All Oncology News

The European Commission has approved nivolumab in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher on tumor cells.

Research led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests that an investigational drug could restore the ability of some non–small cell lung cancers to respond to an immune checkpoint blockade, a therapy that harnesses the immune system to fight malignant tumors.

The European Commission has approved nivolumab for use in the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma and a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher on tumor cells, who are at a high risk of recurrence following radical resection.

Patients who develop post–essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis or post–polycythemia vera myelofibrosis, which are associated with significant symptom burden and bone marrow failure, have limited therapies available for effective treatment.

Inhye Ahn, MD, discusses the evolving treatment landscape of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the advances made with BTK inhibitors and venetoclax-based regimens, novel combination regimens under exploration, and other research efforts that are underway.

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the phase 1/2a TakeAim Leukemia trial, which is evaluating emavusertib as a single agent and in combination with azacitidine or venetoclax in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

A Type II variation application seeking the approval of a new indication for ibrutinib plus bendamustine and rituximab in adult patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma who are not candidates for autologous stem cell transplant has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.

Feedback plays a key role in medical edu-cation and faculty development as it allows everyone to evaluate their performance and improve their intrapersonal skills.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the multigenic autologous CAR T-cell therapy PRGN-3006 for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute launched a new website to host a variety of top articles ranging from recent oncology and hematology studies to new therapies, even topics on value-based care.

“I can’t conceive of anything worse than being in a situation where you can’t ask, ‘How do we get better?’ ”

Maurie Markman, MD, discusses the obstacles between implementing clinical trial data into practice.

Results from first-of-its-kind Mount Sinai study show that immunotherapy before liver cancer surgery can kill tumor, and likely residual cancer cells.

Selpercatinib continued to provide clinically meaningful benefit to patients with metastatic RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has approved axicabtagene ciloleucel for the treatment of adult patients with large B-cell lymphoma that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or relapses within 12 months of first-line chemoimmunotherapy.

Evan B. Shereck, MD, MEd, talks about working with families experiencing incredible stress, the importance of wellness for both physicians and their partners, and making medical learning fun.

The expansion of the treatment armamentarium has emphasized the importance of genetic testing in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to Christopher Lieu, MD, who added continued developments in the field have produced additional treatment regimens across patient subsets.

Distinctions in histology, molecular profiles, and tumor location have set diverging course of care for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

A biologics license application seeking the approval of 131I-omburtamab in the treatment of pediatric patients with central nervous system/leptomeningeal metastases from neuroblastoma has been resubmitted to the FDA.

Medical oncologists Dr. Ajaz Khan, Dr. Ryan Engel, and Dr. Nitika Sharma are the latest board-certified, fellowship-trained physicians who have chosen to practice medicine at Cancer Treatment Centers of America®.

For Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, research and medicine are art forms that she uses to uplift and inspire every day.

Investigators at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have recently initiated a clinical trial evaluating a novel CAR T-cell therapy in an effort to fill an unmet need for systemic treatment for patients with advanced incurable medullary thyroid cancer.

The addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel improved overall survival compared with nab-paclitaxel alone in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

The newer generation antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan has elicited encouraging responses with acceptable safety in patients with EGFR TKI–resistant, EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer—a difficult-to-treat population with an unmet medical need.

The combination of eftilagimod alpha and pembrolizumab was found to produce an encouraging early overall survival rate of 73% at the 6-month landmark when used as second-line treatment in patients with PD-1/PD-L1–refractory, metastatic non–small cell lung cancer, according to data from part B of the phase 2 TACTI-002 trial.

Investigators are hoping to dramatically improve the platinum-resistant ovarian cancer treatment paradigm with the development of the first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate upifitamab rilsodotin.

Rucaparib significantly improved investigator-assessed progression-free survival over placebo when used as maintenance treatment in newly diagnosed patients with advanced ovarian cancer following successful first-line treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy, according to top-line findings from the monotherapy arm of the phase 3 ATHENA trial.

Margarett Ellison, MD, gynecologic oncologist with Gynecologic Oncology of Tallahassee, A Division of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, has been designated as a National GYN Oncology Observation Site for Intuitive Surgical.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP, led a panel of breast cancer experts—Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH; Patrick Neven, MD, PhD; and Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS—in a review of key data from the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in ER-positive breast cancer.

Shaji K. Kumar, MD, discusses key takeaways from each presentation on chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myelofibrosis, relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, CAR T-cell therapy, and multiple myeloma.