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The OncLive® Conference page includes a listing of all conferences covered by OncLive®, including the ASCO, ESMO, SITC, EHA, ASH, and SABCS annual meetings, as well as the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Miami Breast Cancer Conference, among many others. Conference coverage incorporates articles and interviews in written and video format.

Roy S. Herbst, MD

Immunotherapy Must Become More Precise and Personalized in Lung Cancer

February 7th 2023

To continue making progress in lung cancer treatment, investigators must keep pushing the science in new directions even as immunotherapy becomes more available in earlier lines.

Marina C. Garassino, MD

PD-1 Inhibitor Combinations, Alternative Therapeutic Approaches Are Moving the Needle in NSCLC

February 6th 2023

As more agents are evaluated either in addition to or following PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, more information may be learned about how best to leverage alternate biomarkers, according to Marina C. Garassino, MD.

Anne Chiang, MD, PhD

Better Understanding of Biomarkers Can Inform Immunotherapy Treatment in SCLC

February 6th 2023

FDA approvals in recent years have started to carve out a role for immunotherapy in the frontline treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer.

Andrea Cercek, MD, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, New York

Both Gastric and Breast HER2 Scoring Algorithms Applicable in mCRC Testing

January 23rd 2023

The high concordance rate between gastric and breast cancer HER2 scoring algorithms suggest that either may be used in the metastatic colorectal cancer setting.

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP

Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab and Chemotherapy Demonstrates Safety, Efficacy in BRAF V600E–Mutant mCRC

January 22nd 2023

The addition of mFOLFOX6 or FOLFIRI to the combination of encorafenib and cetuximab elicited encouraging antitumor activity and safety in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer.

Colorectal Cancer

Patient-specific Marker Tracking Approach May Better Detect MRD in CRC

January 22nd 2023

A novel Burning Rock patient-specific prognostic and potential therapeutic marker tracking approach demonstrated improved sensitivity in detecting circulating tumor DNA and identifying molecular residual disease compared with other approaches in patients with colorectal cancer following surgery.

Colorectal Cancer

ctDNA Could Assist in Early Response Assessment in Advanced CRC

January 22nd 2023

Circulating 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.

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP

Dr. Kopetz on Safety Lead-in Data from the BREAKWATER Trial in BRAF V600E–Mutant mCRC

January 22nd 2023

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the safety lead-in data from the phase 3 BREAKWATER trial in patients with BRBRAF V600E–mutant metastatic colorectal cancer.

Zev A. Wainberg, MD

Dr. Wainberg on Liposomal Irinotecan/NALIRIFOX vs Nab-paclitaxel/Gemcitabine in PDAC

January 22nd 2023

Zev A. Wainberg, MD, discusses the evaluation of liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil leucovorin, and oxaliplatin vs nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in the phase 3 NAPOLI 3 trial in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Thomas J. George, MD, FACP

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Plus Veliparib or Pembrolizumab Fails to Improve NAR Score in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

January 21st 2023

Both veliparib plus total neoadjuvant therapy and pembrolizumab plus total neoadjuvant therapy failed to improve short-term outcomes in unselected patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

Josep Tabernero, MD, PhD

Bevacizumab Plus TAS-102 Increases Survival and DCR in mCRC

January 21st 2023

Third-line bevacizumab plus trifluridine/tipiracil demonstrated a survival and disease control benefit vs trifluridine/tipiracil alone in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer and all clinically relevant subgroups.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Newer Therapies Demonstrate Real-world Benefit Vs Sorafenib in First-line HCC

January 21st 2023

Newer frontline therapies demonstrated a real-world improvement in survival and responses compared with sorafenib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Josep Tabernero, MD, PhD

Dr. Tabernero on the Efficacy of Bevacizumab Plus TAS-102 in Refractory mCRC

January 21st 2023

Josep Tabernero, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the phase 3 SUNLIGHT trial investigating the combination of bevacizumab plus trifluridine/tipiracil vs TAS-102 alone in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

Laura Dawson, MD, FRCPC

Dr. Dawson on the Addition of SBRT to Sorafenib in Locally Advanced HCC

January 21st 2023

Laura Dawson, MD, FRCPC, discusses results from the phase 3 NRG/RTOG 1112 trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy plus sorafenib compared with sorafenib alone in patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Andrew L. Coveler, MD

CD40-Directed SEA-CD40 Combo Denotes Antitumor Activity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

January 21st 2023

The combination of SEA-CD40, gemcitabine, nab-paclitaxel, and pembrolizumab demonstrated early evidence of efficacy in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to updated results from the phase 1 SGNS40-001 study.

Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD

Modest Clinical Benefit Is Observed With or Without Bevacizumab Added to Atezolizumab/Chemotherapy in BTC Signal Seeking Study

January 21st 2023

Treatment with or without bevacizumab added to atezolizumab plus cisplatin/gemcitabine demonstrated a modest clinical benefit for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer.

Richard S. Finn, MD

Tislelizumab Provides QOL Benefit Over Sorafenib in Unresectable HCC

January 21st 2023

Tislelizumab monotherapy resulted in favorable health-related quality of life outcomes compared with sorafenib as frontline treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Laura Dawson, MD, FRCPC

Sorafenib Plus SBRT Improves Survival in Locally Advanced HCC

January 21st 2023

The addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy to sorafenib led to an improvement in overall survival, progression-free survival, and time to disease progression compared with sorafenib alone in patients with locally advanced, hepatocellular carcinoma.

Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS

Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin Does Not Significantly Improve OS in Newly Diagnosed, Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers

January 21st 2023

The addition of nab-paclitaxel to gemcitabine and cisplatin did not result in a statistically significant improvement in overall survival over gemcitabine/cisplatin alone in patients with newly diagnosed, advanced biliary tract cancers.

Zev A. Wainberg, MD, a professor of medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and co-director of the UCLA GI Oncology Program

Frontline NALIRIFOX Elicits OS Benefit in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

January 21st 2023

First-line treatment with the combination of liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin produced a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival vs nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to results from the phase 3 NAPOLI 3 trial.

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bTACE Plus Lenvatinib and MWA Produces Responses, Tolerability in HCC

January 20th 2023

Blank-microsphere transarterial chemoembolization plus low-dose lenvatinib and sequential microwave ablation elicited responses and a tolerable safety profile in patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma.

Promising Efficacy and Safety Demonstrated With Envafolimab, Lenvatinib, and TACE in Unresectable HCC

Promising Efficacy and Safety Demonstrated With Envafolimab, Lenvatinib, and TACE in Unresectable HCC

January 20th 2023

Findings from the phase 2 CISLC-12 study show favorable safety and efficacy signals for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with the combination of envafolimab, lenvatinib, and transarterial chemoembolization.

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Anti-drug Antibodies Do Not Affect Durvalumab Alone, With Tremelimumab in Unresectable HCC

January 20th 2023

The presence of anti-drug antibodies appeared to have no effect on efficacy or safety of durvalumab monotherapy or the STRIDE combination of durvalumab plus tremelimumab in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.