All Oncology News

December 10, 2020 - Women with stage 1 to 3 breast cancer who adhered to a diabetes risk reduction diet had improved survival versus those who did not follow this specific diet.

The administration of the CDK4/6 inhibitor trilaciclib before chemotherapy comprised of gemcitabine and carboplatin resulted in a significant improvement in overall survival in previously treated patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

December 10, 2020 - Patients with early breast cancer with a HER2 single-activated pathway determined by molecular subtyping using BluePrint assay, showed a trend for greater benefit with adjuvant pertuzumab therapy, according to an exploratory analysis of the data from the APHINITY trial.

December 10, 2020 - Treatment with abemaciclib in combination with endocrine therapy significantly reduced the risk of invasive disease recurrence or death in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer who had high Ki-67 tumors, suggesting that this feature can be used in conjunction with high-risk features to select patients for abemaciclib in the adjuvant setting.

December 10, 2020 — Oral paclitaxel and encequidar elicited lower rates of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, as well as greater efficacy, in patients with metastatic breast cancer compared to intravenous paclitaxel.

December 10, 2020 - Mindfulness meditation and survivorship education classes reduced depressive symptoms in younger women treated for breast cancer.

December 10, 2020 — Despite gene expression tests helping health care professionals make optimal treatment decisions, testing varies by region for men with prostate cancer and could be related to socioeconomic status and patterns of prostate cancer care.

December 10, 2020 - Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki continued to showcase impressive signals of efficacy, including prolonged, durable responses and overall survival rates, as well as a tolerable safety profile in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

December 10, 2020 — The addition of ribociclib to endocrine therapy continued to significantly improve overall survival and delay subsequent chemotherapy compared with placebo, irrespective of endocrine partner in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

December 9, 2020 - Treatment with tamoxifen versus anastrozole did not yield any significant difference in terms of disease recurrence in postmenopausal women with locally excised ductal carcinoma in situ but understanding associated toxicities can inform care decisions.

December 9, 2020 - Whole breast irradiation, following breast-conserving surgery and adjuvant endocrine therapy, can be omitted from the treatment journey of low-risk, older patients with pT1-2 tumors (≥3 cm) who are on local control at 10 years.

December 9, 2020 - The combination of oral paclitaxel and encequidar led to an estimated 26.5% reduction in the risk of death compared with intravenous paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to updated phase 3 findings of the KX-ORAX-001 trial.

December 9, 2020 - The artificial intelligence–digital breast cancer risk discrimination platform PreciseDx was able to classify patients with Oncotype Dx low-risk recurrence scores with high accuracy using only hematoxylin and eosin stain images and limited clinical data.

December 9, 2020 - Intrinsic tumor subtype was found to be associated with prognosis in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advance breast cancer who received the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib.

Renata Ferrarotto, MD, discusses trilaciclib’s unique mechanism of action in small cell lung cancer and the data that led to its FDA designation.

December 9, 2020 - Among women who underwent a mastectomy plus reconstructive surgery, those who received a breast cancer diagnosis, received chemotherapy and were younger were reported to have a higher risk of new chronic controlled substance use.

December 9, 2020 - Follow-up circulating tumor cell assessments were confirmed to strongly predict overall survival outcomes in patients with metastatic breast cancer, when performed at a median of 29 days following treatment initiation.

December 8, 2020 - Oncologists widely under-recognize substantial symptoms in patients with breast cancer receiving radiotherapy after undergoing a lumpectomy, highlighting a need to improve symptom detection.

December 9, 2020 - The combination of abemaciclib and standard endocrine therapy showed a 28.7% reduction in the risk of invasive disease recurrence or death compared with endocrine therapy alone in patients with high-risk, early hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

CPX-351, when given at higher doses in induction cycles 1 and 2, significantly prolonged hematologic recovery in younger patients with newly diagnosed high-risk or secondary acute myeloid leukemia.

December 9, 2020 — The BCMA-targeted antibody-drug conjugate MEDI2228 showed promising clinical efficacy in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, with triple-refractory disease experiencing maintained responses.

The antibody-drug conjugate TRPH-222 demonstrated early signs of efficacy with favorable tolerability at higher dose levels in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

December 8, 2020 — The antibody-drug conjugate brentuximab vedotin demonstrated high response rates with durability, as well as a tolerable safety profile among older patients with comorbid classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

December 8, 2020 - The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to sotorasib for use as a potential treatment in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Results reported from a group of patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma who were administered the combination of selinexor plus pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone produced positive responses and provided rationale for further investigation into the regimen.

December 8, 2020 - The combination of venetoclax and rituximab to retreat patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia demonstrated a sustained time to next treatment benefit according to 5-year follow-up data of the MURANO study in a poster presentation at the 2020 ASH Meeting.

December 8, 2020 — Pevonedistat in combination with azacitidine improved overall survival and prolonged event-free survival compared with azacitidine monotherapy in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

December 8, 2020 — Although updated guidelines and targeted therapies have led to the routine recommendation of germline genetic testing for patients with prostate cancer, increasing demand for tests and limited access to genetics providers have created an unmet need.

JAK2 and DNMT3A driver mutations can be acquired as early as in utero in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, demonstrating variable rates of clonal expansion and growth that influence the time to diagnosis.

Asciminib demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the major molecular response rate at 24 weeks compared with bosutinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase who have received at least 2 prior TKIs.