Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, MD, and colleagues highlight treatment for patients with HR-positive breast cancer, discuss the role of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer, and expand on unmet needs for patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
The FDA has granted regular approval to pralsetinib (Gavreto) for adult patients with metastatic RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
Seth Wander, MD, PhD, discusses evidence to support the investigation of PROTACs in patients with hormone receptor–positive breast cancer; preliminary efficacy and safety findings with vepdegestrant; and potential strategies for targeting acquired ESR1 resistance mutations.
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The ranking by U.S. News & World Report marks the latest recognition for the organization as one of the nation’s elite cancer hospitals.
Treatment with the long-acting interleukin-2 superkine led to durable tumor control and no dose-limiting toxicities in patients with advanced solid tumors, according to data from the dose-escalation portion of the phase 1/2 ABILITY-1 trial.
Kedar Kirtane, MD, speaks on the unique mechanism of action of A2B530 and how the agent could represent a huge leap forward in the application of CAR T-cell agents for patients with solid tumors if the EVEREST-1 study proves to be positive.
The PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab displayed activity with a manageable safety profile in patients with certain rare and ultra-raresarcoma histotypes.
Experts from various institutions were interviewed by OncLive® at the 24th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress® about the ongoing platinum chemotherapy shortage in the United States.
Michelina Cairo, MD, discusses key insights from trials including SONIA and CAPItello-291; how adverse effects inform treatment decisions across the breast cancer spectrum; and where the future is headed for ADCs and oral SERDs in patients with breast cancer.
Balazs Halmos, MD, explains why a national effort is needed to mitigate current and future drug shortages in oncology and discusses strategies being used to navigate the current cisplatin and carboplatin shortages.
Treatment with camsirubicin led to a reduction in tumor size in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma.
The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to LSTA1 for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with malignant glioma, according to an announcement from Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.
The University of Chicago Medical Center ranks among the nation’s best hospitals in 10 specialties, according to results of the U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey.
The FDA has approved the therascreen PDGFRA RGQ PCR kit for use as a companion diagnostic, co-developed by Qiagen and Blueprint Medicines, to assist in the identification of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors who may be candidates to receive avapritinib.
Pamela Kunz, MD, details key clinical trial updates across the gastrointestinal cancer arena presented during the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting, including the phase 3 PROSPECT trial in locally advanced rectal cancer and the phase 3 IMbrave050 trial in patients with resected in hepatocellular carcinoma at high risk of recurrence.
Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua, MD, discusses the need for diverse representation across cancer clinical trials and research, emphasizes some of the disparities in enrollment criteria for these research efforts, and details some of the planned and ongoing initiatives at the Mayo Clinic that seek to facilitate change in the field.
The FDA has granted clearance for a global, registrational, phase 3 study examining lisaftoclax in combination with a BTK inhibitor in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma who received prior treatment with a BTK inhibitor.
Michael D. Chuong, MD, discusses the role of MRI-guided radiation therapy in pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors; the benefits of the MRIdian system; and future directions regarding MRIdian operation training and research investigating this approach in combination with chemotherapy.
Rimas V. Lukas, MD, reflects on the key points of his presentation delivered at the 2023 Best of ASCO Meeting, which comprised existing unmet needs in low-grade glioma, key efficacy and safety findings from the INDIGO trial, and the viability of vorasidenib-based combination regimens for future investigation.
Guru P. Sonpavde, MD, discusses key data presented from the phase 3 THOR and SWOG S1011 studies at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting, and details ongoing trials that could help advance precision medicine approaches for patients with bladder cancer.
Tony S.K. Mok, MD, BMSc, FRCPC, FASCO, provides perspective on the use of tumor treating fields in lung cancer, the use of anti–PD-L1 inhibitors approved in China, and the potential impact of the microbiome on response with immunotherapy.
Jacob Sands, MD, discusses how the ongoing shortages of carboplatin and cisplatin have presented new challenges to patient care, how he and colleagues at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are navigating these shortages, and how these limitations could ultimately have an impact on patients.
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Lucio Gordan, MD, President & Managing Physician of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC, talked with Kevin Keegan, General Manager of Oncology Business with Illumina, about how FCS is bringing precision oncology through analysis of real-world data, innovative technology and research to cancer patients being treated in community settings.
Treatment with intermittent or continuous doses of relacorilant in combination with nab-paclitaxel resulted in an overall survival benefit compared with nab-paclitaxel monotherapy, but failed to demonstrate an improvement in progression-free survival in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Nirav Shah, MD, discusses the efficacy of pirtobrutinib in patients with mantle cell lymphoma who were previously treated with a covalent BTK inhibitor and progressed, and outlines the next steps for exploration of the noncovalent BTK inhibitor in this population.
