Tucatinib combined with trastuzumab and capecitabine improved overall survival and progression-free survival compared with trastuzumab/capecitabine alone in heavily pretreated patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab showed statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in both progression-free and overall survival compared with sorafenib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received prior therapy, meeting the coprimary endpoints of the IMbrave150 trial.
Bernard Fisher, MD, a world-renowned physician/scientist and the chair of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project for more than 27 years, has died at the age of 101.
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of pembrolizumab as a monotherapy or in combination with platinum and 5-FU as frontline treatment for patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and PD-L1 expression on their tumors.
The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application for romiplostim, updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia. Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent who have had an insufficient response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins, or splenectomy.
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has backed approval of daratumumab for use in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplantation.
James G. Herman, MD, discusses the work that has been done to elucidate biomarkers of response to immunotherapy in non–small cell lung cancer and the necessity of molecular testing at diagnosis.
The addition of cisplatin to gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel resulted in encouraging activity in patients with previously untreated advanced pancreatic cancer, despite not having demonstrated the prespecified number of complete responses to meet the primary endpoint of a phase Ib/II clinical trial (NCT01893801), according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.
Anna Chalmers, MD, discusses the PACIFIC trial and how its impact continues to change the treatment paradigm in stage III non-small cell lung cancer.
The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a biologics license application for [fam-] trastuzumab deruxtecan (DS-8201) for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
Ruxolitinib met the primary endpoint of the phase III REACH2 trial, improving the overall response rate at day 28 versus best available therapy in patients with in patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease.
Gretchen G. Kimmick, MD, MS, discusses the management of patients with early-stage hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
Daria V. Babushok, MD, PhD, provides insight into the latest developments in the treatment of patients with benign hematologic malignancies.
Noelle Frey, MD, MS, highlights various therapies available to patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia and the importance of measuring minimal residual disease.
Combining the pegylated IL-10 pegilodecakin with FOLFOX (folinic acid, 5-FU, oxaliplatin) chemotherapy did not improve overall survival as a second-line therapy for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Alexander Edward Perl, MD, MS, discusses advancements in acute myeloid leukemia treatment and future approaches in the field.
Patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer had improved overall survival with TAS-102, irrespective of prior gastrectomy.
Michael Untch, MD, PhD, discusses the primary findings from the phase III KATHERINE trial and the added impact of long-term safety data regarding the use of adjuvant T-DM1 in early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer.
Faculty from Huntsman Cancer Institute and Intermountain Healthcare delve into the interesting research efforts being made at their respective institutions.
James N. Gerson, MD, discusses exciting updates in mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other potentially practice-changing trials on the horizon.
Sunita Nasta, MD, discusses exciting updates in follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and T-cell lymphoma and the impact they will have on the upfront and relapsed/refractory paradigms.
Adam J. Waxman, MD, MS, discusses new and upcoming multiple myeloma treatments and how to optimally manage toxicities from these regimens.
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, PhD, discusses her research regarding the heredity of lung cancer, histologic subgroups at increased risk, and the implications these data have on practice.
Ezzat Elhassadi, MD, discusses the results from a 10-year institutional analysis and how the presence of a TP53 mutation can correlate with survival outcomes in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
Findings from the 2019 ESMO Congress showcased that biosimilars for pegfilgrastim, filgrastim, bevacizumab, and trastuzumab demonstrated efficacy and safety equivalency with their reference counterparts in a number of malignancies.
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has approved rucaparib for the maintenance treatment of patients with relapsed ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer that has responded to platinum-based chemotherapy.
Faculty from the George Washington Cancer Center to shed light on some of the current and future research efforts being made at their institution.
Kristen Champion, PhD, FACMG, discusses various molecular testing methods being used in non–small cell lung cancer.
Shiven B. Patel, MD, MBA, FACP, provides insight into key trials in squamous non–small cell lung cancer and how to apply the data to practice.
William T. Sause, MD, discusses various modalities of stage III non–small cell lung cancer treatment and how to effectively select patients for the varying regimens.
