In a UK phase III trial (IoN) reported in The Lancet, Mallick et al compared survival outcomes among patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer who underwent thyroidectomy with no postoperative radioiodine ablation vs thyroidectomy plus ablation. Study Details In the multicenter...
In an analysis from the French SAMCO-PRODIGE 54 trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Taïeb et al examined survival outcomes associated with a change in ctDNA from baseline to 1 month after start of treatment in patients receiving ICI treatment with avelumab for deficient mismatch repair/microsatellite...
In a UK population-based study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Watling et al examined the relationship between ever use vs never use of oral contraceptives and the risk of liver cancer. Some findings suggested the possibility of slightly increased risk with longer-term use. As noted by the...
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Kamdar et al, the 3-year follow-up of the phase III TRANSFORM trial showed that lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) maintained superior efficacy vs standard of care (SOC) in second-line treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). ...
In a phase III trial (part of the STAMPEDE platform) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Gillessen et al investigated the survival outcomes of adding metformin to standard of care (SOC) in nondiabetic patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer starting androgen-deprivation therapy...
In a retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, Desai et al examined survival outcomes with the addition of immunotherapy to neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study Details The study involved data from the Flatiron...
In two Japanese studies (SURF-RCT and SURF-Cohort) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Kawaguchi et al compared the outcomes of surgery vs radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Study Details Two multicenter studies were performed, with...
In the 3-year final analysis of the phase III REACH3 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zeiser et al compared the use of ruxolitinib vs best available therapy (BAT) in terms of failure-free survival and duration of response in patients with steroid-refractory or -dependent chronic...
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Joffe et al examined the association of high body mass index (BMI) and low physical activity with increased risk of subsequent neoplasms among childhood cancer survivors. Study Details The study involved data on 5-year survivors of childhood cancers diagnosed...
In a subset analysis from the phase III SWOG S1826 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Rutherford et al compared the survival outcomes of nivolumab plus AVD (doxorubicin, vinblastine, dacarbazine; N-AVD) vs brentuximab vedotin plus AVD (BV-AVD) in patients with advanced-stage...
In a phase II trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Elimova et al evaluated the efficacy and safety of the bispecific monoclonal antibody zanidatamab plus chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of patients with advanced HER2-positive gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. Study Details In the trial,...
In a Spanish-French phase II trial (SPOTLIGHT-203) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Márquez-Rodas et al investigated the combination of the intratumoral agent BO-112 and pembrolizumab for activity in patients with advanced anti–PD-1–resistant melanoma. BO-112 is a synthetic,...
In an Australian phase II trial (COALITION) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Minson et al investigated the addition of glofitamab to R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) or Pola-R-CHP (polatuzumab vedotin, rituximab, cyclophosphamide,...
In a National Cancer Institute phase II trial reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Srinivasan et al investigated whether the monoclonal antibody bevacizumab in combination with the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib showed activity in patients with advanced hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal...
In a French phase II trial (LEANOX) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Assenat et al examined survival outcomes and oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (OIPN) risk associated with lean body mass (LBM)-based oxaliplatin dosing in the adjuvant treatment of stage III colon cancer....
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Agarwal et al, the phase III CONTACT-02 trial examined the survival benefit of cabozantinib plus atezolizumab vs switch of androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer with extrapelvic soft-tissue metastases...
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Steuer et al, findings in a cohort of a phase I trial indicated activity of the HER3-directed antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) in patients with advanced squamous or nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without a...
In a single-center study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, DiNardo et al investigated whether frontline triplet regimens consisting of a hypomethylating agent, venetoclax, and an isocitrate dehydrogenase inhibitor were active in intensive chemotherapy-ineligible patients with IDH-mutant ...
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Kirby et al, 10-year follow-up of the phase III UK IMPORT LOW trial has shown that partial-breast and reduced-dose radiotherapy continue to be associated with similar ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) outcomes compared with whole-breast radiotherapy...
In a phase III trial (POD1UM-303/InterAACT-2) reported in The Lancet, Rao et al investigated the survival benefit of adding the PD-1 inhibitor retifanlimab to carboplatin-paclitaxel in patients with locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. Study Details In the...
In an analysis from a phase III trial (PACE-C) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Tree et al compared early toxicity rates with intensity-modulated moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHRT) vs stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate...
In an interim analysis of a phase III trial (KEYNOTE-689) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Uppaluri et al examined the survival benefit of adding perioperative pembrolizumab to standard care in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Study Details In...
In an interim analysis of the phase III LEAP-015 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Shitara et al examined the survival benefit of adding lenvatinib-pembrolizumab to chemotherapy in patients with advanced/metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. Study Details In the open-label...
In a phase III Japanese trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Saito et al examined the efficacy of adding 5 mg of olanzapine to triplet antiemetic therapy in controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in the overall phase when given after receipt of anthracycline-cyclophosphamide...
