All Oncology News

Neoadjuvant treatment with nivolumab combined with chemotherapy led to a significant improvement in pathologic complete response compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has granted a priority review to the biologics license application for tisotumab vedotin as a potential treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with progressive disease on, or following, chemotherapy.

Sequential chemotherapy and immunotherapy became the preferred standard of care in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma, based on findings from the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial.

Wasif Saif, MD, discusses factors to consider when choosing a frontline treatment strategy in pancreatic cancer, highlights the hunt for helpful biomarkers of response to available options, and offers sequencing suggestions.

Anna T. Levy, DO, discuses the safety profile and appropriate dosing of cabozantinib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Daratumumab appears to be safe when used as consolidation therapy in patients with multiple myeloma, even soon after autologous stem cell transplant, and the agent has also demonstrated early efficacy in the setting of very good responders.

Hye Sook Chon, MD, teases out some of the differences between the data with PARP inhibitors in the frontline maintenance setting and shed light on ongoing research with combinations that could broaden their utility in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Robert Dreicer, MD, discusses the optimal use of checkpoint inhibitors in urothelial carcinoma.

Now that interferon-alpha has been shown to prolong survival in patients with polycythemia vera, it is important that investigative efforts focus on developing a better understanding on the biology of the disease and the mechanisms by which the agent actually improves outcomes.

Investigators have launched the Epidemiology of Young Lung Cancer study to identify risk factors that can help shed light on why lung cancer develops in the younger population.

Jane L. Meisel, MD, discusses sequencing questions, tucatinib combinations under exploration, and emerging strategies for use in the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Pirtobrutinib showcased encouraging efficacy with an acceptable safety profile in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, and Waldenström macroglobulinemia who previously received a BTK inhibitor.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the soluble LAG-3 protein eftilagimod alpha for use in the frontline treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Encouraging efficacy data for ripretinib as a later-line therapy for patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor have investigators hypothesizing new approaches to derive even greater benefit with the agent.

Conflicting results regarding the benefit of adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibition in early-stage hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer have prompted many questions regarding patient selection and treatment duration, which many hope will be answered with ongoing biomarker research.

Single-agent pembrolizumab resulted in a significant improvement in disease-free survival when used as an adjuvant treatment in patients with renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy or nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 trial.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab and nivolumab plus chemotherapy resulted in a statistically significant overall survival benefit compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

The success of the COVID-19 vaccines based on messenger RNA has led to a surge of interest from investigators, pharmaceutical companies, and investors in similar technology for other diseases, including a number of oncology indications.

Amit K. Verma, MD, spotlights new agents that have entered the myelodysplastic syndrome treatment arsenal and novel combinations currently under exploration, as well as efforts that are showing promise in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Mazyar Shadman, MD, discusses considerations for BTK inhibitors in the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The FDA has recommended the early termination of a phase 2 trial examining the cell-based immunotherapy ERC1671 in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, cyclophosphamide, and bevacizumab in patients with glioblastoma.

The FDA has granted a regular approval to sacituzumab govitecan for the treatment of patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who have previously received 2 or more systemic therapies, at least 1 of them for metastatic disease.

Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic modeling of the investigational MASP-2 inhibitor narsoplimab supported a weight-based dosing method for patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplant–associated thrombotic microangiopathy.

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic had a tremendous impact on the surgical care of patients with breast cancer; practice patterns needed to be rapidly adjusted to continue to safely provide care during a time when resources were very limited.

In December 2020, the FDA approved selinexor in combination with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and dexamethasone for patients with MM who have received at least 1 prior therapy.

Nisha A. Mohindra, MD, discusses the integration of lurbinectedin into the small cell lung cancer paradigm and remaining questions regarding future therapeutic directions.

The FDA has approved a new biweekly dosing regimen of 500 mg/m2 as a 120-minute intravenous infusion for cetuximab (Erbitux) for patients with KRAS wild-type, EGFR-expressing colorectal cancer or squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Mendel Goldfinger, MD, discusses some of the key points of the ECHELON-1 trial data.

Tanya Dorff, MD, discusses how the FDA approvals of olaparib and rucaparib have paved the way for additional research with PARP inhibitors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Jane L. Meisel, MD, discusses managing toxicities associated with ado-trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.