Latest Conference Articles

Daniel Morgensztern, MD, discusses updates on the investigation of bispecific antibodies and bispecific T-cell engagers in non–small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer.

Jonathan Wesley Riess, MD, MS, discusses a phase 1 trial examining the combination of sapanisertib and telaglenastat, and explains why glutaminase inhibition is being investigated as a novel way to treat select patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Nicholas P. McAndrew, MD, MSCE, discusses considerations to take when examining the relationship between chemotherapy, ovarian function suppression, and treatment benefits experienced by patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, explains when de-escalation therapy can play a role in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Leveraging EGFR TKIs as a backbone for combination therapies will be pivotal for expanding treatment options and delivering more personalized therapies in the first-line setting for patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations.

Mark Pegram, MD, discusses the evolving treatment landscape of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Nicholas P. McAndrew, MD, MSCE, discusses the relationship between chemotherapy and ovarian function suppression in hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the need for oral selective estrogen receptor degraders in ESR1-mutant, estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer.

PD-L1 and tumor mutational burden are established biomarkers for leveraging immunotherapy in non–small cell lung cancer; however, their use may not be appropriate in determining treatment decisions for all patients.

With two highly selective and active RET inhibitors approved for use in patients with metastatic RET alteration–positive non–small cell lung cancer, the dilemma is not determining which agent to select but ensuring that next-generation sequencing is done up front and in the presence of acquired resistance.

Karen Reckamp, MD, compares capmatinib and tepotinib, 2 drugs that are approved for the treatment of MET exon 14–mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses recent and ongoing trials evaluating oral SERDs in estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer, the effect of ESR1 mutations on treatment efficacy, and how the use of ctDNA continues to evolve across the breast cancer space.

Antibody-drug conjugates have demonstrated substantial activity in patients with HER2-mutated non–small cell lung cancer, with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki showcasing the strongest response rate and progression-free survival benefit to date.

David R. Gandara, MD, discusses the evaluation of tumor biomarkers in non–small cell lung cancer.

Erminia Massarelli, MD, PhD, MS, discusses unmet needs in EGFR exon 20–mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Traditional predictive biomarkers for the efficacy of peri-operative immunotherapy for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer, such as PD-L1 expression, still hold value but newer biomarker candidates such as minimal residual disease are starting to make an impact.

Ignacio I. Wistuba, MD, explains how major pathological response and pathological complete response should be interpreted and their role as clinical end points.

Thought minimal residual disease can serve as an indicator for poor outcomes for patients with non–small cell lung cancer, it is not necessarily a predictor of response to immunotherapy.

Mutations in the p53 gene are associated with poor prognosis for patients with mantle cell lymphoma. Although modern regimens have improved outcomes, those treatments are associated with significant toxicity and, so far, have produced limited efficacy.

An influx of bispecific T-cell engagers, CAR T-cell therapies, and antibody-drug conjugates have revolutionized the treatment of hematologic malignancies; however, with several options in the sandbox, accessibility and unexplored clinical questions present challenges for optimal integration of these options into treatment.

Most patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do not derive significant benefit from treatment with autologous stem cell transplantation and better therapeutic options are currently available for this population.

Zanubrutinib demonstrated a significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with orelabrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma or mantle cell lymphoma.

Joyce O'Shaughnessy, MD, outlines the current role and ongoing research of CDK4/6 inhibitors in the treatment of patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early stage breast cancer.

CAR T-cell therapy, autologous stem cell transplant, and novel agents each have a role to play in the second-line management of patients with primary refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to Jason Westin, MD, MS, FACP, and Laurie H. Sehn, MD, MPH.

A pooled analysis of the INSIGHT MM, UVEA-IXA, and REMIX observational studies found that real-world outcomes with ixazomib/lenalidomide/dexamethasone were consistent with those reported in the TOURMAILINE-MM1 study.

Tycel Jovelle Phillips, MD, outlines the reasons why p53-mutated mantle cell lymphoma is difficult to treat and discusses potential future directions for the treatment of this subgroup of patients.

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in relapsed follicular lymphoma can induce immune-related adverse events which can be difficult to diagnose and manage.

Alison J. Moskowitz, MD, explains how the addition of novel agents to established chemotherapy regimens could further shift the frontline treatment paradigm for classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ann S. LaCasce, MD, MMSC, explains how bretuximab vedotin has produced a survival benefit in patients with advanced classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Avyakta Kallam, MBBS, discusses the role of BTK and PI3K inhibitors in the treatment of patients with central nervous system lymphoma.