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2025 ASCO Annual Meeting

Prostate Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Kidney Cancer

Genitourinary Oncology Highlights: Treatment Advances in Renal Cell, Bladder, Urothelial, and Prostate Cancers

The 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting has officially concluded. Our sincere thanks to the global oncology community and ASCO for creating such a remarkable forum advancing cancer care. Here we highlight the mo...

Hematologic Malignancies

Adding the Hepcidin Mimetic Rusfertide to the Standard of Care Yields Benefits in Polycythemia Vera

In patients with polycythemia vera requiring frequent phlebotomies, the investigational hepcidin mimetic rusfertide, given as a weekly subcutaneous injection, more than doubled the clinical response r...

Breast Cancer

Vepdegestrant vs Fulvestrant in Estrogen Receptor–Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

Based on the findings of the VERITAC-2 trial, treatment with the selective PROTAC (proteolysis targeting chimera) estrogen receptor degrader vepdegestrant yielded statistically significant and clinica...

Gastroesophageal Cancer

In Second-Line Setting, T-DXd Improves Survival Outcomes in HER2-Positive Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

In the phase III DESTINY-Gastric04 trial, use of the antibody-drug conjugate fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) was compared head to head with the monoclonal antibody ramucirumab and paclitaxel i...

Colorectal Cancer

Updated Results Confirm Benefit of Combination Regimen in BRAFV600E–Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Patients with previously untreated BRAF V600E–mutated metastatic colorectal cancer who receive the BRAF inhibitor encorafenib and the EGFR inhibitor cetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 (modified leucovorin, fluor...

Breast Cancer

Early ESR1 Mutation Detection and Therapy Switch in Advanced Hormone Receptor–Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

Early detection of an ESR1 mutation, leading to a switch of endocrine therapy, led to an almost doubling in progression-free survival in the SERENA-6 trial, the global registrational study in patients...

Colorectal Cancer

Adjuvant Use of Atezolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in DNA Mismatch Repair–Deficient Colon Cancer

For the adjuvant treatment of stage III colon cancer with DNA mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR) tumors, the addition of the checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab to standard chemotherapy significantly impr...

Breast Cancer

Phase III Trial Results Suggest a New Standard of Care in Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

In the phase III DESTINY-Breast09 trial, first-line treatment with the antibody-drug conjugate fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) plus the monoclonal antibody pertuzumab significantly delayed dis...

Hematologic Malignancies

Early Results for CAR T-Cell Therapy in Relapsed or Refractory AL Amyloidosis

Initial early results were seen for the use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis in the NEXICART-2 trial. This...

breast cancer

Erika Hamilton, MD, on ER-Positive HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: Vepdegestrant vs Fulvestrant

Erika Hamilton, MD, Director, Breast Cancer Research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute, reviews data from the global, randomized, phase III VERITAC-2 study, which compared vepdegestrant, an oral PROT...

prostate cancer

Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD, on a Novel Regimen for Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer With HRR Alterations

Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD, of the Cancer Institute, University College London, presents findings from the phase III AMPLITUDE trial, which looked at the combination of niraparib and abiraterone acetate...

Gynecologic Cancers

Relacorilant and Nab-Paclitaxel in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

In the phase III ROSELLA trial—reported at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting as well as in The Lancet—Olawaiye et al examined the survival benefit of adding relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel in women with pla...

Lung Cancer

Resectable NSCLC: Overall Survival With Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy

In an analysis from the phase III CheckMate 816 trial reported at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting and in The New England Journal of Medicine, Forde et al examined overall survival outcomes with the addit...

Breast Cancer
Supportive Care

Elinzanetant for Vasomotor Symptoms From Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer

In a phase III trial (OASIS-4) reported at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting and in The New England Journal of Medicine, Cardoso et al attempted to determine whether the neurokinin-targeted therapy elinzan...

Multiple Myeloma

MRD-Guided Treatment in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

In a French-Belgian phase III trial (MIDAS) reported at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting and in The New England Journal of Medicine, Perrot et al examined the outcomes of treatments guided by measurable r...

Skin Cancer

Adjuvant Cemiplimab in High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

In a phase III trial (C-POST) reported at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting and in The New England Journal of Medicine, Rischin et al compared disease-free survival outcomes of adjuvant cemiplimab vs place...

Breast Cancer

Study Shows Potential Benefits of AI-Assisted Classification in HER2-Low and HER2-Ultralow Breast Cancer

With the approval of HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate options for treating patients with breast cancer across different HER2 expression levels, accurate assessment of HER2 expression has become m...

