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Data from an updated analysis of the phase 3 PACIFIC trial indicate that treatment with durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy is associated with long-term survival improvements in patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab continued to provide a durable, long-term overall survival benefit compared with chemotherapy after 4 years for patients with advanced non‒small cell lung cancer regardless of PD-L1 expression or histology.

Cirmtuzumab and ibrutinib led to reported high overall response rates in patients with mantle cell lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The tri-specific half-life extended prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeting T cell engager HPN424 demonstrated antitumor activity and was well tolerated in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Mobocertinib, a first-in-class, oral, EGFR TKI, induced rapid, deep, and durable responses and a manageable safety profile in patients with platinum-pretreated EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Deep and early responses were yielded with a single infusion of ciltacabtagene autoleucel in patients with previously treated, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Pembrolizumab plus concurrent chemoradiation therapy induced antitumor effects in patients with unresectable, locally advanced, stage III non–small cell lung cancer irrespective of PD-L1 expression or tumor histology.

Brigatinib demonstrated sustained long-term responses and survival in patients with crizotinib-refractory ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Darolutamide remained well tolerated with a highly favorable safety profile when combined with androgen deprivation therapy in the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Updated findings from the ARROW trial demonstrated that pralsetinib could benefit those with RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer and is a well-tolerated agent in the patient population.

Intra-patient dose escalation of ripretinib to 150 mg twice a day following disease progression extended progression-free survival for patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor after receiving fourth-line therapy.

The CAR T-cell therapy idecabtagene vicleucel continues to demonstrate improved survival among heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Maintenance therapy with niraparib significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer, according to results from three phase 3 trials.

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to rusfertide as a potential therapeutic option for patients with polycythemia vera to reduce erythrocytosis in those who do not require further treatment for thrombocytosis and/or leukocytosis.

Some patients with previously treated advanced colorectal cancer responded to treatment with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers today announced the launch of the ACCC Community Oncology Research Institute, building on its existing mission to close the gap in cancer research through optimal community oncology partnerships.

The FDA has accepted the biologics license application for a proposed biosimilar for pegfilgrastim, which had been developed by Lupin Limited.

The addition of nivolumab to either ipilimumab or chemotherapy resulted in improved survival outcomes vs chemotherapy alone in the frontline treatment of patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Pembrolizumab was associated with a 32% reduction in the risk of disease recurrence or death compared with placebo as an adjuvant treatment for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Olaparib demonstrated clinically meaningful benefit 1 year after standard of care therapies, such as surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or radiation therapy, in patients with BRCA1/2-mutant, early HER2-negative breast cancer who are at a high risk for recurrence.

The administration of adjuvant carboplatin and paclitaxel following standard cisplatin-based chemoradiation failed to demonstrate an improvement in progression-free survival or overall survival in women with locally advanced cervical cancer, according to findings from the phase 3 OUTBACK trial.

The addition of the immunotherapy agent toripalimab to gemcitabine plus cisplatin demonstrated superior progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone in the frontline treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according to data from the phase 3 JUPITER-02 trial.

Tmunity Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company, has halted the development of its lead CAR T-cell product following the deaths of 2 patients who were enrolled to a trial investigating its use in solid tumors.

177Lu-PSMA-617, a targeted radioligand therapy, plus standard of care induced approximately a 40% reduction in the risk of death vs SOC alone in men with progressive PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Siddharth Padia, MD, explaines TheraSphere’s unique mechanism of action and what its approval means in HCC and beyond.