Trial Results Spark Talk of Curing More Metastatic Cervical Cancers Adding pembrolizumab to standard care extends overall survival by a year May 25, 2023
P53 Antagonist Shows Early Activity in Advanced Liposarcoma ASCO roundup: ADC targeting CD46 slows mCRPC, molecule stabilizes effects of "hot spot" mutation Jun 08, 2022
Intensified Regimen for Metastatic CRC Fails to Improve Outcomes Combination of modified FOLFOXIRI/panitumumab also caused greater toxicity, study showed Jun 08, 2022
A Better Way to Irradiate Lethal CNS Metastases? Randomized trial makes case for proton craniospinal irradiation for leptomeningeal spread Jun 08, 2022
First-Line Anti-EGFR Extends OS in Left-Sided Colorectal Cancer "A win for a highly selected group of patients," says ASCO expert Jun 07, 2022
PARP Inhibitor Picks Up a Win in Frontline Maintenance for Ovarian Cancer Median PFS more than doubled with rucaparib after response to platinum-based chemotherapy Jun 07, 2022
Forego Radiotherapy for Women With Low-Risk Luminal A Breast Cancer? Study shows 5-year local recurrence rate of 2.3% with lumpectomy and endocrine therapy alone Jun 07, 2022
Targeted Combo Topples Chemo in Pediatric Glioma With BRAF Mutations ORR quadrupled, median PFS nearly tripled with dabrafenib plus trametinib in low-grade disease Jun 06, 2022
Radiation Alone May Suffice for Some Nasopharyngeal Cancer Chemotherapy adds little benefit in intermediate grade lesions Jun 06, 2022
Novel Agent Lessens Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancers IV infusion could allow more patients to complete treatment regimen Jun 06, 2022
Tiragolumab Fails in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer No change in survival when combined with atezolizumab and chemotherapy Jun 06, 2022
Liquid Biopsy May Save Colon Cancer Patients From Chemo Circulating tumor DNA could determine who needs more therapy Jun 06, 2022
Endocrine Switch Plus Ribociclib Active in Post-CDK4/6 Inhibitor Progression First randomized support for strategy in progressive metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer Jun 06, 2022
Myeloma Trial Supports 'Personalized Approach' to Upfront Transplant DETERMINATION confirms benefit in triple-therapy setting, but suggests timing can be tailored Jun 06, 2022
Complete Responses in 100% of dMMR Rectal Cancer With Neoadjuvant PD-1 Inhibition Chemo, RT, surgery avoided in short-term follow-up but study population was small Jun 05, 2022
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Ushers in New Treatment Era for HER2-Low Breast Cancer DESTINY-Breast04 extends agent's benefits to historically tough-to-treat disease Jun 05, 2022
Will High-Dose Ifosfamide Become the Go-To Therapy in Recurrent Ewing Sarcoma? Data from European rEECur trial "are potentially practice changing," expert says Jun 05, 2022
Third-Line BTK Inhibitor Combo Doubles PFS in Follicular Lymphoma Significantly more responses, CRs with zanubrutinib-obinutuzumab versus anti-CD20 drug alone Jun 05, 2022
Capivasertib-Fulvestrant Combo Ups Survival in ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer But benefit seems to be predominantly in patients with PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway alterations Jun 05, 2022
Sacituzumab Govitecan Boosts PFS in Late-Line HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer "This may be something that really changes the lives of these women for the better," expert says Jun 05, 2022
Immunotherapy Rechallenge in NSCLC Yields Overall Survival Boost Phase II trial sees "synergistic benefit" with checkpoint blockade and anti-angiogenesis Jun 04, 2022
IL-15 Agonist Impresses in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer High response rate, 99%-100% cancer-specific survival at 2 years Jun 04, 2022
Brentuximab Vedotin-Chemo Boosts EFS in High-Risk Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma Combo regimen offers "a new standard for front-line therapy," researcher says Jun 04, 2022
KRAS Inhibitor Shrinks Tumors in Over 40% of NSCLC Patients Median survival surpasses 1 year in heavily pretreated population Jun 03, 2022
Add-On Ibrutinib Boosts PFS in Untreated, Older Mantle-Cell Lymphoma Patients BTK inhibitor plus chemoimmunotherapy increased progression-free survival by over 2 years Jun 03, 2022
Survival Bump With EGFR Inhibitor for KRAS Wild-Type Pancreatic Cancer But generalizability of "notable" Chinese study questioned Jun 03, 2022
Increased Public Assistance Tied to Better Cancer Survival in Black Patients Disparity in 5-year OS declined by more than 40% with each 10% boost in public welfare spending May 31, 2022
Cancer Outcome Disparities Not Fully Explained by Race, Socioeconomic Factors Worse 5-year OS in Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma in adjusted analysis May 27, 2022
Black Patients Often Never Given a Chance to Join Breast Cancer Trials But survey finds several actionable findings that could boost enrollment May 26, 2022
COVID Increased Use of Telemedicine for Cancer Care, Though Not Equitably Black, uninsured, non-urban patients less likely to use these services May 26, 2022
Tweaking Maintenance Options in Metastatic CRC Two studies move the needle, but no major breakthroughs Jun 11, 2021
Bispecific Antibody Active in NRG1-Positive Pancreatic Cancer Zenocutuzumab turns in promising results in early-phase trial involving multiple solid tumors Jun 10, 2021
Promising Early Data for Bladder-Sparing Cancer Treatment Bladder-intact DFS at 1 year nears 90% for muscle-invasive bladder cancer Jun 09, 2021
TRK Inhibitor Proves Beneficial in Primary CNS Tumors One-year OS rate with larotrectinib was 85% Jun 09, 2021
New Standard for Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer? Triplet regimen reduced the risk for radiographic progression or death, but OS data await Jun 09, 2021
'Important' Advance in Tough-to-Treat Thyroid Cancer Targeted therapy cabozantinib may represent a new standard in heavily pretreated patients Jun 09, 2021
More Support for Gene Assay to Guide Breast Cancer Treatment More nuanced data on treatment de-escalation, extended endocrine therapy Jun 09, 2021
Another CAR-T Impresses in Follicular Lymphoma Complete responses in 66% of patients with relapsed or refractory disease Jun 08, 2021
BPAs Cut Fracture Risk in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Those receiving enzalutamide with and without radium-223 saw benefits in updated safety analysis Jun 08, 2021
Acalabrutinib Offers Less Wear and Tear on the Heart in CLL Patients BTK inhibitor had less cardiotoxicity than ibrutinib, but similar efficacy Jun 07, 2021