The OncLive® Global Oncology condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and international expert insights on treatment of patients with cancer. This page features articles focused on ex-US regulatory news, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing global research in oncology care.
July 26th 2024
The EMA's CHMP has recommended zolbetuximab plus chemotherapy in select locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or GEJ cancer.
Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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Advances In™: Targeting PSMA to Advance Diagnosis And Management Of Patients With Prostate Cancer
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: 8th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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8th Annual School of Nursing Oncology™
August 10, 2024
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7th Annual Live Medical Crossfire®: Hematologic Malignancies
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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Community Practice Connections™: Integrating BTK Inhibitors Into the CLL/SLL and MCL Treatment Paradigm
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Community Practice Connections™: 7th Annual International Congress on Oncology Pathology
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Community Practice Connections™: What the Community Needs to Know to Apply RLT in PSMA-Positive mCRPC in Context with Current Treatment Paradigms
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San Diego Lung Symposia
September 7, 2024 - September 8, 2024
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Pathology Implications for CEACAM5 as a Therapeutic Target in Advanced NSCLC
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Medical Crossfire®: What Are Effective Strategies for Onco-Nurses to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer?
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2023 ASCO Direct™ Highlights: Practice-Changing Data From the Leading Oncology Conference
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Taking a Critical Look at Healthcare Inequity Among Patients with Cancer: What Role Do Onco-Nurses Play?
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Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Melanoma: Where We Are, and Where We Aren’t
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2024 International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
October 11-12, 2024
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Virtual Show Me the Data™: How HER2, HER3, and TROP2 Targeted Strategies Will Impact Evolving Paradigms in NSCLC
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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42nd Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Practice Connections™: Clinical Updates from Chicago – A Focus on What Community Centers Need to Know to Move Their Solid Tumors' Practices Forward
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Tumor Agnostic Trials and the Reshaping of Precision Medicine in Oncology: A Focus on TSC1/2 Mutations
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Asciminib Moves Toward EU Approval for Ph+ CML in Chronic Phase
June 24th 2022The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for asciminib for the treatment of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase who were previously treated with at least 2 TKIs.
CHMP Recommends Melphalan Flufenamide for Triple-Class Refractory Multiple Myeloma
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has unanimously recommended full marketing authorization approval of melphalan flufenamide for patients with triple-class refractory multiple myeloma.
Capmatinib Approved in Europe for METex14-Altered Advanced NSCLC
June 22nd 2022The European Commission has approved capmatinib as a single agent for the treatment of patients with MET exon14 skipping–altered advanced non–small cell lung cancer who require systemic therapy following prior treatment with immunotherapy and/or platinum-based chemotherapy.
European Medicines Agency Validates Type II Variation Application for Liso-cel in Second-line LBCL
June 20th 2022The European Medicines Agency has verified its type II variation application to extend the indication for lisocabtagene maraleucel to include the treatment of adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, high grade B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, and grade 3B follicular lymphoma, who are refractory or have relapsed within 12 months of initial therapy and are candidates for hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Repotrectinib Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designations in China for ROS1+ NSCLC
The China National Medical Products Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation granted 2 breakthrough therapy designations to repotrectinib for the treatment of patients with ROS1-positive metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
Adjuvant Atezolizumab Approved in Europe for High-Risk NSCLC With PD-L1 of ≥50%
The European Commission has approved atezolizumab for use as an adjuvant treatment following complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy in adult patients with non–small cell lung cancer and a high risk of recurrence whose tumors do not have EGFR mutations or ALK alterations but have a PD-L1 expression of 50% or higher.
Mosunetuzumab Approved in Europe for Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorization for mosunetuzumab for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who have previously received at least 2 systemic therapies.
