Courtney Flaherty

Olaparib plus abiraterone acetate delayed disease progression and improved outcomes in patients with BRCA-, ATM- and CDK12-mutated mCRPC.

Benjamin Garmezy, MD, discusses challenges associated with navigating the current frontline armamentarium in both clear cell and variant RCC, the impact of frontline IO doublets and IO/TKI regimens on patient outcomes, and the importance of ongoing combination studies for patients with variant RCC.

Sarah Crafton, MD, discusses the ongoing development of agents targeting key biomarkers in ovarian cancer, such as FRα and HER2; expands on the integration of mirvetuximab soravtansine into clinical practice and its investigation in earlier lines; and emphasizes the importance of continued patient enrollment onto ongoing or planned ADC trials in ovarian cancer.

The phase 3 EVOKE-01 trial did not meet its primary end point of significantly improved OS with sacituzumab govitecan vs docetaxel in pretreated NSCLC.

Petros Grivas, MD, PhD, spotlights key advancements and research in urothelial cancer reported at the 2023 ESMO Congress, detailing findings from the phase 3 CheckMate 901, EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39, and THOR trials.

Michael Choi, MD, expands on significant advancements and treatment considerations in hematologic malignancies.

Clinicians discuss data on the ROS1 TKI taletrectinib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Michael Choi, MD, discusses several key considerations for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The FDA has granted fast-track status to NX-5948 for use in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Petros Grivas, MD, PhD, discusses the role of PARP inhibitor regimens in prostate cancer, the importance of genetic testing in this setting, and more.

R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the early efficacy seen with vimseltinib monotherapy and pexidartinib plus surgery in tenosynovial giant cell tumors.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, expands on the potential utility of longitudinal ctDNA dynamics as a kinetic marker for clinical outcomes in melanoma.

Joshua Hurwitz, MD, shares how multifocal MRI-directed SIB plus SBRT was not linked with added toxicity vs unifocal SIB in patients with prostate cancer.

Neal Shore, MD, FACS, discusses attempts to expand the current prostate cancer armamentarium through the development of novel, targeted therapies.

Neal Shore, MD, FACS, highlights the significance of the FDA approval of enzalutamide in nonmetastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Camidanlumab tesirine was well tolerated as a monotherapy and elicited responses when given with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors.

The FDA has granted fast track designation to rinatabart sesutecan for the treatment of patients with FRα-expressing high-grade serous or endometrioid platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Vivek Subbiah, MD, emphasizes the need for improved guidance on practical toxicity management for various FGFR-altered malignancies, highlights best practices for monitoring and managing the most common on-target toxicities associated with FGFR inhibitors, and discusses the key implications of this review for those utilizing FGFR inhibitors.

Pooja Advani, MBBS, MD, details the encouraging activity of antibody-drug conjugates in triple-negative breast cancer, the importance of utilizing next-generation sequencing to inform treatment selection after progression on CDK4/6 inhibitors in this disease setting, and more.

Lifileucel demonstrated clinically meaningful antitumor activity alongside early, durable responses in patients with advanced melanoma following progression on checkpoint inhibitors.

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab did not provide a survival advantage vs standard-of-care docetaxel in patients with advanced-stage non–small cell lung cancer who experienced disease progression following prior exposure to a PD-L1 inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Pooja Advani, MBBS, MD, details key advancements and the significance of pivotal trials that were presented by her colleagues at a recent OncLive® State of the Science Summit™ on breast cancer, which she chaired.

Lori A. Leslie, MD, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of pirtobrutinib for this population alongside the unmet needs it may address, highlights the efficacy and notable toxicities seen with the agent in the BRUIN study, and expands on the continued investigation of pirtobrutinib vs other standard-of-care regimens in various CLL subtypes.

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of capivasertib and fulvestrant in this patient population, highlights the efficacy and notable toxicities seen in the CAPItello-291 trial, and touches on key considerations when selecting between this and other standard regimens following CDK4/6 inhibitor progression.

Utilizing obinutuzumab to enhance B-cell depletion significantly reduced the need for corticosteroids and increased relapse-free survival in patients with steroid-requiring chronic graft-vs-host disease undergoing well-matched hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer for 2024 to include 2 new category 1 recommendations for amivantamab alongside chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naive, EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC.

Jaime R. Merchán, MD, spotlights case studies of patients with rare non-ccRCC histologies, discussing their clinical presentation, recent data on immunotherapy and targeted treatment options for the management of these disease subtypes, and patient outcomes on these therapies.

Maria Hafez, MD, spotlights the KATHERINE trial in HER2-positive breast cancer, expanding on the respective toxicity profiles of T-DM1 and trastuzumab that were identified in an exploratory safety analysis of the trial; updated outcomes with T-DM1 in those with residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant treatment and surgery; and more.

Alexander Drilon, MD, highlights how the approval of repotrectinib addresses the need for improved therapies for patients who have progressed on a previous TKI and delves into notable neurologic toxicities seen with the agent.

Rui-Hua Xu, MD, PhD, and Kohei Shitara, MD, expand on the advantages of targeting CLDN18.2 with zolbetuximab in gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma and key efficacy data from the GLOW and SPOTLIGHT trials in support of zolbetuximab’s potential FDA approval.