All Oncology News

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of blinatumomab for the treatment of adult patients with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are in remission but still have minimal residual disease of at least 0.1%.

The European Medicine’s Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended expanding the approval of ribociclib (Kisqali) in women with HR+/HER2-negative breast cancer to include use in combination with fulvestrant (Faslodex).

The frontline combination of durvalumab (Imfinzi) and tremelimumab did not induce a statistically significant improvement in overall survival compared to standard chemotherapy in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has approved brentuximab vedotin for use in combination with chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Vik Gorantla, MD, discusses ongoing developments in the adjuvant setting for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

The European Commission has approved cabozantinib (Cabometyx) for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who have been previously treated with sorafenib (Nexavar), according to Ipsen, which develops the multikinase inhibitor with Exelixis.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has formed an academic cooperation agreement with the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków, Poland.

The FDA has granted brentuximab vedotin a breakthrough therapy designation for use in combination with chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Simon Rule, MD, PhD, discusses the observational and active therapeutic approaches for patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Data from the NSABP B-52, PERSEPHONE, and APT trials have called into question the optimal duration of treatment for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Diana P. English, MD, discusses the promise for ADCs in the landscape of ovarian cancer treatment and targeting p53 mutations in patients with ovarian cancer.

Epoetin alfa-epbx (Retacrit), the biosimilar to epoetin alfa (Procrit/Epogen) has been launched in the United States at a significant discount.

Second-line treatment with pembrolizumab improved overall survival versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal or esophagogastric junction carcinoma whose tumors expressed PD-L1.

Mohammed Rahman, MD, discusses ongoing efforts to optimize the use of neratinib in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Mark Emberton, MD, FRCS, discusses updates in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer.

The combination regimen of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin with bevacizumab was found to significantly improve progression-free survival versus carboplatin/gemcitabine in select patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Robert Dean, MD, discusses the promise for new therapies in mantle cell lymphoma.

Long-term maintenance therapy with olaparib (Lynparza) tablets demonstrated a low rate of treatment discontinuation and tolerable safety profile in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer.

James Kearns, MD, discusses key issues to consider with surgery in patients with high-risk prostate cancer.

Nancy Nixon, MD, discusses the retrospective study of the evolution of biosimilars in oncology, with a focus on trastuzumab and the path toward the integration of biosimilars into cancer care.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental biologics license application for the frontline combination of atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel for patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic PD-L1–positive triple-negative breast cancer.

Recently approved therapy is administered through program at New Jersey’s Only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Results of the phase III CORAIL trial demonstrated that the marine-derived treatment lurbinectedin did not improve progression-free survival compared with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin or topotecan in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Rutgers Cancer Institute investigator was awarded a grant to identify new treatment approaches in non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental new drug application for olaparib tablets for use as a maintenance therapy in patients with newly-diagnosed, BRCA-positive advanced ovarian cancer who achieved a complete or partial response to standard frontline platinum-based chemotherapy.

Jeffrey C. Lombardo, PharmD, BCOP, discusses the potential impact that ready-to-use formats for cytotoxic drugs might have in the oncology arena.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who have previously received sorafenib.

Meagan A. Jacoby, MD, PhD, discusses treatment-free remissions in patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia.

Jonathan E. Rosenberg, MD, discusses the extended follow-up of the CheckMate-032 study, as well as the future of immunotherapy in urothelial carcinoma.

Peter E. Clark, MD, discusses the role of surgery in the rapidly evolving treatment paradigm for patients with renal cell carcinoma.