All Oncology News

The European Commission approved pembrolizumab for use in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy, and then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery for adults with locally advanced or early-stage triple-negative breast cancer at high risk of recurrence.

Nirogacestat was found to significantly improve progression-free survival over placebo when used in the treatment of adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 DeFi trial.

The combination of nivolumab and axitinib achieved meaningful responses in treatment-naïve advanced renal cell carcinoma, according to results from a phase 1/2 trial (NCT03172754) presented at the 2022 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Medical oncologist Michael Diaz, MD, President & Managing Physician of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC, is the recipient of the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology Dorothy Green Phillips Legacy Award 2022.

Martin F. Dietrich, MD, PhD, highlights recent updates in mantle cell lymphoma treatment, explains how new developments have raised sequencing questions, and projects where future research efforts will focus.

The prevalence of ESR1 mutations in endocrine-resistant metastatic breast cancer has paved an avenue for investigators to explore their role in the promotion of metastasis.

The synthetic Toll-like receptor 9 agonist tilsotolimod reduced the sentinel lymph node biopsy positivity rate vs placebo in patients with localized, excised melanoma.

A new study by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has found that Black women with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to have tumors with treatable genetic variations than white and Asian women.

A biologics license application seeking the approval of N-803 in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin in patients with BCG-unresponsive, non–muscle invasive bladder cancer carcinoma in situ with or without Ta or T1 disease has been submitted to the FDA.

The FDA has accepted and filed a biologics license application for mirvetuximab soravtansine for the treatment of patients with folate receptor alpha–high, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who have previously received between 1 and 3 systemic therapies.

The combination of tucatinib and trastuzumab produced promising response rates in patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer.

A significant improvement in progression-free survival has been reported with the oral selective estrogen receptor degrader elacestrant vs standard of care treatments for patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

The recent development of therapeutics which stimulate immune response to tumor cells has revolutionized the treatment landscape for cutaneous melanoma.

Capivasertib plus docetaxel continued to show an improvement in overall survival compared with docetaxel alone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, discusses the future of ovarian cancer treatment, ongoing and future trials, as well as combination therapies that may benefit patients with ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and endometrial cancer.

Nicoletta Colombo, MD, PhD, discusses the practice-changing data to emerge from KEYNOTE-826 and the next steps for the pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab regimen in patients with cervical cancer.

The FDA has approved azacitidine (Vidaza) for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on a phase 1 trial investigating FHD-286 as a treatment for patients with relapsed and/or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.

A marketing authorization application has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency seeking the approval of adagrasib for therapeutic use in previously treated patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring a KRAS G12C mutation.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of selinexor in combination with bortezomib and low-dose dexamethasone for use in adult patients with multiple myeloma who have previously received 1 to 3 prior lines of treatment.

Denalee O'Malley, PhD, sheds light on racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening, and strategies that can be used to address existing barriers in the clinic and beyond.

The phase 2 clinical trial of a multi-center study known as the COAST clinical trial has demonstrated improved outcomes using immunotherapy combinations for patients with unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer.

For decades in cancer care, the compiling of patient-reported outcomes was limited to simple standardized questionnaires completed with pen and paper.

The addition of orteronel to androgen deprivation therapy vs bicalutamide improved progression-free survival and prostate-specific antigen response in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, but missed the primary end point of overall survival in the phase 2 SWOG-1216 trial.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to XMT-2056 for use as a potential therapeutic option for patients with gastric cancer.

Dabrafenib plus trametinib produced clinically meaningful objective responses rates in patients with recurrent or progressive BRAF V600E mutation–positive glioma.

Sacituzumab govitecan will be further evaluated in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer that has progressed after prior platinum or checkpoint inhibitor therapy, as a part of the phase 3 TROPiCS-04 trial.

Investigators have initiated a phase 1 trial exploring ACLX-001, a novel CAR T-cell therapy using the ARC-SparX platform, in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Results from the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study showed that the development of sleep disturbances during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic increased symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women, but the findings did not differ between women who survived breast cancer and women without cancer.

The combination of the TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate datopotamab deruxtecan and durvalumab showcased early activity with acceptable safety when used as first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, according to data from the phase 1b/2 BEGONIA trial.