evaluation has recommended that olverembatinib receive breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor that is succinate dehydrogenase deficient.
Milademetan Fails to Meet PFS End Point in Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
Treatment with milademetan did not lead to a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with trabectedin in patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma, failing to reach the primary end point of the phase 3 MANTRA trial.
FDA Places Partial Clinical Hold on Trial of FHD-609 in Synovial Sarcoma and SMARCB1-Deleted Tumors
The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the phase 1 trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and early clinical activity of FHD-609 in patients with advanced synovial sarcoma and SMARCB1-deleted tumors.
Intermittent Dosing Helps Mitigate Thrombocytopenia Associated With Milademetan in Sarcomas
Thrombocytopenia is a common adverse effect associated with treatment with the MDM2 inhibitor milademetan in patients with sarcomas and other solid tumors, and the effects of thrombocytopenia can be mitigated with an intermittent dosing schedule and managed with dose interruptions or reductions.
Ganitumab Plus Interval-Compressed Chemotherapy Fails to Improve EFS in Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, expands on data from a phase 3 trial evaluating the addition of ganitumab to standard-of-care, interval-compressed chemotherapy, the implications of these results, and how the study could help inform future trials exploring other targeted therapies for the treatment of patients with metastatic Ewing sarcoma.
Dr Randall on the Presentation and Symptoms of Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma
March 24th 2023R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the potential symptoms and presentation of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, as well as highlighted recent case studies that he consulted on for patients with mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.
Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma Is a Rare Sarcoma Subtype With Challenging Diagnosis
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the presentation and diagnosis of mesenchymal chondrosarcomas, the role of HEY1-NCoA2 gene fusions in the disease, and potential treatment options for this rare subgroup of patients.
ISKS Study Links Heritable Defects With Predisposition to Sarcomas
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses how sarcoma experts from around the world connected to collaborate on the ISKS, the importance of identifying and better understanding sarcoma subgroups, and how these findings could inform prescreening for those at risk for the disease.
Intermittent Dosing Schedule of MDM2 Inhibitor Appears Tolerable in Advanced Cancers
February 8th 2023The selective small molecule MDM2 inhibitor milademetan administered at an intermittent dosing schedule was tolerable and showed early efficacy in patients with advanced cancers, according to findings from a phase 1 study.
Pexidartinib With Surgery Proves Potential Benefit for Patients With Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumors
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the outcomes of combining surgery and pexidartinib in patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumors, what investigators still need to learn about sequencing the CSF1R inhibitor around surgery, and what the combination approach could mean for patients with TGCT.
3-Week Course of Radiotherapy May Offer Greater Convenience for Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Moderately hypofractionated preoperative radiotherapy did not increase risk for major wound complication in patients with soft tissue sarcomas, according to findings from the single-arm, phase 2 trial HYPORT-STS.
Randall Highlights Advances in Reconstruction Techniques for Patients With Bone Sarcomas
December 25th 2022Robert Lawrence Randall, MD, FACS, discussed the role of biological reconstructions as well as factors that determine whether a patient would benefit more from the reconstructions or traditional prosthetics known as endoprosthetics.
Radiation Therapy Plus Surgery May Improve Local Control in Localized Pelvic Ewing Sarcoma
December 22nd 2022R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the significance of addition of surgery to radiation therapy led to improved local control compared with radiation therapy alone in patients with localized pelvic Ewing Sarcoma.