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Laura A. Huppert, MD, discusses the impact of sequential treatment with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki and sacituzumab govitecan-hziy on outcomes in patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, according to findings from a retrospective analysis.

Medical experts discuss the pathology of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

University of California prostate cancer experts will share clinical insights at the first annual PSMA Conference, “PSMA PET and RLT: Present and Future.”

Pembrolizumab plus olaparib did not improve progression-free or overall survival vs pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who received induction pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy.

Arpita Desai, MD, discusses the impact that the findings from the phase 3 CONTACT-03 trial had in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, discusses findings from a study determining survivorship care needs in low-income, older patients with lung cancer.

Jacqueline Aredo, MD, MS, discusses findings from a study assessing the molecular distribution of driver mutations and tumor suppressor gene mutations in patients with non–small cell lung cancer who are eligible for lung cancer screening.

Andrew Ko, MD, FASCO, highlights what the potential approval of zolbetuximab could mean for the first-line treatment paradigm for patients with CLDN18.2-positive gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma and detailed other ongoing research in the gastrointestinal cancer space.

Ajai Chari, MD, director, discusses the safety profile of talquetamab following the drug’s FDA approval for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses selecting between CAR T-cell therapies and bispecific antibodies in multiple myeloma, expands on the factors that can help inform these decisions, and highlights the need for additional data to help inform sequencing and potential combinations for these therapies.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses the evolving role of bispecific antibodies and CAR T-cell therapies, such as ciltacabtagene autoleucel, in the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

Ajai Chari, MD, director, discusses the current landscape of bispecific antibodies in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses the use of the CAR T-cell therapies idecabtagene vicleucel and ciltacabtagene autoleucel in the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses important patient factors to consider when selecting between currently approved BCMA-targeted therapies for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

Dr Kelley discusses standard first-line treatment options for patients with advanced HCC, key findings from the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial, and the safety profile of the STRIDE regimen in this population.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses how the FDA approval of talquetamab addresses several unmet needs in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and expands on the agent’s efficacy data and safety profile observed in MonumenTAL-1.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of talquetamab in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Collin Blakely, MD, PhD, discusses a phase 2 trial evaluating the use of neoadjuvant osimertinib in patients with surgically resectable EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, findings from which were presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Denise M. Wolf, PhD, discusses research into biomarkers predicting responses to immunotherapy in the phase 2 I-SPY2 trial in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Ana I. Velazquez Manana, MD, MSc, discusses how systemic racism appears in oncology.

Responses achieved with enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab were found to be rapid and durable in patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who were cisplatin ineligible.

Dr Manana discusses how systemic racism appears in oncology practice, tools clinicians can use to learn about and address their implicit biases, and the importance of connecting patients with a multidisciplinary team to provide necessary resources and care.

The addition of gedatolisib to palbociclib and letrozole produced durable responses with comparable safety to that observed with palbociclib and letrozole alone in treatment-naïve patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

R. Kate Kelley, MD, details the ongoing investigation of RLY-4008 for patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements, other ongoing investigations in cholangiocarcinoma, and the importance of molecular testing to drive treatment decisions in this population.

Sohail Dhanji, MD, discusses the investigation of preoperative hypertension as a risk factor in patients undergoing nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma, as well as other risk factors for mortality in this patient population.

Patient-reported outcomes with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer reflected the regimen’s favorable risk-benefit profile in the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast02 trial, according to findings presented during the 2023 ESMO Breast Cancer Annual Congress.

Treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan resulted in lower exposure-adjusted incidence rates per patient-year of treatment-emergent adverse effects compared with treatment of physician’s choice in patients with HER2-low unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer, according to safety analysis from the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast04 trial.

Rahul Aggarwal, MD, discusses key findings from a phase 2a trial evaluating the combination of BXCL701 and pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with the small cell neuroendocrine cancer phenotype.

Dr Friedlander discusses the FDA approval of enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, key efficacy and safety data from the EV-103 trial, and the importance of incorporating this regimen into the frontline setting for this population.

Terence Friedlander, MD, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of enfortumab vedotin combined with pembrolizumab for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, and expands on the data from the EV-103/KEYNOTE-869 trial that supported the approval.