Ashling Wahner

Short-term radiotherapy followed by total neoadjuvant chemotherapy was found to be noninferior to long-term chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, according to findings from the phase 3 STELLAR study.

Traditional eligibility criteria for pancreatic cancer clinical trials reinforce underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in clinical trial candidacy and skew standards of care in favor of non-Hispanic White participants.

Ulka Nitin Vaishampayan, MBBS, discusses the intent of the PROBE trial, as well as updates regarding the KEYNOTE-564 trial and novel agents in kidney cancer treatment.

Jason Luke, MD, FACP, reviews key points from each presentation from an Institutional Perspectives in Cancer webinar on melanoma and provides perspective on the practice-changing benefits of therapies moving into earlier lines of treatment.

Lung cancer management methods are rapidly evolving to encompass immunotherapy in the frontline setting and approved second-line options with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies in non–small cell lung cancer, as well as treatment advances in first- and second-line small cell lung cancer.

New treatment methods in patients with small cell lung cancer and non–small cell lung cancer are on the horizon, with the introduction of combination immunotherapy, biomarker assays, and supportive oncology programs for patients and care partners.

Mridula George, MD, discusses the variety of innovative HER2-positive breast cancer treatment options that have recently been approved or are undergoing investigation in clinical trials to broaden the standards of care for patients in this subgroup.