All Oncology News

Ipilimumab has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of patients aged 12 and older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of patients with CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphoma after at least 1 prior systemic therapy.

Celgene has announced plans to acquire Juno Therapeutics, maker of the CAR T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel (JCAR017), for $87 per share, totaling approximately $9 billion.

Malcolm Mason, MD, discusses the significance of the 10-year follow-up of the PROTECT study for patients with prostate cancer and what it means for the field going forward.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to daratumumab in combination with bortezomib, melphalan, and prednisone for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

An analysis of results from 5 clinical trials showed that circulating tumor cell (CTC) conversion and CTC value ≥ 1 at baseline were superior predictors of overall survival than PSA in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The combination of cetuximab and pembrolizumab was found to be well tolerated in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Combining lenvatinib (Lenvima) with PD-1 inhibitors had promising efficacy in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, according to preliminary data from a single-center study.

By combining data from genome-wide association studies with epidemiological surveys, investigators say they have developed a genetic tool that can predict age of onset for aggressive prostate cancer.

The European Commission has approved the bevacizumab biosimilar ABP 215, for the treatment of patients across several tumor types.

Adding tumor-treating fields to temozolomide resulted in improved progression-free survival and overall survival for patients with glioblastoma.

Babis Andreadis, MD, discusses the successes seen with CAR T-cell development in the past year and the use of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with NHL.

Wei Z. Ai, MD, discusses the impact of brentuximab vedotin, as well as the potential with mogamulizumab in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Jennifer Eads, MD, discusses the classification of NETs versus NECs in gastrointestinal cancer.

The PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab induced an overall response rate of 17% in patients with platinum-refractory metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application that adds overall survival data from the phase III ENDEAVOR trial to the label for carfilzomib for use in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Thomas G. Martin, MD, discusses emerging advancements in the treatment landscape of multiple myeloma.

Trastuzumab did not reduce cardiac function in women with node-positive, HER2+, early-stage breast cancer.

The FDA has granted a priority review to the CAR T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel for adult patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL who are ineligible for or relapse after autologous stem cell transplant.

Men with newly diagnosed mCRPC in the global LATITUDE trial reported clinical improvements in pain progression, prostate cancer symptoms, fatigue, functional decline, and overallHR-QOL following treatment with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone.

Combining pembrolizumab with chemotherapy in the frontline setting improved survival in patients with nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has approved arsenic trioxide (Trisenox) in combination with the all-trans retinoic acid agent tretinoin for the treatment of adults with newly-diagnosed low-risk acute promyelocytic leukemia with the t(15;17) translocation or PML-RARA gene expression.

Paul A. Bunn, Jr, MD, discusses the IMpower150 study and other immunotherapy combinations in NSCLC.

Bob Orzechowski, MBA, Lancaster Cancer Center, discusses managing the growth of NCODA.

Jim Schwartz RPh, President, NCODA, discusses the mission of NCODA.

Maurie Markman, MD, discusses the need to change the paradigm of clinical trials and FDA approvals in ovarian cancer.

Ingfrid Haldorsen, MD, discusses the role of imaging in the diagnosis of patients with endometrial cancer.

Xavier Bosch, MD, discusses a second-generation vaccination against HPV for the prevention of cervical cancer.

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy did not lower postoperative health-related quality of life compared with surgery alone for patients with esophageal or junctional cancer.

The FDA has expanded the frontline indication for afatinib to include the treatment of patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor uncommon EGFR alterations in L861Q, G719X, and/or S768I.