Latest Conference Articles

Leonard Gomella, MD, from the Kimmel Cancer Center Network, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, provides an update on the dendritic cell cancer vaccine sipuleucel-T in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS, medical director, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, discusses the androgen receptor inhibitor ODM-201, which is used to treat castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, assistant professor of medicine, medical director, Genitourinary Oncology Research Program, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses the results of a study that evaluated the safety of abiraterone acetate combined with docetaxel in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that were presented at the 2014 Genitourinary Cancer Symposium in San Francisco.

An updated analysis, conducted after 11 years of observation, demonstrated continued improved outcomes with the addition of radiotherapy to oral antiandrogen therapy in men with locally advanced prostate cancer.

The androgen-receptor blocker enzalutamide (Xtandi) improves survival by nearly 30% in chemotherapy-naïve men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and delays progression of their disease by more than 80%

A vast, pooled retrospective analysis has demonstrated that the use of ASIs may significantly improve survival outcomes in patients with mRCC.

The premature termination of clinical trials in the oncology setting is a problem that continues to vex researchers.

Studies presented at the 2014 GI Cancers Symposium emphasized the need for full RAS mutational analyses in the management of metastatic colorectal cancer prior to initiating treatment with anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies.

Treatment with LY2157299 led to significant reductions in a prespecified biomarker that correlated with increased time to progression and overall survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Add-on treatment with the hedgehog pathway inhibitor vismodegib demonstrated encouraging activity in patients with untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

John L. Marshall, MD, from Georgetown University Hospital, on the recent advancements in colorectal cancer.

Robert L. Fine, MD, from the Columbia University Medical Center, discusses the prospective phase II study of CAPTEM for patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Smitha Krishnamurthi, MD, discusses the results of the RAINBOW TRIAL

Data from an interim analysis of an ongoing phase II study suggest that patients with carcinoid and pituitary NETs, who have been traditionally chemo-resistant, may obtain "extraordinary responses" with capecitabine and temozolomide.

Single-agent neoadjuvant capecitabine combined with radiation therapy demonstrated similar outcomes as previously established standards of care for patients with stage II or stage III rectal cancer.

The combination of ramucirumab and paclitaxel resulted in a significant prolongation in survival and gains in quality of life when compared to paclitaxel alone for the second-line treatment of patients with metastatic gastric cancer.

Combining two specific anti-cancer vaccines, rather than administering one as monotherapy, doubles the 1-year survival probability in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), according to the results of a phase II study presented January 14.

An analysis of phase III, second-line data has shown that RAS mutations beyond KRAS exon 2 are negative predictive biomarkers for the EGFR-inhibitor panitumumab in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH, vice president, Clinical Affairs, Preventive Care, Myriad Genetics, discusses the myRisk Hereditary Cancer Test.

Postneoadjuvant bisphosphonate therapy in women with residual invasive disease following chemotherapy for primary breast cancer does not improve clinical outcomes, according to an interim analysis of a large phase III clinical trial presented at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Laura J. Esserman, MD, discusses the I-SPY 2 trial, a clinical trial for women with newly diagnosed, locally advanced breast cancer.

Andrew J. Brenner, MD, PhD, from the Cancer Therapy Research Center, discusses the link between obesity and breast cancer outcomes.

Julie R. Gralow, MD, from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses the SWOG S0500 trial, which evaluated different therapies for patients with metastatic breast cancer who had elevated circulating tumor cell levels.

The first results from the novel the I-SPY 2 trial show encouraging possibilities for a veliparib/carboplatin combination therapy in TNBC.

Antiangiogenic therapy with ramucirumab, an investigational agent that binds to VEGFR-2, added to first-line docetaxel failed to delay the progression of HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Switching chemotherapy based on level of elevated circulating tumor cells after one cycle of chemotherapy did not improve OS or PFS in women with metastatic breast cancer.

The addition of carboplatin to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy increased pathologic complete response rates in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Combination treatment with idelalisib plus rituximab was associated with a >70% improvement in OS in patients with high-risk relapsed/refractory CLL.

The combination of everolimus, trastuzumab, and vinorelbine, as given in the BOLERO-3 trial in patients with pretreated HER2-positive advanced breast cancer, is adequately tolerated, and adverse events are manageable.

Kristi McIntyre, MD, from Texas Oncology, discusses the results of a phase II, multicenter, single-arm study that studies eribulin mesylate as first-line therapy for locally recurrent or metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer.