Ashling Wahner

Oral decitabine plus cedazuridine added to oral venetoclax demonstrated promising overall response rates in patients with acute myeloid leukemia who received the combination as a first-line treatment or after relapsing on prior therapies.

Zanubrutinib elicited significantly higher response rates and survival benefits compared with ibrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma .

As new mutational targets arise and genetic testing becomes more precise, the field of biliary tract cancer care may soon expand to accommodate a range of tailored treatments.

E-selectin has emerged as a viable target in acute myeloid leukemia, and agents like uproleselan have the potential the increase AML cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapies such as cladribine plus low-dose cytarabine.

Aumolertinib significantly prolonged progression-free survival vs gefitinib in treatment-naïve patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations, according to findings from the phase 3 ANEAS trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Nilay Shah, MD, discusses the importance of the FDA approval of sodium thiosulfate for pediatric patients with solid tumors, the favorable toxicity profile of the agent, and how clinical trial findings may inform future care in this population.

Chemoimmunotherapy combinations, along with therapies targeting IDH1, FGFR2, and HER2 mutations, are ushering in a new era of treatment for biliary tract cancers.

Julien Maziéres, MD, PhD, explains the importance of defining a second-line standard of care in the EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer population, highlights the long-term benefits seen with tepotinib plus osimertinib, and previews the next steps that should be taken toward more individualized patient care.

Flavio G. Rocha, MD, FACS, FSSO, discusses the types of biliary tract cancer and what has been learned about them, explains the effects of systemic therapy on surgery, and relays remaining questions pertaining to the efficacy of immunotherapy.

The field of relapsed/refractory small cell lung cancer is expanding to include novel options for disease management, most notably, the chemotherapy lurbinectedin.

Srdan Verstovsek, MD, PhD, discusses the benefits of rusfertide, an agent currently under evaluation in patients with polycythemia vera. In addition, he lays out the distinctions between low-risk and high-risk polycythemia vera and explains the benefits of this drug in both populations.

Enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy elicited significant improvements in radiographic progression-free survival and overall survival vs placebo in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Mark Yarchoan, MD, lays out the evolution of drug development in biliary tract cancer, discusses the findings from the TOPAZ-1 trial, and shares the positive future direction of immunotherapy in this disease.

Intensive first-line treatment with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant was not associated with higher rates of late effects compared with outcomes from less intensive therapies in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Ribociclib plus endocrine therapy elicited statistically significant progression-free survival and overall survival benefits vs placebo plus endocrine therapy in patients with hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with visceral metastases, including those with liver metastases and multiple metastatic sites.

Naval G. Daver, MD, discusses the rationale for the ongoing ENHANCE trial and explained magrolimab’s unique role as a macrophage immune checkpoint blocker. He also outlines unmet needs throughout the entire high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome population, and how novel approaches, such as magrolimab combinations, may fulfill these needs.

Immunotherapy in the form of ipilimumab plus nivolumab followed by the targeted therapy combination encorafenib plus binimetinib elicited an overall survival benefit in patients with untreated BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma, according to findings from the phase 2 SECOMBIT trial.

Sacituzumab govitecan displayed encouraging progression-free survival rates compared with single-agent chemotherapy in patients with locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, according to findings from the phase 3 TROPiCS-02 study.

Erlotinib continued to elicit a disease-free survival and overall survival benefit vs vinorelbine/cisplatin chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer, according to updated OS data and an exploratory analysis from the phase 2 EVAN trial.

Chemotherapy prior to transanal excision surgery demonstrated favorable responses that led to increased organ preservation rates among patients with early rectal cancer, according to findings from the phase 2 NEO trial.

Daratumumab combinations elicited significant progression-free survival, overall survival, overall response rate, and minimal residual disease–negativity benefits vs control in pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma across clinically relevant subgroups.

Subcutaneous administration of isatuximab through a syringe pump or on-body delivery system demonstrated similar efficacy and safety compared with intravenous isatuximab when combined with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Judy C. Boughey, MD, shares criteria for omission of sentinel lymph node surgery, the importance of not altering treatment based on identification of variants of uncertain significance, and the potential value of trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-low metastatic breast cancer.

Matthew P. Goetz, MD, discusses overall survival data with ribociclib and abemaciclib in estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative disease; the role of adjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with triple-negative breast cancer; and the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in earlier settings. 

The addition of ixazomib to daratumumab, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone has elicited deep and durable response rates with a manageable safety profile as salvage therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Niraparib plus ipilimumab maintenance therapy elicited encouraging progression-free survival results in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who achieved a stable response to platinum-based chemotherapy.

The combination of durvalumab and tremelimumab demonstrated positive progression-free survival and overall survival rates with expected toxicity data in patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue and bone sarcomas.

Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab followed by adjuvant nivolumab elicited positive pathologic complete response rates in patients with locally advanced resectable mismatch repair–deficient and/or microsatellite instability–high gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

The addition of galunisertib to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy improved complete response rates in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, according to findings from a phase 2 study.

Elotuzumab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival compared with pomalidomide and dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who previously received treatment with lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor.