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Lung Cancer

Overall Survival Risk for VATS vs Open Lobectomy for Early Lung Cancer

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) led to a 21% reduction in the risk of death compared with open lobectomy for patients with early-stage lung cancer, in a meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing the two approaches. Results of the meta-analysis were presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC; Abstract PL03.13).

 

Leukemia

Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy and Infection Risks in CLL

Immunoglobulin replacement therapy did not lead to a reduction in the risk for serious infections leading to hospitalizations for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to the results of a real-world Australian cohort study published in Blood AdvancesThis finding is at odds with the increased clinical use of immunoglobulin therapy for patients with CLL to try to reduce infection risks. 

Bladder Cancer

FDA Approves Gemcitabine Intravesical System for Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the gemcitabine intravesical system (Inlexzo) for adults with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors. The gemcitabine intravesical system is co-packaged with a urinary catheter and stylet used for insertion through the urinary catheter into the bladder.


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Lung Cancer

Novel Targeted Agent Under Study in MTAP-Deleted NSCLC

BMS-986504, a first-in-class agent targeting MTAP, demonstrated antitumor activity in heavily pretreated patients with MTAP-deleted non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to findings from the phase I/II CA240-0007 trial presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC; Abstract OA08.01). Higher response rates were seen among patients with EGFR or ALK alterations who would have been ineligible for immunotherapy, even though these subgroups were smaller, in findings from the dose-escalation and dose-expansion phases of the study among patients with NSCLC.

 

Solid Tumors

FDA Approves Kinase Inhibitor for Pediatric Patients With NF1

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved selumetinib (Koselugo) granules and capsules for pediatric patients aged 1 year and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who have symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas (PN). The FDA previously approved selumetinib capsules for pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with NF1 who have symptomatic, inoperable PN.

 

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