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The FDA has approved temozolomide (Temodar) for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic astrocytoma. Under Project Renewal, the regulatory agency has also revised indications for the treatment of patients with refractory anaplastic astrocytoma.

J. Randolph Hecht, MD, discusses the challenges researchers have faced in the development of cellular therapy for patients with solid tumors, and details how A2B530 could potentially overcome some of these obstacles.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published its Final Draft Guidance recommending the use of ruxolitinib as treatment for eligible patients in England and Wales with polycythemia vera that is resistant or intolerant to hydroxycarbamide/hydroxyurea.

The Center for Drug Evaluation of China’s National Medical Products Administration has accepted the new drug application seeking the approval of golidocitinib for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Brad S. Kahl, MD, discusses the evolving role of BTK inhibitors in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma, expands on key ongoing trials investigating these agents in earlier settings and in different combinations, and expands on what the addition of pirtobrutinib to the treatment arsenal has meant for this population.

Anna Minchom, MB BCh, MRCP, MD, discusses the need to develop an amivantamab administration method that decreases the likelihood of infusion-related reactions in patients with solid tumors, revealed the RP2D of subcutaneous amivantamab that was determined in the PALOMA trial, and emphasized potential future directions with this agent.

Yara Abdou, MD, discusses key updates in breast cancer research, including paradigm shifts on the horizon for trastuzumab deruxtecan, key data regarding capivasertib in the hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative setting, and the importance of weighing the efficacy benefits of these agents with the risks for serious associated toxicities.

The FDA has granted fast track designation to tulmimetostat for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with advanced, recurrent, or metastatic endometrial cancer harboring ARID1A mutations and whose disease had progressed on at least 1 prior line of therapy.

The integration of novel mRNA biomarkers into the ColoAlert® screening test resulted in high sensitivity and specificity for colorectal cancer.

Patient preferences should be considered when selecting the optimal treatment regimen for patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, as both CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapies and CD20-targeted bispecific antibodies can be efficacious in this population, according to a presentation by Caron A. Jacobson, MD, MMSc, at the 2023 SOHO Annual Meeting.

Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is a finalist in the Nursing Administration – Executive/CNO category for the 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, which recognize nursing excellence in the state.

Neoadjuvant treatment with the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab led to responses and was well tolerated in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

The European Medicines Agency has validated its Type II variation for enzalutamide as an option in patients with nonmetastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer at high risk of biochemical recurrence who are not suitable for salvage radiotherapy.

The Safety Monitoring Committee determined that prespecified criteria for pathologic complete response were met with the use of the PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab alone or in combination with APL-1202 as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.

The addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab to bevacizumab and platinum-based chemotherapy did not result in a statistically significant progression-free survival benefit among patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer.

Sophia Rose O’Brien, MD, discusses the optimal uses for FDG PET/CT and FES PET/CT in patients with metastatic breast cancer; limitations of these imaging modalities to consider, particularly in patients with estrogen receptor-positive disease; and the potential advantages of using FDG assessment in patients with oligometastatic disease.

Efforts to widen the treatment armamentarium for patients with mantle cell lymphoma have been thwarted by increased toxicities and resistance mechanisms with effective therapies such as BTK inhibitors.

Real-world data from a systemic review of treatment patterns in the United States showed that the majority of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma administered atezolizumab and bevacizumab in the frontline setting discontinued treatment within 12 months, indicating the need for additional research on the effectiveness of this regimen for patients with high-risk disease.

Treatment with ramucirumab in the second line after first-line lenvatinib monotherapy or the combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab, or as third-line treatment following both regimens, elicited efficacy comparable with second-line ramucirumab following treatment with sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Following the FDA approvals of the JAK inhibitors ruxolitinib, fedratinib, and pacritinib, the treatment landscape of myelofibrosis continues to grow with the use of these agents with an additional FDA review planned for momelotinib in September 2023.

A marketing authorization application has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency seeking the approval of erdafitinib for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma harboring susceptible FGFR3 alterations who experienced disease progression during or following at least 1 line of therapy containing a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor.

The FDA has granted fast track designation to the first-in-class innate cell engager AFM13 plus AlloNK for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.

American Oncology Network, one of the fastest-growing community oncology networks in the United States, proudly celebrated its fifth anniversary, commemorating a half-decade of excellence in advancing community oncology and driving value-based care initiatives to close the cancer care gap.

Daneng Li, MD, highlights the importance of biomarker testing in gastroesophageal and biliary tract cancers, the potential role for targeted therapy in first-line CRC treatment, and when to choose neoadjuvant therapy over upfront surgery and adjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer.

R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the process of organizing the symposium, key surgical and non-surgical advancements as well as socioeconomic disparities identified in these papers, and the importance of this information for both surgical and medical oncologists.

The addition of atezolizumab to bevacizumab, carboplatin, and pemetrexed or paclitaxel (ABCP) did not result in a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival vs BCP for patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer in the first line, missing the primary end point of the phase 3 IMpower151 study.

Treatment with durvalumab plus tremelimumab and chemotherapy led to higher rates of long-term clinical benefit compared with chemotherapy alone in the treatment of patients with first-line metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

The addition of perioperative durvalumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy led to a significant improvement in terms of pathological complete response and event-free survival compared with placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

The addition of durvalumab to chemotherapy prior to surgery, followed by adjuvant durvalumab, did not provide a clear clinical benefit in patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer harboring an EGFR mutation, according to data from the phase 3 AEGEAN trial.