Zanubrutinib Approved in Uruguay for MCL, MZL, and Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
The BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib has been approved in Uruguay for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated mantle cell lymphoma, relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma, and Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Polatuzumab Vedotin Plus R-CHP Approved in Europe for Previously Untreated DLBCL
The European Commission has approved the combination of polatuzumab vedotin and rituximab and cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone for use in adult patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Pembrolizumab Moves Toward EU Approval for Resected Stage IIB/IIC Melanoma
May 20th 2022The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of pembrolizumab for use as adjuvant therapy in adult and adolescent patients aged 12 years and older with stage IIB or IIC melanoma following complete resection.
European Approval Sought for Adagrasib in Previously Treated KRAS G12C–Mutated NSCLC
A marketing authorization application has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency seeking the approval of adagrasib for therapeutic use in previously treated patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring a KRAS G12C mutation.
Selinexor Combo Approaches EU Approval for Refractory Multiple Myeloma
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of selinexor in combination with bortezomib and low-dose dexamethasone for use in adult patients with multiple myeloma who have previously received 1 to 3 prior lines of treatment.
Tisagenlecleucel Approved in Europe for Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
The European Commission has approved the CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor T-cell agent tisagenlecleucel for the treatment of adults with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma following at least 2 lines of systemic therapy.
The European Commission has approved the use of cabozantinib for use as a single agent in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma who are refractory or not eligible to receive radioactive iodine and who have progressed during or following previous systemic treatment.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab alone after surgery for adult patients with locally advanced or early-stage triple-negative breast cancer who are at a high risk for recurrence.
Mosunetuzumab Approaches EU Approval for Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval under conditional marketing authorization for mosunetuzumab for use in adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who have previously received at least 2 therapies.
EU Panel Recommends Capmatinib for METex14-Altered Advanced NSCLC
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization to capmatinib for use as a single agent in select adult patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring a METex14 skipping alteration.
Adjuvant Atezolizumab Approaches EU Approval for High-Risk NSCLC With PD-L1 of ≥50%
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion supporting the approval of adjuvant atezolizumab, after complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy, in adult patients with non–small cell lung cancer with a high risk of recurrence and whose tumors express PD-L1 of 50% or higher and do not harbor EGFR mutations or ALK alterations.
Tislelizumab Approved in China for Second-Line Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
The China National Medical Products Administration has approved tislelizumab for use in patients with locally advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who have disease progression or who are intolerant to frontline standard chemotherapy.
NICE Makes Avelumab Available for Maintenance Treatment of Urothelial Cancer
Avelumab is now a treatment option for patients with urothelial cancer in the United Kingdom following a recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issued Thursday, April 7, 2022.1
Relmacabtagene Autoleucel Gets Breakthrough Therapy Designation for MCL in China
The China National Medical Products Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to relmacabtagene autoleucel for use in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
EMA Accepts Marketing Authorization Applications for Tislelizumab in Select ESCC and NSCLC
Marketing authorization applications seeking the approval of tislelizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma following previous systemic chemotherapy and in select patients with non–small cell lung cancer have been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.
Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Approved in Europe for Frontline PD-L1+ Advanced ESCC
The European Commission has approved the dual immunotherapy combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab for use in the frontline treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who had a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher on tumor cells.
Lisocabtagene Maraleucel Approved in Europe for Select Relapsed/Refractory LBCL
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to the CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel for use in adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, and follicular lymphoma grade 3B following 2 or more lines of systemic treatment.
The European Commission has approved nivolumab in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher on tumor cells.
Adjuvant Nivolumab Approved in Europe for Select High-Risk Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma
The European Commission has approved nivolumab for use in the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma and a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher on tumor cells, who are at a high risk of recurrence following radical resection.
European Approval Sought for Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo in Resectable NSCLC
The European Medicines Agency has validated its type II variation application for nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy for use in the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with unresectable stage IB to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of pembrolizumab for use in combination with chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer who have a PD-L1 combined positive score of 1 or higher.
Lisocabtagene Maraleucel sNDA for Second-Line Relapsed/Refractory LBCL Accepted for Review in Japan
The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare has accepted a supplemental new drug application for lisocabtagene maraleucel for the second-line treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.