In a Canadian study (MATCH) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Carlson et al investigated the effects of mindfulness and Tai Chi interventions on mood in distressed cancer survivors. Study Details In the multisite study, 587 survivors with reported distress, enrolled between 2017 and...
In an update from the UK phase III FLAIR trial reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Munir et al compared the survival benefit of measurable residual disease (MRD)–guided therapy with ibrutinib/venetoclax vs ibrutinib alone in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. An interim analysis showed...
In a study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Neupane et al explored the question of whether cancer treatment and genetic predisposition are primary contributors to the risk of subsequent neoplasms (SNs) in long-term survivors of childhood cancers. Study Details The study involved data from the St....
In a phase III trial (PANOVA-3) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Babiker et al examined the survival benefit of using tumor treating fields (TTFields) with gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in patients with unresectable locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Study Details In the global...
In a phase III trial (NSABP B-51–RTOG 1304) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Mamounas et al examined regional nodal irradiation for activity in preventing invasive breast cancer recurrence or death from breast cancer in patients who had negative axillary nodes after neoadjuvant...
In a phase III trial (BRUIN CLL-321) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Sharman et al compared treatment outcomes with the noncovalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor pirtobrutinib vs investigator choice of idelalisib/rituximab (IdelaR) or bendamustine/rituximab (BR) in patients ...
In a phase II trial (EBIN) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Robert et al investigated the survival benefit of adding induction encorafenib/binimetinib to nivolumab/ipilimumab in patients with advanced melanoma with BRAF V600E or BRAF V600K mutation. Study Details In the open-label trial, 271...
In a phase II trial (Alliance A091802) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zandberg et al investigated the survival benefit of adding cetuximab to avelumab in patients with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Study Details In the U.S. multicenter trial, 57 evaluable patients were...
In analyses from the phase III PSMAfore trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Fizazi et al examined whether [177Lu]Lu–PSMA-617 (vipivotide tetraxetan; Lu-PSMA) improved patient-reported outcomes and delayed the time to first symptomatic skeletal events vs change of androgen receptor pathway (ARP)...
In a retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Oncology, Ricciuti et al examined whether neoadjuvant PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition plus platinum-based chemotherapy showed activity in patients with borderline-resectable/unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study Details The study...
In a phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zandberg et al compared sequential vs concurrent pembrolizumab with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Study Details In the U.S. multicenter noncomparative trial, 80...
In a Japanese phase III trial (RINDBeRG) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Sakai et al assessed whether the addition of ramucirumab to irinotecan would improve overall survival in third- or later-line treatment of patients with advanced or recurrent gastric or gastroesophageal cancer...
In a UK phase II trial (PLATO-ACT4) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Gilbert et al compared short-term response rates with standard- vs reduced-dose chemoradiotherapy in patients with localized squamous cell carcinoma of the anus. Study Details In the multicenter, open-label, noncomparative trial,...
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 platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Relacorilant is a first-in-class selective glucocorticoid receptor...
In a Chinese study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Yin et al attempted to develop a cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentomics–based model for early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Study Details The study consisted of training and validation cohorts from several Chinese...
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 addition of neoadjuvant nivolumab to platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with stage IB to IIIA...
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 elinzanetant reduced the risk of vasomotor symptoms from endocrine therapy for patients with hormone...
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 residual disease (MRD) status in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Study Details In...
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 placebo in patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Study Details In the trial, 415...
In a first-in-human, single-institution phase I trial reported in The Lancet Oncology,1 Lou et al found that autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes genetically edited with CRISPR-Cas9 to target the intracellular immune checkpoint CISH were tolerable and showed evidence of activity in patients...
In a long-term follow-up of the phase III MD Anderson dose-escalated, hypofractionated prostate radiation study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hassanzadeh et al compared hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiation therapy (HIMRT) vs conventionally fractionated intensity-modulated...
In a long-term follow-up of an Israeli phase II trial reported in a research letter in JAMA Oncology, Evron et al compared prophylactic radiation therapy (RT) of the contralateral breast vs surveillance in BRCA pathogenic variant carriers with early-stage breast cancer. Study Details In the...
In a study (VERITAS) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Lentz et al evaluated whether the diagnostic accuracy of navigational bronchoscopy was noninferior to that of transthoracic needle biopsy for malignancy or specific benign conditions in patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules. ...
In a Japanese phase II study (NO LIMIT, WJOG13320G) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Kawakami et al evaluated whether first-line nivolumab plus low-dose ipilimumab showed activity in patients with microsatellite instability–high (MSI-H) advanced gastric/esophagogastric junction ...
In a phase II trial (RAVENS) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Wang et al attempted to determine whether the addition of the bone metastasis–targeting agent radium-223 to stereotactic ablative radiotherapy improved progression-free survival as metastasis-directed therapy in patients...
In a French phase III trial (NEOPAN) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ducreux et al evaluated whether FOLFIRINOX (fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan) significantly improved progression-free survival vs gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma not...