All Oncology News

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, has been appointed inaugural chief of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Yale Cancer Center.

Two items in the medical world should send chills down the spines of those considering the possible financial future of oncology care in the United States.

Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, discusses ways to mitigate health care disparities in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Adjuvant atezolizumab did not provide a clinical benefit when added to chemotherapy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Patients with non–small cell lung cancer treated on the IMscin002 trial preferred subcutaneous atezolizumab vs the intravenous formulation.

A matching-adjusted indirect comparison shows that brexu-cel is superior to pirtobrutinib regarding response and survival in relapsed/refractory MCL.

The FDA has granted regular approval to mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx for select patients with pretreated FRα-positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Joseph G. Jurcic, MD, discusses the benefits and limitations of several JAK inhibitors for patients with myelofibrosis.

Damian Green, MD, will join Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center this spring to lead its transplantation and cellular therapy services.

The EMA’s CHMP has recommended the approval of enzalutamide with or without androgen deprivation therapy in biochemically recurrent nmHSPC.

PT886 has been granted fast track designation for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with metastatic claudin 18.2–positive pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Shanta Dhar, PhD, FRSC, discusses the significance of being named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for her research in prostate cancer.

Ribociclib plus a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor bested nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor therapy alone in terms of iDFS in early-stage breast cancer.

Avutometinib plus defactinib led to tumor regression in most heavily pretreated patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer.

The FDA has approved safety label changes for fluorouracil products to include information regarding the agent’s use in patients with DPD.

TP53 mutation and EZH2 expression negatively affect outcomes in mantle cell lymphoma, with a synergistic negative effect.

In the GENERATE study, 90% of those who viewed an online genetic education program chose to be tested for inherited predisposition to pancreatic cancer.

The European Commission has approved idecabtagene vicleucel for triple-class–exposed relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Pembrolizumab plus olaparib as first-line maintenance therapy did not improve survival in patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Becotarug plus osimertinib elicited responses with manageable safety in patients with non–small cell lung cancer and EGFR exon 12 insertion mutations.

Jay Spiegel, MD, discusses advancing cellular therapies and challenges in gynecologic cancer treatment.

Amivantamab plus chemotherapy extended the time to treatment discontinuation and subsequent therapy in EGFR exon 20 insertion–mutated NSCLC.

Steven E. Finkelstein, MD, DABR, FACRO, discusses the importance of disseminating treatment advancements and ongoing research in radiation oncology.

Perioperative nivolumab improved responses in resectable non–small cell lung cancer, irrespective of the number of neoadjuvant treatment cycles completed.

Treatment with XPO1 inhibitors could be effective and warrants further investigation in low-grade serous and clear cell ovarian cancer.

ctDNA may aid clinicians in determining whether to proceed with or discontinue PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy for patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer.

Kay Macleod, PhD, has been appointed as the associate director for Basic Sciences for the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Improved overall survival was achieved with nivolumab plus ipilimumab vs standard-of-care TKIs in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

NT219 in combination with cetuximab was safe and effective in patients with recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

MRD-guided ibrutinib plus venetoclax displays PFS and OS benefits over fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide and rituximab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.