Sarcomas

R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the findings from a subset analysis of the PARITY trial on the timing of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with lower-extremity sarcomas.

Amputation is an independent predictor of poor outcomes among patients with high-grade bone sarcoma of lower extremity, and non-private insurance was found to be linked with increased likelihood of amputation and an advanced stage at presentation in this patient population.

Drs Bekaii-Saab, George, and von Mehren discuss patient-reported outcomes from the INTRIGUE trial, the rationale for a phase 1/2 study investigating DCC-3116 in patients with RAS or RAF–mutated solid tumors, and how vimseltinib may alleviate unmet needs in the tenosynovial giant cell tumors population.

The combination of durvalumab and tremelimumab demonstrated positive progression-free survival and overall survival rates with expected toxicity data in patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue and bone sarcomas.

The European Commission has granted an orphan medicinal product designation to INBRX-109 for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with chondrosarcoma.

Michael J. Wagner, MD, explains how immunotherapy may be a promising treatment approach for patients with angiosarcoma.

Michael J. Wagner, MD, discusses molecular pathways that are becoming relevant in angiosarcoma.

Michael J. Wagner, MD, discusses known risk factors for developing angiosarcoma.

Michael J. Wagner, MD, discusses the standard of care for patients with angiosarcoma.

Michael J. Wagner, MD, discusses the challenge of diagnosing angiosarcoma.

Michael J. Wagner, MD, discusses the importance of cooperative research groups in angiocarcinoma.

Cancer experts at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center: Annual Oncology Update shared important progress across a wide range of cancers — prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, and more — that was presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2022 Annual Meeting, the largest gathering of cancer clinicians and scientists in the United States.

Although systemic treatments are utilized for angiosarcoma, an aggressive and rare subset of a rare cancer, the efficacy achieved with these options is not as good as it needs to be. Immunotherapy may be able to address the unmet need for a systemic treatment in this disease.

R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, shares the successes achieved so far with machine learning in histopathology, explained the positive effect this technology can have on institutions, and advocated for further use of technology to aid treatment advances.

Interim findings from part A of the phase 2/3 RINGSIDE trial indicated that the selective oral gamma-secretase inhibitor, AL102, was found to have favorable tolerability and early antitumor activity in patients with desmoid tumors.

R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the similar benefits offered by radiation and surgery, improved surgical techniques, concerns with morbidity with each approach, and the next steps surgeons and radiation therapists can take to increase patient survival in nonmetastatic pelvic and sacral Ewing carcinoma.

Ripretinib did not result in a significant improvement in progression-free survival over sunitinib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor who were previously treated with imatinib, missing the primary end point of the phase 3 INTRIGUE trial.

Ifosfamide induced small improvements in terms of prolonging event-free survival and overall survival compared with topotecan plus cyclophosphamide in patients with relapsed/refractory Ewing sarcoma.

Treatment with larotrectinib elicited robust and durable responses, had a favorable safety profile, and sustained survival benefit in patients with central nervous system TRK fusion cancers.

Nirogacestat was found to significantly improve progression-free survival over placebo when used in the treatment of adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 DeFi trial.

Selinexor monotherapy prolonged progression-free survival, time to next treatment, and reduced pain in patients with advanced, refractory dedifferentiated liposarcoma.

The FDA has accepted for filing the new drug application resubmission for a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate for the prevention of platinum-induced ototoxicity in patients between the ages of 1 month and 18 years who have localized, nonmetastatic, solid tumors.

For patients with osteosarcoma or Ewing sarcoma who develop pathologic fractures, the prognosis remains poor; however, there is still the possibility for limb salvage therapy.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to Veyonda, a novel proprietary formulation of idronoxil, for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with soft tissue sarcoma.

R. Lor Randall, MD, discusses takeaways from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting.