All Oncology News

The Mount Sinai Health System's esophagectomy program has received a three-star overall composite score from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to glofitamab for fixed-duration administration in adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) following 2 or more lines of systemic treatment.

Frontline treatment with the combination of nivolumab and cisplatin-based chemotherapy, followed by nivolumab monotherapy, led to a statistically significant improvement in PFS and OS vs standard cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens alone in previously untreated, cisplatin-eligible patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Leading investigators in the multiple myeloma field discuss the latest clinical trial findings, many of which were presented during the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, highlights findings from the CONTACT-03 trial and their clinical significance, as well as the need for continued investigation of PD-1 inhibitor rechallenge despite the negative trial results with cabozantinib and atezolizumab.

Dose-dense and dose-intense doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine, and granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (ABVD) generated an improvement in progression-free survival and other efficacy end points compared with PET-adapted ABVD in previously untreated patients with advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

The sequential combination of 6-thio-2’-deoxyguanosine and cemiplimab provided a progression-free survival benefit in the first 2 patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer enrolled to the part A safety lead-in portion of the phase 2 THIO-101 trial.

Nancy U. Lin, MD, provides clinical insights on the treatment of patients with breast cancer brain metastases and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of systemic therapy vs radiation therapy for this population.

Single-agent enfortumab vedotin in the neoadjuvant setting had substantial antitumor activity and a high event-free survival rate with a manageable toxicity profile in patients with cisplatin-ineligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Varun Monga, MBBS, discusses the mechanism of action of PRT811, key efficacy and safety findings from a phase 1 trial investigating the agent, and potential future directions with this agent in uveal melanoma and IDH-mutant high-grade glioma.

MET positivity according to immunohistochemistry showed predictive value for deriving durable responses with amivantamab plus lazertinib in patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed on or after osimertinib and are chemotherapy naïve.

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute has introduced a new technology that provides multiple benefits for cancer patients receiving radiation therapy at the FCS Ocala Cancer Center.

In our fast-moving world where a report of a clinically important trial finding may be simply a 60-second sound bite for both lay and medical communities, it is critical that great care must be taken that reported conclusions are understandable to all, not just the statisticians.

Treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan resulted in clinically meaningful efficacy in patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer following disease progression on or after a trastuzumab-containing regimen.

The addition of lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan to standard-of-care treatment delayed time to worsening of health-related quality of life and skeletal events compared with standard of care alone for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Sarah Sammons, MD, discusses the evolving role of CDK4/6 inhibitors in hormone receptor–positive breast cancer, the future of antibody-drug conjugates in triple-negative breast cancer, and the importance of educating patients about their available treatment options so they can share in the decision-making process.

China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved the new drug application for equecabtagene autoleucel for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who previously received 3 or more lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory drug.

John O. Mascarenhas, MD, discusses the design and rationale of the KRT-232-109 trial, key findings from the trial, and potential future directions of the study.

Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD, expands on previously reported findings from the CLEAR study, details updated data from the final OS analysis, and emphasizes how these results support the use of this regimen as a mainstay treatment option in the frontline setting for patients with advanced RCC.

Treatment with fixed-duration ibrutinib plus venetoclax for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the first-line setting elicited durable responses and sustained progression-free survival outcomes regardless of high-risk genomic features.

BLU-945 alone or in combination with osimertinib demonstrated early signals of clinical activity and was well tolerated in heavily pretreated patients with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Peter A. McCue, MD, as a Professor in the Department of Pathology.

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to zenocutuzumab for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic, NRG1 fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer following progression with prior systemic therapy.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to paxalisib in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of patients with solid tumor brain metastases harboring PI3K pathway mutations.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to inobrodib for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with multiple myeloma.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has announced a guideline update concerning the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell lymphomas, pediatric ALL, and pediatric aggressive mature B-cell lymphoma.

Although adjuvant treatment with ibandronate plus capecitabine resulted in a numerical improvement in overall survival vs ibandronate alone in elderly patients with moderate or high-risk early breast cancer, this did not reach statistical significance, according to long-term data from the phase 3 ICE study.

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

Administration of glofitamab after pretreatment with obinutuzumab provided encouraging antitumor activity with high and durable complete response rates and a manageable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with Richter syndrome.

Ixabepilone produced clinical benefit in patients with metastatic breast cancer selected for treatment with the DRP®-IXEMPRA® companion diagnostic candidate.