Colorectal Cancer

Structured Exercise Program Improves Survival Outcomes in Patients With Stage III or High-Risk Stage II Colon Cancer

A 3-year structured exercise program initiated soon after completion of adjuvant chemotherapy improved disease-free survival and overall survival, as well as patient-reported physical functioning and ...

Issues in Oncology

Study Finds GLP-1RAs May Lower Risk of Obesity-Related Cancers vs DPP-4 Inhibitors in Adults With Diabetes and Obesity

Studies have shown that being overweight or having obesity increases the risk of developing more than a dozen cancers, including meningioma, multiple myeloma, esophageal, thyroid, breast, gallbladder,...

Lung Cancer

Maintenance Therapy With Lurbinectedin Plus Atezolizumab Improves Survival Outcomes in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Maintenance treatment with the alkylating agent lurbinectedin plus the monoclonal antibody atezolizumab significantly improved both progression-free survival and overall survival compared with atezoli...

Breast Cancer

Overall Survival Benefit Achieved With Inavolisib Plus Palbociclib and Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer

“Inavolisib plus palbociclib and fulvestrant significantly improved overall survival compared with placebo plus palbociclib/fulvestrant…. This is the first time overall survival has been significantly...

Ruben A. Mesa, MD, on Essential Thrombocythemia: SURPASS-ET Trial

Ruben A. Mesa, MD, of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, presents results from a phase III trial investigating the efficacy of ro...

immunotherapy
genomics/genetics

Violaine Randrian, MD, PhD, on Lynch Syndrome, Genetics, and Immunotherapy

Violaine Randrian, MD, PhD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and CHU/Université de Poitiers, reviews gene-specific outcomes in patients with Lynch syndrome treated with immune checkpoint inhi...

breast cancer

Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, and Rebecca Alexandra Dent, MD, FASCO, on Breast Cancer Data Highlights: Sequencing of Endocrine Therapy

Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, of City of Hope, and Rebecca Alexandra Dent, MD, FASCO, of National Cancer Centre Singapore, review the results of a biomarker analysis of the DESTINY-Breast06 trial, which ev...

breast cancer
issues in oncology

Neil M. Iyengar, MD, on Cancer Risk Reduction: Effects of Menopausal HRT and GLP-1 RAs

Neil M. Iyengar, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reviews several studies that aimed to answer two questions: does menopausal hormone therapy (HRT) impact overall survival and breast can...

prostate cancer

Eric Huttenlocher Bent, MD, PhD, on Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Intensified Hormonal Blockade

Eric Huttenlocher Bent, MD, PhD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reviews results from the phase II Metacure trial (cohorts B2 and the B2 expansion), which looked at the efficacy of stereota...

prostate cancer

Praful Ravi, MBBChir, MRCP, on High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer: Docetaxel With ADT and Radiotherapy

Praful Ravi, MBBChir, MRCP, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presents findings from an ICECaP individual patient-data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on a treatment strategy used in high...

issues in oncology

Suneel Deepak Kamath, MD, on Disparities in NIH and Federal Funding Across Different Cancer Types

Suneel Deepak Kamath, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, reports findings from a study that evaluated funding from the NIH and Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs supporting lung, breast, col...

lung cancer

Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, on Extensive-Stage SCLC: Comparison of First-Line Regimens

Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, of Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, H12O-CNIO Lung Cancer Unit, Universidad Complutense and Ciberonc, discusses data from the TIGOS trial, a phase III study comparing t...

lung cancer

Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, on IMforte Trial in Extensive-Stage SCLC

Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, of Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, H12O-CNIO Lung Cancer Unit, Universidad Complutense and Ciberonc, presents primary results from the phase III IMforte trial, which e...

leukemia

Nitin Jain, MD, on Front-Line Therapies for CLL: Research Highlights From ASCO 2025

Nitin Jain, MD, Professor in the Department of Leukemia and Director of the Leukemia CAR-T Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shares his expert point of view on data present...

Hematologic Malignancies

Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugate for Newly Diagnosed BPDCN

The first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate pivekimab sunirine was found to be safe and effective, with high response rates, in patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendric cell neoplasm (BPDCN), accordi...

Lung Cancer

SWOG S2302 Pragmatica-Lung Study Design Still Significant Even With Negative Results in Advanced NSCLC

Although the SWOG S2302 Pragmatica-Lung trial did not achieve its primary endpoint of improved overall survival with the combination of ramucirumab and pembrolizumab compared with standard-of-care tre...

