Vol. 24/No. 2

An economic analysis showed that neither polatuzumab vedotin-piiq added to standard of care chemotherapy nor CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy is likely to be the most cost-effective for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Although the incidence, location, and histology of esophageal cancer vary globally, patients in the Western World typically develop esophageal cancer in the distal esophagus or at the gastroesophageal junction.

The MOUNTAINEER-03 trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy of tucatinib and trastuzumab plus modified leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin, compared with standard-of-care, first-line therapy for metastatic HER2-positive colorectal cancer.

For Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, director of breast medical oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, his work on the RxPONDER trial serves as one of a few accomplishments for which he is grateful that have impacted clinical care.

The treatment of patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer is rapidly evolving across the spectrum of care, particularly in the neoadjuvant setting, where evidence in favor of systemic chemoimmunotherapy regimens is growing.

Accelerated regulatory approvals in the past 10 to 15 years, both of novel drugs and their use as part of newer strategies present a challenge to relatively simple drug development and clinical use paradigms.