All Oncology News

Among the pioneering targets for antibody therapy was CD20, the pursuit of which ultimately led to the first FDA-approved mAb for cancer therapy, rituximab, and defined a new era in the management of B-cell malignancies.

Leading cancer biologist Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, PhD, has been named founding director of the Cancer Dormancy and Tumor Microenvironment Institute, director of the Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, and co-leader of the AECC Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program.

The data from the phase 3 ADAURA trial with adjuvant osimertinib are among the most significant to read out in the past year in the realm of non–small cell lung cancer.

Iodoine apamistamab, a radiotherapy that targets CD45-expressing cells, demonstrated a 100% bone marrow transplant and engraftment rate in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia vs 18% for those who received a physician’s choice of salvage treatment.

The majority of patients with indolent follicular lymphoma do well with observation and after first-line treatment, but approximately 20% experience disease progression within 2 years of their initial treatment, which is associated with a 50% risk of dying within 5 years. Subsequently, this is an area of unmet need but one in which considerable progress is being made.

James A. DeCaprio, MD, discusses the incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma, risk factors for the disease, established treatment options, and investigational regimens on the horizon.

Kaiku Health has announced that they are partnering with the global healthcare company Novartis to develop a digital patient monitoring and management system specifically for patients with melanoma who are receiving BRAF/MEK combination therapies.

The expansion of HER2-directed treatments and formulations, the availability of CDK4/6 inhibitors, and the broad activity of sacituzumab govitecan-hziy is a testament to the successful development of personalized medicine in breast cancer.

Renal cell carcinoma is one of the top 10 most common cancers, although incidence rates have been stable over the past decade. It is more common in men than women and rates are higher among African American, American Indian, and Alaska Native patient populations.

Parameswaran Venugopal, MD, discussed the toxicity profiles of BTK inhibitors regarding treatment selection in CLL.

The safety and efficacy of abemaciclib will be examined in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-positive, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer who have completed standard adjuvant HER2-targeted treatment as part of the phase 3 eMonarcHER trial.

The rituximab biosimilar CT-P10 produced response and survival rates that were comparable to those previously reported with the reference product, along with acceptable tolerability, in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

A water vapor ablation therapy has been shown to be able to reach and treat all prostate regions and eradicate intermediate risk, grade group 2 prostate cancer with acceptable safety and tolerability.

Tafasitamab-cxix plus lenalidomide and R-CHOP may have synergistic potential and could represent a potential future treatment option for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki is under investigation with or without pertuzumab vs a standard-of-care regimen comprised of a taxane, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab in the frontline treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer as part of the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast09 trial.

The potential role for antibody-drug conjugates for treating patients with non–small cell lung cancer continues to evolve as new data challenge investigators to reexamine their approaches.

Adjuvant nivolumab led to a significant improvement in disease-free survival compared with placebo in patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma following radical surgery, irrespective of PD-L1 expression level.

For patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed multiple myeloma, regardless of transplant status, daratumumab plus cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone induction followed by daratumumab maintenance therapy achieved durable and deep responses.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel continued to yield early, deep, and durable responses after longer follow-up in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Neurologic adverse effect associated with CAR T-cell therapies like ciltacabtagene autoleucel can be managed without long-term lasting effects, as long as they are caught and treated promptly in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

A study of treatment patterns in adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma revealed a discrepancy between actual patterns of care and recommendations based on clinical trials.

Compared to currently available therapies, treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel induced substantial objective response rate, progression-free survival, time to next treatment and overall survival improvements in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

The combination of naratuximab emtansine and rituximab yielded deep responses, and a duration of response that was not reached in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The addition of daratumumab to lenalidomide and dexamethasone continued to reduced the risk of death by 32% compared with Rd alone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are transplant ineligible after almost 5 years of follow-up.

Fixed-duration ibrutinib and venetoclax as a first-line treatment yielded superior progression-free survival compared with chlorambucil plus obinutuzumab in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Rusfertide has been shown to be an effective option for patients with polycythemia vera in that it reverses iron deficiency, improves disease-related symptoms, and eliminates the need for therapeutic phlebotomy.

Daratumumab maintenance therapy yielded an increase in response following autologous stem cell transplant plus induction and consolidation therapy with bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

In the first few years of their availability in the United States, axicabtagene ciloleucel and tisagenlecleucel have been used to mostly treat patients with diffuse large b-cell lymphoma in the outpatient setting who are receiving the CAR T-cell therapies prior to failure on 2 prior lines of therapy.

The next-generation, selective BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib demonstrated noninferiority to ibrutinib in terms of progression-free survival in patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the phase 3 ELEVATE-RR trial.