All Oncology News

Millie Das, MD

Millie Das, MD, highlights early efficacy signals with PARP inhibitors in patients with small cell lung cancer, how overall survival data from the phase 3 ADAURA trial confirm the efficacy of adjuvant osimertinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer, and which patients may benefit most from immunotherapy as monotherapy or in combination with other agents.

Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, of Roche

Adjuvant treatment with alectinib generated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with completely resected stage IB to IIIA, ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has granted 2 breakthrough therapy designations to trastuzumab deruxtecan for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive solid tumors that have progressed after prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options, and for those with HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer who have received at least 2 prior lines of therapy.