All Oncology News

Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL Undergoes Rapid Evolution With CAR T-Cell Therapy, ADCs, and Bispecific Antibodies

February 26th 2021

Jessica Hergert

High-dose chemotherapy and transplant remains the second-line standard of care for the majority of patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; however, CAR T-cell therapy and other novel agents, which have transformed the third-line setting, may offer alternative and more personalized second-line options in the coming years.

Raising the Standard Beyond Frontline R-CHOP in DLBCL

February 26th 2021

Caroline Seymour

Rituximab plus CHOP is not a suitable frontline treatment regimen for all patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, explained Andre H. Goy, MD, who specified that patients with a high-risk International Prognostic Index, elderly patients, and patients with high-risk molecular subtypes require alternative treatment.

Cirmtuzumab/Ibrutinib Shows Encouraging Clinical Activity, Safety in MCL and CLL

February 26th 2021

Courtney Marabella

Hun Ju Lee, MD, discusses a phase 1/2 study evaluating cirmtuzumab in combination with ibrutinib in patients with mantle cell lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Ianalumab/Ibrutinib Combo Shows Promising Activity in CLL

February 26th 2021

Courtney Marabella

Kerry A, Rogers, MD, discusses the rationale behind the phase 1b study of VAY736 combined with ibrutinib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the next steps for this research.

NeoVax Demonstrates Long-Lasting Durable Responses in Melanoma

February 26th 2021

Courtney Marabella

Neoantigen long peptide vaccines continued to show durable T-cell responses in patients with high-risk melanoma that persisted 4 years after initial vaccination.

Dostarlimab Gets Positive EU Opinion in Recurrent or Advanced MSI-H Endometrial Cancer

February 26th 2021

Gina Mauro

February 26, 2021 - The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use granted a positive opinion to dostarlimab as a treatment for patients with recurrent or advanced microsatellite instability–high/mismatch repair deficient endometrial cancer who have progressed on or following platinum-based chemotherapy.

Cabozantinib/Nivolumab Approaches EU Approval for Frontline Advanced RCC

February 26th 2021

Kristi Rosa

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion for the combination of cabozantinib plus nivolumab for use as a frontline treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Maryam Lustberg Named Director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Chief of Breast Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center

February 26th 2021

Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH, has been appointed Director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Chief of Breast Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center.

Bekaii-Saab Shares Suggested Sequencing Algorithm for Advanced HCC

February 26th 2021

Hayley Virgil

Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, FACP, shares his approach for treating patients with HCC across several lines of therapy and factors to consider when making sequencing decisions.

CD19-Targeted CAR T-Cell Therapies Induce Durable Remissions in Several Lymphoma Subtypes

February 26th 2021

Hayley Virgil

CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapies have yielded durable remissions in approximately half of all patients with aggressive relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphomas.

Multi-Agent Therapy May Overcome CAR T Resistance in B-Cell Malignancies

February 26th 2021

Jason Harris

Treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T cells has induced unprecedented overall response rates and complete response rates in patients with relapsed/refractory B cell malignancies.

Growing Body of Evidence Underscores the Activity and Safety of CAR T-cell Therapy in ALL

February 25th 2021

Caroline Seymour

Since the publication of the pivotal ELIANA trial in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the field of CAR T-cell therapy has grown significantly and left providers better equipped to understand and manage treatment-related adverse effects, such as cytokine release syndrome.

Grothey Spotlights the Growing HER2+ Paradigm in GI Cancers

February 25th 2021

OncLive Staff

Axel Grothey, MD, discusses the excitement surrounding HER2-directed therapies in gastrointestinal malignancies, the approval of trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-positive metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer, and the investigational agents patritumab deruxtecan and zanidatamab that are poised to further advance the paradigm.

Total Body Irradiation Plus Etoposide Improves Survival in Select Transplant-Eligible Pediatric High-Risk ALL

February 25th 2021

Hayley Virgil

Total body irradiation plus etoposide prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation resulted in improved overall survival and a lower risk of relapse in pediatric patients with high-risk acute lymphocytic leukemia compared with chemotherapy conditioning.

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Cabozantinib for Radioactive Iodine–Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

February 25th 2021

Kristi Rosa

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to cabozantinib as a potential therapeutic option for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer that has progressed after previous therapy and who are refractory to radioactive iodine.