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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Frontline Cadonilimab Plus Chemotherapy Improves OS in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Adenocarcinoma
First-line treatment with the PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody cadonilimab in combination with oxaliplatin and capecitabine led to a statistically significant improvement in overall survival vs placebo plus oxaliplatin and capecitabine in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 AK104-302 trial.
EU Approval Sought for Encorafenib/Binimetinib in BRAF V600+ Advanced NSCLC
The European Medicines Agency had validated a marketing authorization application seeking the approval of the combination of encorafenib and binimetinib for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600–mutant advanced non–small cell lung cancer.
Elranatamab Approaches EU Approval for Heavily Pretreated Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
November 1st 2023The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of elranatamab-bcmm for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who were previously treated with 3 or more lines of therapy, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, and who experienced disease progression on their last therapy.
EMA Validates Application for Frontline Nivolumab Plus Chemo in Advanced Urothelial Cancer
October 30th 2023The European Medicines Agency has validated a type II variation application for the first-line combination of nivolumab and cisplatin-based chemotherapy for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
The European Medicines Agency has accepted a marketing authorization application seeking the approval of mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx for the treatment of patients with folate receptor alpha–positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
Epcoritamab Receives UK Approval for R/R DLBCL After 2 Prior Lines of Therapy
The United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has granted conditional marketing authorization to epcoritamab-bysp monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapy.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Wins EU Approval for HER2-Mutated Advanced NSCLC
The European Commission has approved fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor an activating HER2 mutation and who require systemic therapy following platinum-based chemotherapy with or without immunotherapy.
Amivantamab Plus Chemotherapy Nearly Doubles PFS in EGFR Exon 20–Mutant NSCLC
October 21st 2023The combination of amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) and chemotherapy produced a median progression-free survival of 11.4 months vs 6.7 months with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced, EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Selpercatinib Significantly Improves PFS Vs Chemo With or Without Pembrolizumab in RET+ NSCLC
Selpercatinib (Retevmo) showcased superior efficacy, with improved progression-free survival, vs chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab in the first-line treatment of patients with RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Zanubrutinib Receives NICE Recommendation for Treatment of CLL
The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued a final draft guidance recommending the approval of zanubrutinib for the treatment of adult patients with untreated, high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia harboring a 17p deletion or TP53 mutation.
EU Panel Recommends Rucaparib for Frontline Maintenance in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion regarding the approval of a Type II variation application for rucaparib as a frontline maintenance in patients with advanced ovarian cancer who have responded to first-line, platinum-based chemotherapy, irrespective of BRCA mutational status.
Neoadjuvant Daromun Elicits RFS Benefit in Locally Advanced, Fully Resectable Melanoma
Neoadjuvant treatment with intratumoral daromun led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in recurrence-free survival compared with surgery alone in patients with locally advanced, fully resectable melanoma, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 PIVOTAL trial.
CHMP Recommends Dostarlimab Plus Chemotherapy in dMMR/MSI-H Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended the approval of dostarlimab plus chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair–deficient/microsatellite instability–high primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.
European Commission Approves Adjuvant Pembrolizumab for High-Risk NSCLC
October 16th 2023The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab as adjuvant monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with non–small cell lung cancer who are at high risk of recurrence following complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion for pembrolizumab plus fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of adult patients with HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Zanubrutinib Plus Obinutuzumab Approaches EU Approval in R/R Follicular Lymphoma
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of zanubrutinib in combination with obinutuzumab for use in adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who have previously received at least 2 lines of systemic treatment.
European Approval Sought for Amivantamab Plus Chemo in EGFR Exon 20 Insertion+ NSCLC
A Type II extension of indication application seeking the approval of amivantamab in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed for the frontline treatment of adult patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer and activating EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.
EMA Validates MAA for Imetelstat for Transfusion-Dependent Anemia in Lower-Risk MDS
The European Medicines Agency has validated the marketing authorization application for the use of imetelstat in the treatment of transfusion-dependent anemia in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
Japanese Approval Sought for Fruquintinib in Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
A new drug application seeking the approval of fruquintinib for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer has been submitted to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
Epcoritamab Wins European and Japanese Approval for Select Types of R/R LBCL
Epcoritamab-bysp has been approved by the European Commission and Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for the treatment of select patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.
European Commission Approves Enrylaze for ALL and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
September 22nd 2023The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Enrylaze for use as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma in adult and pediatric patients 1 month and older who developed hypersensitivity or silent inactivation to E. coli–derived asparaginase.
European Commission Approves Elacestrant for Pretreated, ESR1+, ER+/HER2– Breast Cancer
September 20th 2023The European Commission has approved elacestrant for the treatment of postmenopausal women and men with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced, or metastatic breast cancer with an activating ESR1 mutation who have disease progression following at least 1 line of endocrine therapy including a CDK4/6 inhibitor.
Tislelizumab Approved in Europe for Advanced ESCC After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
The European Commission has approved tislelizumab monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after prior platinum-based chemotherapy.
Oral Decitabine and Cedazuridine Wins EU Approval for Newly Diagnosed AML
The European Commission has approved oral decitabine and cedazuridine for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia who are ineligible for standard induction chemotherapy.
EMA Grants PRIME Designation to Iopofosine I-131 for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
The European Medicines Agency has granted Priority Medicines designation to iopofosine I-131 for use in patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia in patients who previously received at least 2 treatment regimens.
CHMP Recommends Against Renewal of Marketing Authorization for Belantamab Mafodotin in R/R Myeloma
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended against renewal of the conditional marketing authorization for belantamab mafodotin-blmf for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least 4 prior treatments.