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Cabozantinib Confers PFS Benefit in Previously Treated Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors
Patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors who experienced progression following prior therapy experienced a significant improvement in terms of progression-free survival after treatment with cabozantinib compared with placebo.
Belzutifan Plus Cabozantinib Delivers Durable Responses in ccRCC
October 21st 2023Belzultifan in combination with cabozantinib generated durable responses independent of International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium risk category in patients with treatment-naïve clear cell renal cell carcinoma or those who had received prior immunotherapy.
Dr Jeselsohn on Enrollment Criteria For the VERITAC-2 Trial in ER+ Breast Cancer
October 7th 2023Rinath M. Jeselsohn, MD, discusses enrollment criteria for the phase 3 VERITAC-2 trial, as well as the potential clinical implications of this research for patients with advanced estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
Study Uncovers Function of Mysterious Disordered Regions of Proteins Implicated in Cancer
October 4th 2023New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researcher Cigall Kadoch, PhD, along with colleagues at Princeton University and Washington University in St. Louis, reveals a key role for intrinsically disordered proteins known as IDRs that are implicated in a wide range of human diseases, from cancer to neurodegeneration
Patients with breast cancer who received hypofractionated postmastectomy radiotherapy experienced similar toxicities vs those who received conventionally fractionated postmastectomy radiotherapy, according to a presentation shared at the 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting.
Richardson Reviews Findings and Future Directions With Mezigdomide Plus Dexamethasone in R/R Myeloma
October 2nd 2023Dr Richardson discusses the background of mezigdomide, key efficacy and safety findings with the agent plus dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, and the implications of this combination for heavily pretreated patients in this population.
Teclistamab Delivers Comparable Efficacy Between Real-World and MajesTEC-1 Myeloma Populations
September 29th 2023Treatment with teclistamab-cqyv in real-world patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma elicited similar efficacy results and a comparable safety profile to findings from the phase 1/2 Majes-TEC-1 trial.
Isa-KRd Elicits MRD-Negative Remissions in Newly Diagnosed, High-Risk Myeloma
Treatment with the combination of isatuximab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone generated high rates of minimal residual disease negativity in patients with newly diagnosed, high-risk multiple myeloma, irrespective of transplant status.
Deep Learning Reveals Valuable Clues About Kidney Cancer in Pathology Slides
September 25th 2023A team of Dana-Farber researchers has identified a potential new way to assess clinically valuable features of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, using image processing with deep learning.
Dr Luo on Optimal Initial Chemotherapy Regimens in NUT Carcinoma
Jia Luo, MD, discusses a retrospective analysis of initial chemotherapy regimens for the treatment of patients with locally advanced and metastatic NUT carcinoma, which was presented at the 2023 IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer.
Dr Richardson on the Potential Significance of Mezigdomide in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
September 12th 2023Paul G. Richardson, MD, discusses how the continued development of the novel agent mezigdomide could affect the treatment paradigm for patients who progressed on, and developed resistance to, other available BCMA-directed therapies.
Frontline Osimertinib/Chemotherapy Combination Improves PFS in EGFR-Mutated NSCLC
September 11th 2023Osimertinib in combination with platinum-based therapy and pemetrexed demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival vs osimertinib monotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer.