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Hayley Virgil heads OncLive's feature article efforts and specializes in social issues and equality in oncology. Prior to joining the company in early 2020, she worked as an editor in numerous industries, including media, marketing, hospitality, and computer science, and freelanced in subjects such as history, culture, and the natural sciences.
Tafasitamab Quadruplet Shows Efficacy in Newly Diagnosed DLBCL
December 12th 2023The use of tafasitamab-cxix, lenalidomide, rituximab, and acalabrutinib in the first-line setting induced high responses in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, with responders deriving benefit from subsequent treatment with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone.
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Tisagenlecleucel Yields Durable Responses in R/R Follicular Lymphoma
December 11th 2023Patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma experienced durable responses when treated with tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) in the phase 2 ELARA study (NCT03568461), according to data presented at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting.
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Daratumumab Plus KRd With Tandem Transplant Sustains Efficacy in High-Risk, Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
September 29th 2023Induction daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone followed by consolidation double transplant sustained efficacy and safety in patients with high-risk, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
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Health Outcomes in Hematologic Malignancies Impacted By Insurance, Marital, and Economic Status
September 7th 2023Findings from a systematic review of several observational studies reveal that increasing disparities in survival outcomes within hematologic malignancies can be primarily attributed to 5 social determinants of health: lack of access to health insurance, treatment at a non-academic facility, low income or education level, and unmarried status.
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BMS-986158 Plus Rituximab Reduces Spleen Volume, Shows Tolerability in Myelofibrosis
June 11th 2023The BET inhibitor BMS-986158 combined with ruxolitinib led to robust spleen volume reduction with acceptable tolerability in patients with myelofibrosis. When the BET inhibitor was combined with fedratinib, the safety profile was also determined to be manageable.
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Sacituzumab Govitecan Displays OS Benefit in Pretreated HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer
June 6th 2023Sacituzumab govitecan demonstrated an overall survival benefit vs physician's choice of treatment in patient with pretreated, endocrine-resistant, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
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NALIRIFOX Elicits Statistically Significant Improvement in OS/PFS in Previously Untreated mPDAC
June 3rd 2023Liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin and oxaliplatin generated statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival and progression-free survival benefits compared with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in treatment-naïve patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
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Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Produces Deep, Sustained Responses in Advanced Endometrial Cancer
March 27th 2023The combination of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab produced deep, durable tumor responses in both all-comer and mismatch repair–proficient (pMRR) populations of patients with advanced endometrial cancer, according to data from the phase 3 Study 309/KEYNOTE-775 trial.
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Administration of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cytoreductive surgery did not have a negative impact on health-related quality of life compared with cytoreductive surgery alone in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to findings from a phase 2 trial.
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Nivolumab Displays Sustained Survival Benefits in Urothelial Carcinoma
February 18th 2023At extended follow-up, nivolumab monotherapy showed improved disease-free survival, non-urothelial tract recurrence-free survival, and disease-specific survival vs placebo in patients with resected, high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma.
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ctDNA Could Assist in Early Response Assessment in Advanced CRC
January 22nd 2023Circulating tumor DNA could serve as an ideal biomarker to assess early response in patients with advanced colorectal cancer due to its short half-life compared with other tumor biomarkers, and it could enable the use of adaptive clinical study designs in the future.
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Camizestrant Provides Survival Benefit Vs Fulvestrant in ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer
December 8th 2022Two separate doses of single-agent camizestrant monotherapy improved progression-free survival vs standard-of-care fulvestrant in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
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Rucaparib Maintenance Elicits PFS Benefit in Newly Diagnosed Ovarian Cancer
September 11th 2022First-line rucaparib maintenance therapy improved progression-free survival vs placebo in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to disease risk subgroup analyses from the phase 3 ATHENA–MONO study.
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Addition of Enzalutamide to Abiraterone/Prednisolone Deemed Unnecessary in Metastatic HSPC
September 11th 2022Although the combination of androgen deprivation therapy, abiraterone acetate, and prednisolone showed a clinically meaningful 7-year improvement in overall survival, AAP plus enzalutamide is not recommended in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
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Pembrolizumab/Etoposide Maintains Meaningful Survival Benefit in Untreated ES-SCLC
August 9th 2022The combination of pembrolizumab and etoposide maintained benefits in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival vs etoposide plus placebo in patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
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Frontline Tremelimumab Plus Durvalumab Generates Survival Benefits in Select mNSCLC Subgroups
August 9th 2022First-line treatment with tremelimumab, durvalumab, and chemotherapy elicited overall survival and progression-free survival benefits in patients with metastatic nonsquamous cell non–small cell lung cancer harboring STK11, KEAP1, and KRAS mutations.
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IMpower010 Data Show OS Trend in Favor of Adjuvant Atezolizumab Vs BSC in PD-L1+ Resected NSCLC
August 8th 2022An overall survival trend in favor of adjuvant atezolizumab over best supportive care was observed in patients with stage II to IIIA resected non–small cell lung cancer with a PD-L1 tumor cell (TC) expression of at least 1%, with a clinically meaningful OS trend noted in those with a PD-L1 TC expression of 50% or higher.
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Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Plus Chemo Improves Survival Vs Chemo Alone in Resectable Stage IIIA/B NSCLC
August 8th 2022The addition of nivolumab to chemotherapy provided progression-free survival and overall survival benefits compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with stage IIIA/B non–small cell lung cancer.
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Subtyping MET Exon 14 Skipping Mutations Provides Insight Into Distinct Microenvironments in NSCLC
August 7th 2022Four distinct subgroups, each associated with distinctive signaling pathways, microenvironments, and clinical-pathologic futures, were discovered in a population of patients with MET exon 14 skipping non–small cell lung cancer.
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The use of a platinum-based chemotherapy and anti–PD-1 regimen was supported by differences in upregulated antigen processing, T-cell receptor coexpression, and lymphocyte infiltration pathways in patients with or without pathologic complete responses who had stage IIIA resectable non–small cell lung cancer.
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Consolidation Sugemalimab Provides Sustained PFS Benefit in Unresectable Stage III NSCLC
August 7th 2022Sugemalimab appeared to be safe and effective when used as consolidation therapy for patients with unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who did not have disease progression following concurrent chemoradiation or sequential chemoradiation.
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Axi-cel Demonstrates Long-Term Survival Benefit in Relapsed/Refractory LBCL
April 24th 2022Axicabtagene ciloleucel resulted in a longer overall survival benefit in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma who did not have event-free survival events at months 12 and 24 vs those who experienced events at these time points.
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