All Oncology News

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.

The FDA has approved olaparib as a maintenance treatment for patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to frontline platinum-based chemotherapy.

The PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab in combination with radiotherapy, cyclophosphamide, and GM-CSF did not demonstrate efficacy superior to other PD-1 inhibitor monotherapies in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Kimberly S. Corbin, MD, sheds light on the use of proton radiation therapy in the breast cancer space and which patients may benefit from this approach.

Out-of-pocket expenditures are substantially less among Medicare beneficiaries with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy who receive prophylaxis for febrile neutropenia with a filgrastim biosimilar as opposed to the reference product.

Neratinib led to a statistically significant improvement in centrally confirmed progression-free survival compared with lapatinib and capecitabine in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have failed 2 or more prior lines of HER2-directed therapy.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, discusses recent progress in RCC and where future research is heading in the field.

Tycel J. Phillips, MD, discusses the clinical implications of acalabrutinib plus bendamustine and rituximab for patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Ciara O’Sullivan, MB, BCh, discusses the need for treatment de-escalation for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, as well as the challenges that remain in tailoring treatment.

Oscar J. Manrique, MD, discusses the current treatments for patients with lymphedema who have breast cancer and the challenges that remain in this space.

The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab as an adjuvant treatment for patients with resected, stage III melanoma with lymph node involvement.

Daniel J. George, MD, discusses the status of treatment for patients with high-risk stage III RCC, as well as the role of sunitinib (Sutent) and checkpoint inhibitors in the RCC paradigm.

Pascal Hammel, MD, PhD, discusses the potential for eryaspase, and the future direction of the pancreatic cancer landscape.

The FDA has granted an approval to CT-P6, a trastuzumab biosimilar, for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer

Sundar Jagannath, MD, provides insight into the biology of multiple myeloma.

Michael J. Pishvaian, MD, PhD, discusses the impact of immunotherapy in the treatment landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma.

The monoclonal anti-PD-1 antibody cemiplimab continued to demonstrate considerable antitumor activity and durable responses in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has granted a positive opinion to dasatinib in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Judy C. Boughey, MD, discusses the surgical management of the axilla in patients with node-positive breast cancer and less invasive approaches for disease management.

Rachel C. Jankowitz, MD, discusses the range of risk associated with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer and the importance of communicating with patients about associated adverse events.

Kristen N. Ganjoo, MD, discusses the diagnosis, presentation, and management of patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma.

The FDA has approved romiplostim for the treatment of pediatric patients aged ≥1 year with immune thrombocytopenia for at least 6 months who have had an insufficient response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins, or splenectomy.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of brentuximab vedotin for use in combination with chemotherapy as a frontline treatment for adult patients with CD30+ stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses some of the available and anticipated combinations for use in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

CT-P6, a proposed biosimilar to trastuzumab, exhibited long-term disease-free survival and overall survival similar to the reference product in the treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.

Benjamin L. Maughan, MD, PharmD, discusses the activity of the combination of radium-223 and enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Akihiko Shimomura, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for the phase III HERB TEA trial of elderly patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Amishi Desai, MD, highlights new and emerging data regarding the use of immunotherapy in patients with non–small lung cancer.

Valerie Sugiyama, MD, discusses the treatment of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Paul R. Eber, MD, discusses how the findings from CARMENA impact metastatic renal cell carcinoma treatment and what challenges remain.