Breast Cancer

Preoperative THP Leads to pCR in Two-Thirds of Patients With Early-Stage HER2-Positive ER-Negative Breast Cancer

Patients with stage II and III (early-stage) HER2-positive breast cancer usually undergo preoperative therapy with multiagent chemotherapy in combination with anti-HER2 antibodies, followed by surgery...

Multiple Myeloma

Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel Delivers Lasting Remissions in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

New long-term follow-up data from the phase Ib/II CARTITUDE-1 study demonstrated that one-third of patients in the study with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma treated with the chimeric antigen ...

Colorectal Cancer
Survivorship
Supportive Care

Anti-Inflammatory Diet Could Benefit Survival Following Stage III Colorectal Cancer

Consuming an anti-inflammatory diet could improve posttreatment survival among patients with colorectal cancer compared with following a proinflammatory diet, according to new findings presented by Ch...

CNS Cancers
Immunotherapy
Survivorship
Issues in Oncology

Novel Dual-Target CAR T-Cell Therapy May Slow Growth of Recurrent Glioblastoma

An investigational dual-target chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approach could slow tumor growth in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, according to new findings presented by Bagley et...

Issues in Oncology

EMR-Integrated Messaging Drastically Increases Cancer-Related Fertility Preservation Referrals

The integration of a "best practice advisory" alert into electronic medical record system regarding referrals for fertility preservation programs for young patients with cancer improved referrals to t...

Shahzad Raza, MD, on Relapsed or Refractory AL Amyloidosis: First U.S. Trial of CAR T-Cell Therapy

Shahzad Raza, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, reviews safety and efficacy data from Nexicart-2, the first U.S.-based trial of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy—an agent known as Nxc-201—in p...

lung cancer

Jamie E. Chaft, MD, FASCO, on Resectable EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: NeoADAURA Results

Jamie E. Chaft, MD, FASCO, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, reviews results of the NeoADAURA trial, which looked at neoadjuvant osimertinib with or without ...

lung cancer

Bjorn Henning Gronberg, MD, PhD, on SCLC: Adjuvant Immunotherapy After CRT

Bjorn Henning Gronberg, MD, PhD, of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and St. Olavs Hospital, presents phase II findings on the efficacy of atezolizumab after chemoradiotherapy (CR...

prostate cancer

Nicholas D. James, PhD, FRCP, MBBS, on Using AI to Identify Benefit From Prostate Cancer Therapy

Nicholas D. James, PhD, FRCP, MBBS, of The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, describes the use of a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model to identify ben...

prostate cancer

Alicia K. Morgans, MD, MPH, FASCO, on How Does Androgen Receptor Inhibition Affect Quality of Life?

Alicia K. Morgans, MD, MPH, FASCO, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses health-related quality-of-life data from the phase III ARANOTE trial, which evaluated the androgen receptor inhibitor daro...

Cost of Care

Study Explores the Impact of Prediagnosis Adverse Financial Events on Risk of Cancer Mortality

A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society shows court-documented adverse financial events of prediagnosis bankruptcy, lien, or eviction were associated with increased risk of all-cause...

Lung Cancer

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab and Chemotherapy Shows Significant OS Benefit at 5 Years in Resectable NSCLC

Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival rates at 5 years compared with chemotherapy alone before surgery in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer ...

Colorectal Cancer

Married People May Have Better Colorectal Cancer Outcomes, Study Shows

Marital status significantly impacts survival rates for patients with colorectal cancer, according to a new Fox Chase Cancer Center study that was presented at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 3...

Leukemia

Investigational Menin Inhibitor Under Study in NPM1-Mutant AML

The investigational agent ziftomenib, a menin-MLL inhibitor, demonstrated activity in patients with relapsed or refractory NPM1-mutant acute myeloid leukemia (AML), regardless of prior venetoclax trea...

Prostate Cancer

Niraparib Plus Abiraterone in HRR-Mutant Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

Results from the international phase III AMPLITUDE clinical trial found that adding niraparib to abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (AAP) may help to slow cancer growth for people with metastatic cas...

lung cancer

Rami Manochakian, MD, FASCO, on Tarlatamab vs Chemotherapy for Second-Line Treatment of SCLC: Expert Point of View

Rami Manochakian, MD, FASCO, of Mayo Clinic Florida, offers his thoughts on findings from the primary analysis of the phase III DeLLphi-304 trial, which compared tarlatamab-dlle, a bispecific T-cell e...

Thyroid Cancer

Presurgical Combination Therapy Boosts Survival in Rare Thyroid Cancer, Study Finds

A presurgical combination therapy including pembrolizumab plus dabrafenib and trametinib significantly improved survival in patients with rare BRAF V600E–mutated anaplastic thyroid cancer compared wit...

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