Baseline body weight and platelet counts were early predictors for future AE-related dose modifications for niraparib (Zejula) in women with platinum-sensitive, relapsed, high-grade serous epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
Implementation of an "ultra-restrictive" opioid prescription protocol for gynecologic surgery led to an 89% reduction in the number of opioid tablets dispensed at discharge and a high rate of patient satisfaction.
Bradley J. Monk, MD, professor and director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, discusses how to decide which PARP inhibitor to use when treating a patient with ovarian cancer during the 2018 Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting.
The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in women with recurrent ovarian cancer has a clinical benefit but a higher rate of adverse events than previously reported in other tumor types.
Jarushka Naidoo, MBBCh, discusses some of the most commonly seen immune-related adverse events in patients with lung cancer and how to manage them.
Gilberto Lopes Jr, MD, a medical director for International Programs at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses the important of addressing financial toxicity during the 5th Annual Miami Lung Cancer Conference.
ROS1, NTRK, MET, and HER2 are all less common molecular targets found in non–small cell lung cancer, but emerging therapeutic strategies are being explored to attack these abnormalities.
Heather Wakelee, MD, professor of medicine, division of oncology, Stanford University, discusses first-line therapy for patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer.
Upfront testing for BRAF V600E mutations is necessary for patients with non–small cell lung cancer, but if results are positive, physicians are unsure when to administer BRAF/MEK combination therapy—and they must be prepared to manage the associated adverse events.
Abemaciclib (Verzenio) has quickly amassed several clinical indications for patients with metastatic breast cancer, and is the only CDK4/6 inhibitor approved as a single agent.
Patrick I. Borgen, MD, chairman of surgery, director of the Breast Cancer Program, Maimonides Medical Center, and chair of the Miami Breast Cancer Conference, discusses the evolution of breast cancer treatment in recent years. Borgen shared his insight in an interview during the meeting.
Heather Wakelee, MD, discusses the rapidly changing landscape of frontline EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in non–small cell lung cancer.
Jarushka Naidoo, MBBCh, assistant professor of oncology, Johns Hopkins University, discusses advancements in the management of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in patients with lung cancer during the 5th Annual Miami Lung Cancer Conference.
Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, director of the Breast Oncology Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses novel agents that are emerging in the HER2-positive breast cancer space. Hurvitz shared this insight in an interview with OncLive during the 35th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference.
Julie R. Brahmer, MD, associate professor of oncology, co-director of the Upper Aerodigestive Department, Bloomberg Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in the first-line treatment of non–small cell lung cancer during the 5th Annual Miami Lung Cancer Conference.
Immune-based therapies continue to show promising signals for patients with small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma, but better predictive biomarkers are needed to determine who is most likely to benefit.
Endocrine therapy can achieve tumor reduction for patients with ER-positive breast cancer, possibly avoiding the need for chemotherapy or even surgery in some patients; however, deciding how long to continue this therapy can be tricky.
The latest revision of the staging manual for breast cancer from the American Joint Committee on Cancer is a quantum leap toward precision oncology, as it codifies advanced knowledge of the role of biologic factors in cancer, and oncologists should now be using it.
With durvalumab (Imfinzi) being hailed as a potentially practice changing therapy in locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer, ongoing studies are seeking to determine the efficacy of immunotherapy in earlier stages of disease.
The PARP inhibitors have finally become available for patients with BRCA-mutant metastatic breast cancer, ushering in a potential new era for targeted therapies with studies currently ongoing in the adjuvant setting and exploring combinations.
The discovery of crosstalk between the HER2 and hormone receptor pathways has led to the promising treatment strategy of dual targeting regimens.
Several new agents have emerged in HER2-positive breast cancer with the potential to further alter the natural course of the disease.
Mark E. Robson, MD, chief, Breast Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses an exploratory analysis of the OlympiAD trial for patients with HER2-negative breast cancer with a germline BRCA1/2 mutation.
Palbociclib (Ibrance) demonstrated significant efficacy in combination with letrozole (Femara) in the frontline setting of estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative, postmenopausal metastatic breast cancer.
Fabrice André, MD, professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, discusses the remaining questions with immunotherapy agents as potential therapy for patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Andre expanded on this in an interview with OncLive during the 35th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference.
William J. Gradishar, MD, interim chief of hematology and oncology, Department of Medicine, Betsy Bramsen Professorship of Breast Oncology, professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses the utilization of genetic testing in breast cancer to identify actionable results for patients.
The progression-free survival benefit for ribociclib in pre- or perimenopausal women with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer was sustained across patient subgroups, according to findings from the phase III MONALEESA-7 trial.
Improvements in progression-free survival with olaparib (Lynparza) remained consistent regardless of baseline tumor burden for patients with HER2-negative breast cancer with a germline BRCA1/2 mutation.
Debu Tripathy, MD, professor and chairman, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of olaparib (Lynparza) for patients with BRCA-positive breast cancers and the impact it has had on clinical practice. Tripathy shared this insight in an interview during the 35th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference.
Gilberto Lopes, MD, discusses the global disparities occurring in lung cancer care and some of the steps that are being taken to better serve patients with the available and emerging therapeutic approaches.
