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 Priority Review to Nab-Sirolimus for Advanced Malignant PEComa
The FDA has granted priority review to a new drug application for the nanoparticle albumin-bound mTOR inhibitor nab-sirolimus for the treatment of patients with malignant perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm.
Multimodality Approaches Improve Outcomes in Marginally-Inoperable Soft Tissue Sarcoma
July 26th 2021A multimodality approach to treatment, which included sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy followed by surgery, resulted in successful resection for most patients with marginally inoperable soft tissue sarcomas.
MDM2 Inhibitor Milademetan Under Examination in Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
The safety and efficacy of the oral MDM2 inhibitor milademetan is under investigation vs trabectedin, a current standard of care, in the treatment of patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma as part of the recently initiated phase 3 MANTRA trial.
Delayed Treatment Associated With Unfavorable Outcomes in Ewing Sarcoma
July 15th 2021Delays between biopsy and the start of induction chemotherapy, induction chemotherapy and surgery, and surgery and consolidation chemotherapy were associated with a poor prognosis in patients with localized Ewing sarcoma.
Sarcoma, the “Forgotten Cancer”: Examining What’s Needed to Improve Care
June 24th 2021Sarcomas, all together, have an incidence of less than 5/100,000 persons per year, according to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Compare that with breast cancer, which impacts 129.1/100,000 women per year, or lung cancer, which has an incidence of 53.1/100,000 persons per year
FDA Accepts Application for Pedmark in Prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity in Solid Tumors
The FDA has accepted for filing the resubmission of the new drug application for a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate, for the prevention of ototoxicity that is induced by cisplatin chemotherapy in patients between the ages of 1 month and 18 years who have localized, nonmetastatic, solid tumors.
FDA Approves Lymphoseek for Pediatric Melanoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Other Solid Tumors
The FDA approved the radiopharmaceutical agent technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept injection (Lymphoseek) for accurate and precise lymph node identification in pediatric patients with melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and other types of solid tumors.
Pimitespib Doubles PFS in Advanced Refractory GIST
The heat shock protein 90 inhibitor pimitespib led to a significant improvement in progression-free survival and prolongation in overall survival compared with placebo in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor that is refractory to imatinib, sunitinib, and regorafenib.
Dr. Zalcberg on the Efficacy of Intra-Patient Dose Escalation With Ripretinib in Advanced GIST
June 7th 2021John Raymond Zalcberg, discusses the efficacy of intra-patient dose escalation with ripretinib in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors, as demonstrated in an analysis of the phase 3 INVICTUS trial.
Afami-cel Elicits Durable Response Rates in Patients With Synovial Sarcoma or MRCLS
June 4th 2021Encouraging initial durability has been observed with afamitresgene autoleucel in patients with advanced synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma, according to data from the phase 2 SPEARHEAD-1 trial.
Higher Dose of Ripretinib Improves Outcomes in Heavily Pretreated Advanced GIST
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.
Phase 2 Trial of Envafolimab With and Without Ipilimumab in Sarcoma to Continue
The phase 2 ENVASARC trial, which is examining the PD-L1 antibody envafolimab with and without ipilimumab in patients with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and myxofibrosarcoma, has been recommended by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee to continue as planned.
NDA Resubmitted to FDA for Pedmark in Prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity in Solid Tumors
The new drug application seeking the approval of a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate for the prevention of ototoxicity induced by cisplatin chemotherapy in patients aged 1 month to less than 18 years of age with localized, nonmetastatic solid tumors has been resubmitted to the FDA.
Afamitresgene Autoleucel Elicits Encouraging Responses in Heavily Pretreated Sarcoma
Afamitresgene autoleucel was found be efficacious with favorable tolerability in heavily pretreated patients with advanced synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma, according to data from phase 2 SPEARHEAD-1 trial.