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Adrienne G. Waks, MD, discusses the continued evaluation of immunotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, discusses the relationship between ovarian function suppression and chemotherapy benefits in premenopausal patients with HR–positive breast cancer.

Patients with previously treated metastatic HER2-positive colorectal cancer experienced clinically meaningful and durable responses to treatment with tucatinib plus trastuzumab, according to data from the phase 2 MOUNTAINEER trial.

Harry H. Yoon, MD, discusses updated findings from the phase 3 RATIONALE-306 trial in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Arndt Vogel, MD, discusses the outcomes of the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

A single priming dose of tremelimumab added to regular interval durvalumab generated significantly improved overall survival compared with sorafenib in the frontline setting for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, irrespective of of their baseline albumin-bilirubin grade, according to updated data from the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial.

Philip A. Philip, MD, PhD, FRCP, discusses unmet needs for patients with pancreatic cancer, emerging targets and agents in the space, and his hopes for future developments in the field.

The combination of tislelizumab and chemotherapy demonstrated a superior overall survival benefit compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with metastatic or unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

The addition of durvalumab to gemcitabine and cisplatin demonstrated an improvement in overall survival vs gemcitabine and cisplatin plus placebo as frontline therapy in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer, regardless of primary tumor location.

The combination of botensilimab and balstilimab elicited deep objective responses with evidence of durability and encouraging tolerability in heavily pretreated patients with microsatellite stable, metastatic colorectal cancer.

A second-line combination regimen comprised of RGX-202-01, FOLFIRI and bevacizumab demonstrated an encouraging efficacy signal and a favorable toxicity profile in patients with KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer.

The addition of venetoclax to ibrutinib resulted in a high rate of minimal residual disease negativity in the blood and marrow of patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Apalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy and radiotherapy was evaluated in patients with high- and very high–risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer, with RT schedules that are reflective of recommended practice guidelines.

Sotorasib demonstrated clinically meaningful activity and acceptable tolerability in heavily pretreated patients with KRAS G12C–mutated advanced pancreatic cancer, according to date from the single-arm, phase 1/2 CodeBreak 100 trial.

Zanubrutinib achieved favorable health-related quality of life outcomes compared with bendamustine plus rituximab in patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

The bispecific antibody REGN5458 elicited rapid responses that were further characterized by their depth, durability, and low incidence of cytokine release syndrome in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Add-on parsaclisib and ruxolitinib elicited promising spleen volume reduction in patients with myelofibrosis who experienced suboptimal response to ruxolitinib alone, regardless of baseline platelet count, according to findings from a subgroup analysis of a phase 2 study.

Venetoclax plus obinutuzumab remains an effective fixed-duration treatment option for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and coexisting conditions, according to updated efficacy and safety data from the ongoing phase 3 CLL14 trial.

Treatment with ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft induced low symptom burden and low phlebotomy requirement compared with best available treatment in patients with polycythemia vera, according to long-term data from the phase 3 PROUD-PV and CONTINUATION-PV trials.

Long-term follow-up from the phase 2 ELIANA trial, showed that tisagenlecleucel continued to demonstrate durable efficacy in heavily pretreated pediatric and young adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Bezuclastinib showcased early signs of clinical activity in that it resulted in a meaningful reduction in serum tryptase levels, as well as reductions in mast cell burden and KIT D816V variant allele frequency, in adult patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis.

The combination of talquetamab and daratumumab led to early onset and durable responses that deepened over time in patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma, most of whom were anti-CD38 refractory, according to findings from the phase 1b TRIMM-2 study.

The combination of pelabresib and ruxolitinib produced responses that proved to be durable beyond week 24 in patients with myelofibrosis who experienced a suboptimal response to ruxolitinib and in those who were JAK inhibitor naïve.

Othman Al-Sawaf, MD, discusses the 5-year follow up data from the phase 3 CLL14 trial (NCT02242942) in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with preexisting conditions.

The combination of epcoritamab and R-CHOP produced high overall response rates and complete metabolic response rates with a manageable toxicity profile in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The phase 3 BRUIN CLL-313 trial is currently recruiting patients with treatment naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pirtobrutinib monotherapy vs bendamustine plus rituximab.

Zandelisib, a potent and selective oral PI3Kδ inhibitor, elicited a high overall response rate as a single agent in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, according to data from the phase 2 TIDAL trial.

The combination of obinutuzumab plus chemotherapy delivered superior long-term progression-free survival benefit for patients with treatment-naïve follicular lymphoma.

Treatment with the R-CODOX-M and R-IVAC regimens elicited similar efficacy to dose-adjusted infused DA-EPOCH-R in patients with newly diagnosed, high-risk Burkitt lymphoma.

The longest duration of reduction in red blood cell transfusion dependence was reported among patients with β-thalassemia who received continued treatment with luspatercept-aamt in the updated data from the phase 3 BELIEVE trial.