All Oncology News

The FDA has accepted a biologics license application seeking the approval of a reformulation of denileukin diftitox for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with persistent or recurrent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

In a new study, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute demonstrate that changes in immune system cells can indicate which patients with high-risk "smoldering" myeloma are likely to progress to myeloma and which will benefit the most from treatment.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki induced tumor reduction in more than 60% of patients with HER2-low gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center hopes to begin combating systemic inequities and improve cancer outcomes for historically disadvantaged populations by taking a data-driven approach to delivering neoadjuvant therapy in communities that are economically and socially marginalized.

Evan J. Lipson, MD, expands on key takeaways from the NEOpredict-Lung trial, the additional benefit that PICIT may offer to patients who progress on other immunotherapies, and the effect that both NEOpredict-Lung and RELATIVITY-047 have on the role of immunotherapy in the lung and melanoma treatment paradigms.

Six months of enzalutamide monotherapy in combination with salvage radiation therapy postponed prostate-specific antigen progression compared with SRT alone in men with PSA-recurrent, high-risk prostate cancer.

The oncolytic vaccine CG0070 plus pembrolizumab demonstrated encouraging response rates and a tolerable safety profile in patients with non–muscle invasive bladder cancer unresponsive to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin.

Aarti Bhatia, MD, discusses the rationale for investigating berzosertib in this patient population, key updates from the phase 1 trial, and how these findings support the need for continued research of novel regimens in HNSCC.

Nivolumab alone or in combination with ipilimumab produced encouraging responses that were maintained over time in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of gastric cancer, and researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have several projects underway to better understand the association and develop much-needed prevention and treatment.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to batiraxcept for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma who have progressed after 1 or 2 prior lines of systemic therapy that include both immuno-oncology–based and VEGF TKI–based therapies, either in combination or sequentially.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, discusses the administration of tremelimumab plus durvalumab in hepatocellular carcinoma and where the combination will fit in the treatment paradigm.

The combination of NT-I7 and pembrolizumab showed significant clinical activity in checkpoint inhibitor–naïve, relapsed/refractory microsatellite stable colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer without liver metastasis.

The FDA has granted CB-010 a regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma and a fast track designation for relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Mohamad Allaf, MD, discusses innovative and unique aspects of the PROSPER-RCC trial design, areas for continued analysis within the study, and the ways in which this trial will inspire and inform continued research in renal cell carcinoma.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab, irrespective of the addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy, generated an overall response rate of 100% in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma who were naïve to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Two Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have received $75,000 grants from the Kidney Cancer Association to pursue studies that could improve kidney cancer treatment and care.

Roche is voluntarily withdrawing the United States indication for atezolizumab for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.

The United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved darolutamide tablets in combination with androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued final guidance recommending the use of nivolumab plus chemotherapy as a treatment option for patients with HER2-negative advanced stomach and esophageal cancer.

Several articles in a recent issue of the high-impact journal Science highlight areas of concern in the scientific community that may have detrimental effects on communications regarding the human papillomavirus vaccination as a cancer prevention strategy.

The combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab generated rapid and durable responses in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who received prior treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy.

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has approved trastuzumab deruxtecan for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive unresectable or recurrent breast cancer after prior chemotherapy, which includes trastuzumab and a taxane.

The combination of the p38 MAPK inhibitor ARRY-614 plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab was well tolerated and elicited disease control in high-risk, PD-(L)1–refractory patients with advanced solid tumors.

For many people who go into research, there’s a moment somewhere along the way that is immediately addictive and makes you want to experience that over and over again.

Daniel J. George, MD, discusses the impact that ADCs have had on the evolving treatment landscape of bladder cancer, long-term outcomes with immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and highlighted current and ongoing research at the Duke Cancer Institute.

Regular physical activity can extend the lives of patients with colorectal cancer, according to a study looking at the impact of exercise on the gut microbiome of cancer patients.

A single drug compound simultaneously attacks hard-to-treat prostate cancer on several fronts, according to a new study in mice and human cells.

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to the new drug application seeking the approval of poziotinib for the treatment of patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations.

Benjamin P. Levy, MD; Bhuvana Ramkumar, MD; and Neil Morganstein, MD, discuss the challenges with tissue testing facing care teams, as well as multilevel hurdles in procurement, analysis of results, and insurance.