All Oncology News

Carlos R. Bachier, MD, discusses the evolution of stem cell transplantation as a treatment for patients with hematologic malignancies.

Shirley Michelle Shiller, DO, discusses the application of biomarkers and the importance of educating practitioners on treatment advancements in NSCLC.

Claude Denham, MD, discusses the challenges with immunotherapy in NSCLC cancer, as well as the promise of combination therapy.

Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD, discusses ongoing advances and challenges in the treatment of patients with NETs.

Andrew Laramore, MD, discusses the evolution of genetic testing in hematologic cancers and optimal methods of detection.

People with stage III colon cancer who regularly eat nuts are at significantly lower risk of cancer recurrence and mortality than those who don

Michael J. Pishvaian, MD, discusses expanded testing for biomarkers, using liquid biopsies to predict response to treatment, and the importance of identifying increasingly specific subsets of GI cancers to make treatment decisions.

Allyson Ocean, MD, discusses the development of novel therapeutic regimens in pancreatic cancer.

A “robust” 23-gene expression-based model successfully predicted progression-free survival for patients with follicular lymphoma enrolled in the phase III randomized PRIMA trial.

Gary Schwartz, MD, discusses the significance of the PACIFIC trial and applications of immunotherapy for patients with stage III locally advanced disease.

Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD, discusses the multinational PRONOUNCE study and how the results may affect the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Suman Kambhampati, MD, discusses available treatments for MDS and ongoing clinical trials investigating targeted treatments in myeloid malignancies.

The FDA has approved abemaciclib for use in combination with an aromatase inhibitor for the frontline treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of gemtuzumab ozogamicin for use in combination with daunorubicin and cytarabine as a frontline treatment for patients aged 15 years and older with previously untreated, de novo CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia, except acute promyelocytic leukemia.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended against approving sunitinib for use as an adjuvant therapy in patients with renal cell carcinoma who have received nephrectomy and are high risk for recurrence.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of bosutinib (Bosulif) as a first-line treatment for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia.

The FDA recently approved a supplemental new drug application for Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview for surveillance of bladder cancer. Cysview is currently indicated for use for detection of nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Ian W. Flinn, MD, discusses ongoing advances with emerging combination regimens in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Jesus Berdeja, MD, reflects on pivotal studies in multiple myeloma and discussed potential advancements in the upcoming year.

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Adjuvant chemotherapy given during and after radiotherapy did not improve 5-year overall survival for patients with high-risk endometrial cancer in the phase III PORTEC-3 trial.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of olaparib tablets (Lynparza) as a maintenance therapy for patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of denosumab (Xgeva) for the prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with multiple myeloma.

European regulators have recommended against approving a marketing authorization application for the use of neratinib (Nerlynx) as extended adjuvant treatment for women with early stage HER2-positive breast cancer.

Brad S. Kahl, MD, discusses the latest data for ibrutinib and highlights emerging treatments in mantle cell lymphoma.

Leonard Gomella, MD, shares his insight on the recent FDA approvals and other ongoing progress in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Suresh A. Ramalingam, MD, discusses the exciting findings from the KEYNOTE-189 and IMpower150 immunotherapy trials in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Larotrectinib (LOXO-101) induced durable responses in patients with TRK fusion–positive solid tumors, according to updated results for the novel pan-TRK inhibitor.

David Mason, MD, addresses the evolving role of surgery for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) induced responses in more than one-fifth of patients with recurrent thymic carcinoma who had progressed following 1 or more lines of chemotherapy.