All Oncology News

The European Commission has approved apalutamide for use in combination with androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of adult men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

C. Parker Gibbs, MD, discusses the research behind p16 and p21 as predictive biomarkers for treatment response in patients with osteosarcoma.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a new drug application for selpercatinib (LOXO-292) for the treatment of patients with advanced RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer, and RET fusion–positive thyroid cancer.

Larry Anderson, MD, PhD, discusses emerging therapies for patients with multiple myeloma that were highlighted at the 2019 ASH Annual Meeting.

After more than 30 years of leadership as chair of City of Hope’s Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Stephen J. Forman, MD, has decided to transition out of this role.

A. Oliver Sartor, MD, discusses the development of radiopharmaceuticals in prostate cancer.

Lawrence D. Kaplan, MD, discusses standard frontline treatment in follicular lymphoma, toxicities of some of the newer agents, and preliminary data with bispecific antibodies.

Ankit Kansagra, MD, discusses the evolving use of CAR T-cell therapy in multiple myeloma and lymphoma.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded coverage of laboratory diagnostic tests that utilize next-generation sequencing that have been approved or cleared by the FDA for use in patients with germline ovarian or breast cancers.

Richard L. Shapiro, MD, discusses the evolution and current role of surgery in advanced melanoma.

Syed Rizvi, MD, discusses recent therapeutic advances in advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma.

Robert L. Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses the VELIA trial and the impact the results are going to have on the use of PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer.

Prapti Patel, MD, discusses available and emerging treatment options for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) improved overall survival versus chemotherapy in patients with heavily pretreated unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, discusses how the use of precision medicine has helped improve the treatment of patients with breast cancer.

Madhuri Vusirikala, MD, discusses recent changes in the treatment paradigm of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, based on data from the 2019 ASH Annual Meeting.

A supplemental biologics license application has been submitted to the FDA for the combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received prior systemic therapy.

Rebecca L. Olin, MD, MSCE, sheds light on the pivotal progress made in acute myeloid leukemia treatment in recent years.

Mira Hellmann, MD, discusses surgical and systemic advancements in the field of gynecologic oncology.

Adjuvant treatment with atezolizumab did not significantly improve disease-free survival compared with observation in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, missing the primary endpoint of the phase III IMvigor010 trial.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to tazemetostat for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged ≥16 years old with metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma that is not eligible for complete resection.

Three biosimilars—bevacizumab-bvzr (Zirabev), rituximab-pvvr (Ruxience), and trastuzumab-qyyp)—will become available in the United States at a substantial discount to their reference products.

China’s State Administration of Drug Administration has approved ado-trastuzumab emtansine for the adjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual disease following a neoadjuvant trastuzumab-based regimen.

Tracey Liebman, MD, discusses the identification and management of treatment-related dermatologic AEs in patients with melanoma.

Sandy W. Wong, MD, discusses treatments in the pipeline for multiple myeloma.

The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will not recommend osimertinib as a frontline treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Narendranath Epperla, MD, MS, reflects on recent advances in Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Nina Shah, MD, discusses newer treatment options in the frontline and maintenance settings in multiple myeloma. 

Lloyd Damon, MD, discusses the evolution of the treatment paradigm in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for daratumumab in combination with bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant.