All Oncology News

Three medical oncologists at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute are co-authors on a new integrated safety analysis of umbralisib, used to treat lymphoid malignancies.

Oncopeptides AB has made the decision to withdraw the indication of melphalan flufenamide in combination with dexamethasone in select adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma from the US market.

The frontline combination of trifluridine/tipiracil and bevacizumab was not found to result in a significant improvement in progression-free survival over capecitabine and bevacizumab in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer who are not eligible to receive intensive therapy, missing the primary end point of the phase 3 SOLSTICE trial.

The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer whose tumors have a PD-L1 expression combined positive score of 10 or higher and who have not previously received chemotherapy for metastatic disease.

The FDA has approved the VENTANA PD-L1 assay to assist in identifying which adult patients with stage II to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors have PD-L1 expression on 1% or more of tumor cells are eligible to receive adjuvant atezolizumab following surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to fund cellular senescence research in lymphoid organs at Yale Cancer Center.

Clinical advances in treatment of small cell lung cancer have lagged behind those of other tumor types, but the delay is not for lack of effort.

Treatment with the small molecule oral immunomodulator EC-18 resulted in a reduction in both the duration and incidence of severe oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer who are undergoing concurrent chemoradiation.

Chan Cheah, MBBS, discusses TG-1701 as a more target-specific BTK inhibitor, the outcomes in response rates in the cohorts of the trial, and where future research is headed with this agent.

The presence of at least 1 mutation captured by next-generation sequencing was associated with a shorter time to first treatment among patients with newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia, particularly those with mutations in POT1, ATM, FBXW7, and MYD88 genes.

The European Commission has approved nivolumab plus fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of adult patients with HER2-negative advanced or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction, or esophageal adenocarcinoma whose tumors have a PD-L1 combined positive score of 5 or higher.

Teams of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center are combining efforts after together securing a nearly $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop new and better treatments for ovarian cancer.

Fibrolamellar carcinoma is an extremely rare form of liver cancer that affects approximately 1 in 5 million Americans. However, because the disease appears so infrequently, it may be underdiagnosed.

Investigators have made great strides in the development of radiopharmaceuticals for prostate cancer diagnostics, culminating in recent FDA approvals for the first prostate-specific membrane antigen–targeted radioligands, gallium 68–PSMA-11 and piflufolastat F 18, for the detection of disease recurrence and metastatic lesions.

The investigational NEDD8-activating enzyme inhibitor pevonedistat in combination with ibrutinib demonstrated high response rates with a tolerable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma.

John Marshall, MD, discusses the results of the DESTINY-Gastric02 trial with trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-positive gastric/GEJ cancer, the importance of molecular profiling, and future considerations for the antibody-drug conjugate.

Elacestrant monotherapy improved progression-free survival over standard-of-care (SOC) treatment in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, including those whose tumors harbored ESR1 mutations, meeting the primary end points of the phase 3 EMERALD trial.

Sikander Ailawadhi, MD, discusses the unique pharmacodynamic profile of lisaftoclax, the similar responses seen across cohorts, and the favorable tolerability of the drug.

Intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin in combination with N-803 resulted in a 12-month disease-free survival rate of 57% in patients with BCG-unresponsive high-grade papillary non–muscle invasive bladder cancer, meeting the primary end point for cohort B of the phase 2/3 QUILT 3.032 trial.

An upgraded model of the clonoSEQ® B-cell Clonality diagnostic tool has been released, which will now include IGHV mutation status for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A marked reduction in hospitalizations and emergency department visits are key metrics for value-based care programs. Quality improvement processes and electronic patient management systems may give practices a way to fully embrace these programs and remain mindful of cost while ensuring that patients receive high-quality care.

A bench-to-bedside-pioneered lung cancer immunotherapy developed at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center is to be included in one of the largest lung cancer clinical trials being offered by the National Cancer Institute.

Anurag Singh, MD, discussed the potential advantage to treating patients with radiation therapy at specific times of day, how the utilization of prophylactic gabapentin has decreased the need for narcotics in managing oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer, and the potential use of single-fraction radiation therapy in oncology.

Non-Hispanic Black women are approximately 40% more like to require a visit to the emergency department after breast cancer surgery, and Hispanic women are 11% more likely compared with non-Hispanic White women, according to results from a population-based study published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

The dismutase mimetic avasopasem manganese was not found to significantly reduce the incidence of severe oral mucositis in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who were receiving standard-of-care radiotherapy, missing the primary end point of the phase 3 ROMAN trial.

Non-surgical primary chemoablation using mitomycin-containing reverse thermal gel UGN-102 produced significant, durable responses in those with low-grade intermediate-risk non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.

The availability of chemoimmunotherapy combinations and targeted agents for common and rare mutations alike in non–small cell lung cancer has fostered discussions that might have been unthinkable just a decade or so ago.

The bicycle toxin conjugates BT5528 and BT8009 have showcased preliminary signs of antitumor activity and encouraging tolerability when administered to patients with solid tumors such as urothelial cancer and ovarian cancer.

Ontada, a McKesson business focused on real-world data and evidence, clinical education and provider technology, announced the launch of Health Outcomes Powered by Evidence Studies.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, provides her insights on the final analysis data from the international phase 3 ASCENT trial.