All Oncology News

A growing recognition of the distinct clinical, pathological, and biological features of lung cancers that arise in nonsmokers is fostering greater interest in examining the molecular underpinnings of lung cancer in this patient subset.

Douglas W. Sborov, MD, MS, discusses key data and therapeutic developments that have reshaped the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Jeffrey Zonder, MD, discusses his presentation at the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting on the impact of the phase 1/2 study utilizing REGN5458 in multiple myeloma.

Accelerating progress in childhood cancer faces three main obstacles: funding, drugs, and family support.

Treatment with rituximab prior to COVID-19 vaccination nearly halved the number of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who developed blocking antibodies following COVID-19 vaccination compared with healthy controls.

Patients with HER2-positive, early-stage breast cancer who achieved a pathologic complete response after receiving HER2-targeted therapy experienced better outcomes in terms of disease-free survival and overall survival vs those who did not, according to data from a real-world study.

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai and the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation are launching a unique research program that will fund collaborations between TCI physician-scientists and colleagues from other established cancer research institutions to address the rising rates of cancer due to aging around the world.

Although cytogenetic abnormalities have helped to characterize prognosis and identify patients who are at high risk of early progression, risk stratification has little effect on management decisions for most patients with multiple myeloma.

Meredith McKean, MD, MPH, discusses how the presence of atypical BRAF mutations affects treatment selection in patients with metastatic melanoma, highlighted the ongoing KN-8701 trial, and explained why developments in this space further solidify the importance of broad molecular profiling.

Although brachytherapy is rarely utilized as a treatment for pediatric and adolescent/young adult patients in the United States, AYA patients with rhabdomyosarcoma treated with BT had favorable survival outcomes.

Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, explores key challenges faced with diagnosing and appropriately treating patients with non–small cell lung cancer that harbors EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations and provides insight into the second-line options that have recently garnered regulatory approval.

Health care disparities remain a major issue in cancer care, and factors contributing to this inequality stretch far beyond access to clinical care.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is one of many organizations that is taking a stand against inequity in health care by aligning themselves with the new 3-year campaign, entitled “Close the Care Gap,” led by the Union for International Cancer Control.

Rapides Cancer Center and American Oncology Network are joining forces to provide advanced, comprehensive and convenient care for patients in Central Louisiana.

Frontline maintenance treatment with selinexor resulted in a statistically significant improvement in median progression-free survival vs placebo in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 SIENDO trial.

Despite the breakthroughs in the development of therapeutic regimens for patients with mantle cell lymphoma, variability in treatment pathways presents a unique hurdle in determining the appropriate course of care following disease progression.

The combination of the TKI inhibitor imatinib and the MEK inhibitor binimetinib elicited encouraging responses in patients with treatment-naïve advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Antibody-drug conjugates appear to have the most activity in those with non–small cell lung cancer and HER2 expression.

Repeat histologic evaluation and molecular testing in patients with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer who develop acquired resistance to osimertinib can deliver pertinent information that can help guide subsequent treatment decisions.

Although PD-L1 expression and histology served as helpful stratification factors in pivotal trials, the paradigm will need to build out more tailored selection strategies as additional checkpoint inhibitors move through development.

Concurrent chemoradiation followed by durvalumab has become the standard of care for patients with unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer based on the results of the phase 3 PACIFIC trial. However, several strategies are under clinical evaluation to push the paradigm beyond the PACIFIC regimen.

A combination of two drugs that open the floodgates to an immune system attack on cancer curtailed tumor growth in some patients with non–small cell lung cancer that was resistant to a single immunotherapy agent.

Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD, sheds light on the promise of SPEAR T-cell therapy in patients with synovial sarcoma and MRCLS, the safety and efficacy observed with afami-cel in the SPEARHEAD-1 trial, and next steps for research.

Michael A. Choti, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses the progress made in gastrointestinal cancers, plus the need to coordinate care between patients, oncologists, and surgeons.

The subcutaneous combination of the BCMA-targeting bispecific antibody teclistamab and daratumumab produced promising preliminary efficacy and favorable tolerability in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to results from the phase 1b TRIMM-2 trial.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, reflects on the past year in HER2-positive breast cancer.

In the past 2 years, key data from clinical trials in advanced lung cancer have demonstrated that immunotherapy has expanded the bounds of the armamentarium for the treatment of several lung cancers.

Surgical resection remains the key treatment modality for early-stage non–small cell lung cancer; however, both systemic adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapeutics are options that have value for patients.

Debra L. Richardson, MD, FACS, FACOG, discusses the role of NaPi2b as a target for upifitamab rilsodotin, data that have emerged from the ongoing phase 1/2 UPLIFT trial, and the development of other studies like UPNEXT and UPGRADE that are further evaluating upifitamab rilsodotin in patients with ovarian cancer.

The FDA has announced that they are investigating umbralisib (Ukoniq), an oral inhibitor of PI3K-delta and CK1-epsilon that is approved to treat patients with marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma, after initial data from the phase 3 UNITY-CLL trial revealed a potential increased risk of death in those who received the agent.