The Dividing Line for Germline Mutation Testing Is Often Arbitrary
December 18th 2019Although hereditary cancer risk was defined solely by family history in the not-so-distant past, today increasingly robust data may help define an individual’s heightened lifetime risk based on the presence of specific molecular findings within the germline
Novel Targeted Therapies Show Promise in Cholangiocarcinoma
December 17th 2019During a recent OncLive Peer Exchange® roundtable, experts discussed novel targeted agents for cholangiocarcinomas progressing through the pipeline, such as infigratinib and pemigatinib, which are selective pan-inhibitors of FGFR fusions/translocations being evaluated in phase III trials.
PARP Inhibitors Gain a Foothold in Prostate Cancer
December 12th 2019Until strong findings emerged from the phase III PROfound study of PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, targeted therapy had an uncertain foothold in this tumor type.