All Oncology News

The Georgia Cancer Center Pharmacogenomics Program has launched its pharmacogenomics testing services for Georgia Cancer Center patients and oncologists.

Latinx patients with cancer had a low rate of tumor genomic profiling, partially due to structural and cultural barriers, according to findings from a qualitative study presented during the 5th Annual Regional SPEECH Conference and Retreat.

Christie J. Hilton, DO, details the evolving role of trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-positive breast cancer and the potential to de-escalate therapy in early-stage disease.

The combination of venetoclax and obinutuzumab with or without ibrutinib generated higher rates of undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) and progression-free survival vs chemoimmunotherapy in fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Susan Bal, MD, discusses the data that supported the FDA approvals of ide-cel and cilta-cel, how the implementation of these agents has shifted how patients with later-line relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma are treated, and the challenges that still need to be addressed with CAR T-cell therapy.

Individuals in Philadelphia and New York City who were screened for the common liver cancer risk factors hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus displayed a higher level of knowledge of liver cancer.

Andrew T. Kuykendall, MD, expands on the rationale for exploring BET inhibition in the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis, details the implications of data from the MANIFEST trial, and discusses other potential targets for novel therapies for myelofibrosis.

A Type II variation application seeking the approval of ciltacabtagene autoleucel in adult patients with relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of nivolumab as neoadjuvant therapy in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence and tumor cell PD-L1 expression of at least 1%.

The combination of durvalumab and platinum-based chemotherapy, followed by maintenance therapy with either durvalumab plus olaparib or durvalumab alone, elicited a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed, advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Austin D. Williams, MD, MSEd, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, received the Best Poster Award at the recent 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare has approved quizartinib in combination with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and standard cytarabine consolidation and as maintenance monotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia whose tumors harbor FLT3-ITD mutations.

The FDA has granted priority review to the new drug application seeking the approval of fruquintinib for use in the treatment of adult patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Study findings demonstrated that states that expanded Medicaid had improved survival rates in patients with pancreatic and gastric cancers, with greater improvements in Black patients for some analyses.

The implementation of health systems strengthening models appeared to be effective in reducing disparities in leukemia survival among patients in low- and middle-income countries.

A telephone and web-based weight loss intervention was successful in helping patients with breast cancer who were overweight or obese lose weight—which can ultimately lead to improved outcomes.

Luspatercept-aamt led to a higher rate of sustained transfusion independence compared with erythropoiesis stimulating agents in patients with ESA-naïve, lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy was found to be a safe and effective alternative to that of open distal pancreatectomy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, confirmed by a noninferior radical resection rate, lymph node yield, and comparable survival data.

Eileen O’Reilly, MD, and Benjamin Weinberg, MD, discuss the importance of conducting biomarker testing as the gastrointestinal cancer treatment arena continues to evolve, the need for increased gene fusion testing, and the negative effects of inadequate biomarker testing in the gastrointestinal cancer population.

Northwestern Medicine scientists report results of the first in-human clinical trial in which they used a novel, skull-implantable ultrasound device to open the blood-brain barrier and repeatedly permeate large, critical regions of the human brain to deliver chemotherapy that was injected intravenously.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines now recommend the use of 18F-Fluorestradiol positron emission tomography in certain circumstances during the systemic staging workup for patients with recurrent or metastatic for estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer.

Bhavana Pothuri, MD, expands on challenges that still need to be addressed for the treatment of patients with endometrial cancer, highlights potential practice-changing data from the phase 3 NRG-GY018 and RUBY trials, details the evolving role of PARP inhibitors for patients with ovarian cancer, and touches on key emerging data from trials for patients with cervical cancer.

The combination of sitravatinib and nivolumab did not meet the primary end point of overall survival compared with docetaxel as second- or third-line treatment for patients with advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer who progressed on prior chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

As improved cancer therapies are helping patients live longer, the safe and effective management of lung cancer brain metastases is coming to the fore.

Yiming Wu, PhD, discusses the rationale for studying splicing defects in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia without spliceosome mutations, shared key findings from this study, and emphasized how these findings support further research with METTL3 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other hematologic malignancies with RNA splicing dysregulation.

Gastrointestinal oncology experts discuss current strategies and novel developments in gastrointestinal cancers, the role of intestinal dysbiosis and gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, germline genetic features in appendiceal cancer, and the need for anticipatory, multidisciplinary guidance in clinical practice.

R. Kate Kelley, MD, details the ongoing investigation of RLY-4008 for patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements, other ongoing investigations in cholangiocarcinoma, and the importance of molecular testing to drive treatment decisions in this population.

Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital scientists and clinicians will present new research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, June 2nd to June 6th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

Voruciclib monotherapy and in combination with venetoclax demonstrated clinical activity and was well tolerated with no significant myelosuppression in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or B-cell malignancies, according to initial data from a phase 1 trial.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology have been revised to include ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft as a preferred treatment option for patients with high- and low-risk polycythemia vera, irrespective of treatment history.