According to findings from a single-arm phase II trial, treatment with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) resulted in an overall response rate of 24.3% in previously treated patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.
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Jason Harris has worked in journalism for more than 20 years, including stints at daily newspapers and niche publications for oncology and cardiology. He is a senior editor for OncologyLive® and managing editor for Oncology Fellows and the annual Giants of Cancer Care® album. He also contributes to the OncLive On Air and OncFellows podcasts. Email: jharris@onclive.com
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According to results from the PAMELA trial, women with the HER2-enriched subtype of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer were more likely to have a pathological complete response when treated with dual HER2-blockade.
Pembrolizumab has shown durable, clinically significant responses in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who are refractory to platinum-based chemotherapy and cetuximab, according to results from the single-arm, phase II KEYNOTE-055 study.
The FDA has accepted a supplemental new drug application for ibrutinib as a treatment for patients with chronic graft-versus-host-disease after failure of 1 or more lines of systemic therapy.
The European Union (EU) approved the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib for patients with BRAF V600-positive advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
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