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Melissa L. Johnson, MD, discusses the results of the phase 2 CITYSCAPE trial in PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Sagar Lonial, MD, FACP, discusses the results of the phase 2 DREAMM-2 trial in multiple myeloma.

Patients with chemotherapy-naïve, locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer who were treated in the phase 2 CITYSCAPE trial with tiragolumab, an inhibitor of the immunomodulatory receptor TIGIT, plus and anti–PD-L1 agent demonstrated better efficacy versus single-agent checkpoint inhibitor therapy alone.

The combination of next-generation proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone did not show a superiority in progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma when compared with the current standard of care triplet of bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone.

Data from the long-awaited ECOG-ACRIN E2108 trial showed that surgery and radiation to the tumor does not extend overall survival compared with systemic treatment alone in women with stage IV breast cancer.

Chemotherapy administered within 3 months of a diagnosis of COVID-19 increased the risk of death in patients with thoracic cancer.

The use of real-time comprehensive profiling provides valuable diagnostic information and identifies potential therapeutic targets in adults with malignancies, but this process remains widely underutilized for pediatric patients and represents a significant unmet need.

Gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTTs) that resist chemotherapy can be treated with frontline avelumab, making avelumab the first immunotherapy to show efficacy in treating patients with GTT, according to findings from a cohort of the ongoing phase 2 TROPHIMMUN trial.

Adjuvant treatment with osimertinib demonstrated an 83% reduction in the risk of disease recurrence or death in patients with stage II to IIIA EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Adding avelumab to best supportive care improved the median overall survival by over 7 months in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, according to findings from the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 study.

Pembrolizumab doubled progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed microsatellite instability–high/mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer, according to findings from an interim analysis of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-177 trial.

An analysis of data collected in the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium registry showed that patients with progressive cancer were 5.2-times more likely to die within 30 days of being diagnosed with novel coronavirus 19 compared with patients in remission or with no evidence of disease.

Benoit You, MD, PhD, discusses the findings of the phase 2 TROPHIMMUN study which treated chemotherapy-resistant gestational trophoblastic tumors with avelumab.

Thomas Powles, MD, MBBS, MRCP, discusses the utility of maintenance avelumab in the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 study in advanced urothelial carcinoma.

Fabrice André, MD, PhD, discusses strategies to improve outcomes in patients with breast cancer.

Guy Jerusalem, MD, PhD, discusses the utility of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki in HER2-positive breast cancer.

The PARP inhibitor veliparib increased progression-free survival in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancer who harbored a germline BRCA1/2 mutation when co-administered with carboplatin and paclitaxel, according to findings from the phase 3 BROCADE3 trial (NCT02163694).

Developing diagnostics to identify the molecular drivers of breast cancer and model the mechanisms of disease progression will be a key priority of the investigative efforts aimed at improving patient outcomes in the field over the next decade.

LSZ102 was found to be well tolerated and demonstrate clinical activity in combination with either ribociclib or alpelisib in patients with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer who have progressed on endocrine therapy.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) demonstrated continued benefit in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who had stable, treated brain metastases at baseline.

Although little evidence exists with regard to how to best treat patients with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, guidelines have been issued by organizations like ESMO to assist providers with making those decisions.

Adding ipatasertib to paclitaxel continued to demonstrate a clinically meaningful extension in overall survival in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Yeon Hee Park, MD, discusses the utility and benefit of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, specifically in patients with central nervous system metastases.

Rebecca Dent, MD, discusses the findings from the phase 2 LOTUS trial that treated patients with inoperable locally advanced/metastatic triple-negative breast cancer with first-line ipatasertib plus paclitaxel.

We spoke with leading oncologists in breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, and hematologic malignancies to gain their perspectives on the most significant studies in their specialties.

Ahead of the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program, we spoke with a handful of leading oncologists in breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, and hematologic malignancies to gain their perspectives on the most significant studies in their respective specialties.

People who quit smoking at any time, even up to 2 years before a lung cancer diagnosis, have increased chances of survival after their diagnosis, according to data during a 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program press briefing.

The cancer mortality rate declined more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage than those that didn’t following the passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a study found.

The use of video conference technology significantly reduced anxiety and stress among individuals who provide care for an individual with cancer and live more than one hour away from the patient.

Integration of a comprehensive geriatric assessment with geriatrician-led management care improved health-related quality of life, unplanned hospital admissions, and treatment discontinuation among older adults undergoing systemic therapy for their cancer.