All Oncology News

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $11.3 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence grant from the National Cancer Institute to improve the detection, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, a disease that affects one in six men.

The FDA has placed partial clinical holds on 3 trials assessing nivolumab (Opdivo)-based combinations in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Adding the IDO inhibitor indoximod to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) led to an overall response rate of 61% in patients with advanced melanoma.

The phase Ib/II Study 111 examining the combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in women with metastatic endometrial carcinoma has been expanded based on positive interim results.

Duvelisib reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 48% versus ofatumumab (Arzerra) in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Results from an analysis of 3D tumor volume measurements shows papillary thyroid cancers ≤1.5 cm grew slowly during a period of active surveillance, suggesting that surgery may not be necessary for all patients.

Icotinib (Conmana) was associated with a 3.3-month increase in median progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with stage IIIB/IV non–small cell lung cancer.

In an ongoing phase II trial, researchers are investigating several targeted agents for use in the treatment of patients with glioblastoma (GBM).

The FDA placed clinical holds on 2 phase I trials investigating a gene-edited allogeneic CAR T-cell (UCART) therapy known as UCART123.

The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have received prior platinum-containing chemotherapy, or who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.

Z-endoxifen, a potent derivative of the drug tamoxifen, induced tumor shrinkage in women with ER-positive metastatic breast cancer who had progressed on standard anti-estrogen therapies.

Cabozantinib (Cabometyx) demonstrated durable activity in patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer who progressed on VEGFR-targeted therapy.

Sylvia Adams, MD, discusses ongoing clinical developments with immunotherapy in breast cancer.

The FDA has granted LN-144, an adoptive cell therapy that uses tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte technology developed by Iovance Biotherapeutics, a fast track designation for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma.

The FDA has approved gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg) for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia.

Eleftherios (Terry) P. Mamounas, MD, discusses whether 10 years was superior to the widely practiced 5 years of adjuvant hormone therapy for patients with breast cancer.

The FDA released a statement today providing specific data from 2 phase III trials of pembrolizumab in multiple myeloma that the agency placed clinical holds on in July.

Largest cancer survivor celebration ever.

The FDA has accepted a supplemental new drug application seeking to add overall survival data from the phase III ENDEAVOR trial to the label for carfilzomib for use in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Richard Morgan, MD, discusses recent research involving therapy with HXR9 for patients with AML.

Pembrolizumab induced an overall response rate of 33% in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Trials evaluate combined immunotherapy with stem cell transplant to combat hematologic malignancies.

Novartis’ just-approved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel is going to be introduced on the market at a price of $475,000 for a single infusion, an amount that is within the range anticipated by oncologists.

Katherine Nathanson, MD, discusses how the genetics of BRCA1/2-associated tumors impacts tumor development in breast and ovarian cancer and response to treatment.

The FDA has extended its decision deadline by 3 months on a biologics license application for MYL-1401O, a trastuzumab biosimilar co-developed by Mylan and Biocon. A final decision is expected on or before December 3, 2017.

The FDA issued a historic approval of the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, authorizing the use of tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) for the treatment of patients up to 25 years of age with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia that is refractory or in second or later relapse.

The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental new drug application for bosutinib for the first-line treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia.

The investigational HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate DS-8201 has received an FDA breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive, locally advanced, or metastatic breast cancer.

Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD, discusses the importance of identifying and targeting RET in non-small cell lung cancer.

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) induced an overall response rate of 25.9% and was well tolerated in patients with PD-L1–positive recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.