Associate Editor, OncLive
Ashling Wahner joined MJH Life Sciences in 2022. She produces OncLive's podcast, OncLive On Air, and helps ensure timely publication of news content and announcements from the FDA approval pipeline. She also attends conferences live and virtually to conduct video interviews and produce written coverage. Email: [email protected]
Carefully selected patients with triple-negative or HER2-positive breast cancer who demonstrated pathologic complete responses to neoadjuvant systemic therapy as predicted by image-guided vacuum-assisted core biopsy avoided breast surgery and went on to standard radiotherapy.
Misako Nagasaka, MD, PhD, discusses the various needs taletrectinib meets in the ROS1-positive population, initial efficacy data with the agent, and its impressive safety profile.
The 4-drug combination of irinotecan, temozolomide, dinutuximab, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor elicited objective responses in almost half of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.
The combination of cediranib and olaparib significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival compared with olaparib monotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Kathleen N. Moore, MD, MS, discusses the incidence of TSC1 and TSC2 mutations in different gynecologic tumor types, the trial design and eligibility criteria for the PRECISION 1 study, and the importance of genetic testing to identify these mutations and treat them early.
Richard M. Stone, MD, highlights how uproleselan disrupts E-selectin in the AML tumor microenvironment, the variety of AML regimens that uproleselan may amplify in efficacy, including chemotherapies and venetoclax combinations, and the need for further research to determine whether minimal residual disease negativity rates will improve patient prognoses.
Farrukh Awan, MD, discusses new agents under investigation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma and emphasizes the importance of weighing each drug’s risks and benefits against individual patient needs and preferences to make informed decisions.
Farrukh Awan, MD, discusses transplant and chemotherapy options in frontline diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the emergence of CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and available targeted therapies in acute myeloid leukemia.
Peter Voorhees, MD, highlights important topics that his colleagues discussed at the meeting, including the important role of up-front autologous stem cell transplant and distinct adverse effects to be aware of when using different CAR T-cell therapies.
Praveen Ramakrishnan, MD, MS, discusses the evolution of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treatment, the implications of key phase 3 studies, and how emerging bispecific T-cell engagers and antibody-drug conjugates may increase treatment accessibility beyond the limitations of CAR T-cell therapy for patients at various disease stages.
Peter Voorhees, MD, discusses key points from his presentation on proteasome inhibitors in multiple myeloma and positive data with the agents in the transplant-eligible and transplant-ineligible populations.
Shilpa Gupta, MD, discussed potential therapies for patients with cisplatin-ineligible metastatic urothelial carcinoma, the benefits of sacituzumab govitecan and erdafitinib in later-line urothelial carcinoma, and treatment options for nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
John Lindsay Marshall, MD, discusses past, present, and future developments in molecular testing, as well as the unique offerings of tissue and blood tests and the ways in which these precise approaches will ultimately make cancer diagnosis and treatment more efficient and effective.
Nicolas Girard, MD, PhD, highlights current treatment practices, the value real-world data would provide for future investigative approaches in SCLC, and the observed benefit of administering available treatment options such as lurbinectedin as early as possible.
Jane Lowe Meisel, MD, discussed the emergence of HER2-low as a new category in breast cancer, outlining the significance of the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast04 trial and the unique qualities of trastuzumab deruxtecan in the HER2-positive and HER2-low populations.
Ivosidenib plus venetoclax with or without azacitidine showed an expected and tolerable safety profile with durable responses and a prolonged survival rate across acute myeloid leukemia disease groups.
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.
