All Oncology News

The frontline combination of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and bevacizumab (Avastin) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 42% compared with sorafenib (Nexavar) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Floor J. Backes, MD, discusses subtle differences among PARP inhibitors that can help determine their optimal use in advanced ovarian cancer.

Christine Bestvina, MD, discusses immunotherapy options in squamous non–small cell lung cancer, unanswered questions regarding patient selection, and directions for future research.

Nisha A. Mohindra, MD, detailed current treatment strategies and some of the next-generation inhibitors that could shift sequencing approaches in ALK-positive and ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

John Hays, MD, PhD, discusses ongoing research with immunotherapy in ovarian cancer, challenges with determining predictive biomarkers of response, and promising emerging modalities.

Everett E. Vokes, MD, discusses remaining questions in stage III non–small cell lung cancer following the PACIFIC results.

Lee S. Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, discusses the development and approval process for biosimilars and explains how their availability could drive down out-of-pocket costs for patients.

Larry J. Copeland, MD, discusses how therapy for patients with ovarian cancer has evolved in recent years.

The FDA has approved acalabrutinib for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Jeremy Segal, MD, PhD, discusses pathologic considerations in non–small cell lung cancer and the evolving role of molecular testing.

Experts from The Ohio State University and Allegheny Health Network discuss the exciting research being conducted at their institutions.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab did not show a statistically significant improvement in recurrence-free survival compared with single-agent nivolumab as an adjuvant treatment for patients who have had complete surgical removal of stage IIIB/C/D or stage IV melanoma and whose tumors expressed PD-L1

The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab as a monotherapy or in combination with platinum and 5-FU chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and PD-L1 expression (composite positive score ≥1) on their tumors.

Ritu Salani, MD, discusses the evolution of up-front chemotherapy, as well as the roles of primary debulking surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in ovarian cancer.

Kurt W. Tauer, MD, FACP, discusses encouraging updates across the spectrum of breast cancer subtypes.

Lawrence E. Feldman, MD, discusses the impact of the phase III data of the IMpower133 and CASPIAN trials, ongoing trials, and other updates in small cell lung cancer treatment.

The European Commission has approved the triplet regimen of daratumumab with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

Treatment with relugolix achieved a high rate of sustained testosterone suppression to castrate levels in patients with androgen-sensitive advanced prostate cancer, meeting the primary endpoint of the phase III HERO trial.

David O’Malley, MD, discusses clinical trials in ovarian cancer and others under investigation.

The FDA has accepted a biologics license application for the proposed bevacizumab biosimilar SB8.

Azadeh Namakydoust, MD, discusses recent advancements in lung cancer and what the future holds.

The combination of vemurafenib and cobimetinib led to a 5-year overall survival rate of nearly 40% in patients with BRAF V600E–mutant metastatic melanoma who had not received prior therapy with a BRAF inhibitor.

Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, discussed the ways in which currently available and investigational agents are being evaluated in the curative and metastatic settings of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Jyoti D. Patel, MD, FASCO, discusses the implications of genetic testing, the lasting impact of the KEYNOTE and IMpower trials in patients with advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer, and considerations for treatment selection.

Leigha Senter, MS, LGC, discusses the current state of genetic testing for patients with ovarian cancer.

Alan H. Bryce, MD, discusses encouraging updates and emerging strategies in metastatic prostate cancer treatment.

Bradley G. Somer, MD, discusses the emergence of biosimilars in oncology

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has issued a positive opinion for a Marketing Authorization Application of fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate for the treatment of adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia who are refractory to other treatments.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of the antibody-drug conjugate polatuzumab vedotin for use in combination with bendamustine and rituximab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who are not candidates for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant.