The OncLive Sarcomas/TGCT condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT), soft tissue sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, Ewing sarcoma, and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in sarcomas and TGCT.
April 22nd 2024
Although FAK inhibition alone has displayed modest activity to date, there is interest in developing FAK-targeted therapies for combination regimens.
Equalizing Inequities™ in Multiple Myeloma Care: Shining a Light on Current Barriers and Opportunities for Improved Outcomes
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Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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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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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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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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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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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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FDA Grants Pedmark Priority Review for Prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity in Solid Tumors
The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a new drug application for a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate for the prevention of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in patients from 1 month to less than 18 years of age with localized, nonmetastatic, solid tumors.
Dr. Roland on the Rationale for a Neoadjuvant Checkpoint Blockade in Sarcoma
July 30th 2020Christina L. Roland, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for a phase 2 study evaluating neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade study in patients with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
Randall Shares How Postoperative Radiotherapy Retains a Role in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
July 29th 2020R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses preoperative radiotherapy and how it has become a standard of care for patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities; however, postoperative radiation still plays a role in the paradigm, especially when wound risks are considered to be precarious.
Dr. Roland on Neoadjuvant Checkpoint Blockade in Sarcoma Subtypes
July 28th 2020Christina L. Roland, MD, PhD, discusses the design of a randomized, phase 2 trial with nivolumab and ipilimumab in resectable retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma, as well as radiation therapy in extremity/truncal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.
European Medicines Agency Grants PRIME Access to ADP-A2M4 for Synovial Sarcoma
The European Medicines Agency has granted access to the PRIME initiative for the Specific Peptide Enhanced Affinity Receptor T-cell therapy ADP-A2M4 for the treatment of patients with synovial sarcoma.
Ripretinib Takes Step Toward Chinese Approval for Advanced GIST
The China National Medical Products Administration has accepted a new drug application for ripretinib as a treatment for adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor who have received previous treatment with 3 or more kinase inhibitors, including imatinib.
NCCN Publishes Guidelines Listing Pexidartinib as Category 1 Recommended Therapy in TGCT
July 20th 2020The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recently published updated Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Soft Tissue Sarcoma, listing pexidartinib as a systemic treatment for patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor.
European Panel Recommends Against Pexidartinib for Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
The European Medicines Agency’s advisory group, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, has recommended against the acceptance of the marketing authorization for pexidartinib (Turalio) for the treatment of patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor.
Expert Elucidates the Role of Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in High-Risk Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
June 19th 2020Neoadjuvant systemic therapy was found to show a modest benefit in patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma, and the tumor response could be used as an indicator of disease biology to predict survival outcomes after surgery.
Orthopedic Oncologists Recommended for Consult on Bone Sarcoma Treatment After Osteointegration
May 26th 2020R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the cautions medical oncologists should take for their patients with bone sarcomas who undergo limb preservation with osteointegration, and the importance of keeping orthopedic oncologists in the loop.