Early exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of widely used compounds known as “forever chemicals,” may be associated with a higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to findings published by Vieira et al in the Journal of Exposure Science...
In a phase Ib/II study (OrigAMI-1) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Oberstein et al found that the EGFR-MET bispecific antibody amivantamab-vmjw showed activity when used as monotherapy in patients with chemorefractory RAS/BRAF wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer. Study Details In...
New guidance from the American College of Physicians (ACP) says all average-risk females between ages 50 to 74 should receive biennial screening mammography for breast cancer, and that females between the ages of 40 and 49 should discuss with their doctor their risk for breast cancer and the...
In an effort to help clinicians stay current with rapidly evolving hematology-oncology literature, we are providing these concise, clinically focused summaries of important peer-reviewed studies. These summaries are intended to highlight key findings, study design, and outcomes that may inform...
As reported in The Lancet by Lorusso et al, the phase III ROSELLA trial has shown an improvement in overall survival with the addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Relacorilant is a selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist that acts to...
In a French phase II study (IMHOTEP) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, de la Fouchardière et al found that perioperative pembrolizumab was active in previously untreated resectable localized colorectal cancer with mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR)/microsatellite instability (MSI). Study ...
Exposure to wildfire smoke was associated with a significantly increased risk of lung, colorectal, breast, bladder, and blood cancers, according to results from a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2026 (Abstract 6252). Although it’s known that...
Injecting the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab directly into precancerous oral lesions led to reduction in lesion size and allowed some patients to avoid surgery, according to research from a phase I clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT05327270) presented at the American Association for Cancer ...
A single infusion of the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel led to a 100% measurable residual disease (MRD)-negativity rate in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, according to results from CAR-PRISM, a phase II clinical trial, presented at the...
Elisrasib, a next-generation KRAS G12C inhibitor, demonstrated disease control in a majority of patients with KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whether exposed to a prior KRAS G12C inhibitor or not, according to findings from an ongoing phase I/II clinical trial presented at the ...
A population of patients with highly refractory follicular lymphoma achieved long-standing responses with few significant adverse events from odronextamab monotherapy, according to findings of the ELM-2 study. The study outcomes were published by Tessoulin et al in Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma &...
In a Chinese cohort study (OCEANUS) reported in JAMA Oncology, Zhou et al found that sequential radiotherapy (RT) and immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy was associated with better overall survival vs concurrent RT and ICI therapy in patients with advanced newly diagnosed or refractory...
This is Part 3 of From Diagnosis to Durability: Elevating Outcomes in Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma, a three-part video roundtable series. Scroll down to watch the other videos from this roundtable. In this video, Drs. Yelena Janjigian, Daniela Molena, and Steven Maron discuss the nonoperative...
The antidepressant duloxetine was unable to prevent sensory oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy more significantly than placebo in patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy, according to the results of the Alliance A221805 trial published in JCO Oncology Advances. “Since we know ...
As the data continue to show, the incidence of breast, testis, and other cancers are on the rise in adolescent and young adults (AYAs) between the ages of 15 and 39, with increases of 30% over the last 4 decades.1 And while potential explanations for this rapid increase have included obesity,...
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Besse et al, the final report from the phase I/II ARROW trial supports the efficacy of the RET inhibitor pralsetinib in patients with advanced RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The initial reports from the trial supported U.S. ...
Some therapies used to treat cancer may increase the risk of later developing secondary hematologic malignancies. A population-based study in Japan has revealed a gradual increase in the rates of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (tAML) in recent years—especially after breast cancer treatment. ...
In a phase I trial reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Park et al identified the toxicity profile and preliminary antitumor activity of setidegrasib, a first-in-class KRAS G12D–targeted protein degrader, in patients with previously treated advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or ...
A new study published by Jaoude et al in Clinical Cancer Research demonstrates that a specialized high-dose type of radiation delivery may significantly improve outcomes for patients with large bile duct tumors in the liver, known as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The retrospective study was led ...
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) brought together more than a thousand oncology professionals at the NCCN 2026 Annual Conference in Orlando, with hundreds more joining virtually. This year’s event featured educational sessions on breakthroughs in cancer prevention and treatment,...
Surgical treatment was found to be safe and demonstrate long-term quality-of-life benefits for carefully selected octogenarians with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to findings from a prospective cohort study published in The Lancet Regional Health: Americas. “As our...
Fragments of tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream of patients with breast cancer may predict whether they are likely to experience relapse—especially when samples are taken after the patients have received treatments prior to surgery. Findings presented at the 15th European Breast Cancer...
One-time low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer in a non–risk-based Chinese population led to a significant reduction in lung cancer mortality, according to the results of a prospective, nonrandomized, controlled study presented at the European Lung Cancer Congress 2026...
In a French phase II trial (GCO-001-NIPINEC) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Walter et al found that nivolumab plus ipilimumab showed some activity in patients with advanced gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) or lung large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) after failure of platinum-based...
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Sinicrope et al, the phase III ATOMIC trial has shown that the addition of adjuvant atezolizumab to mFOLFOX6 (modified fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and leucovorin) improved disease-free survival in patients with resected stage III mismatch...
A multipronged artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted approach integrated into routine molecular profiling identified 3.1% of cases submitted as lung squamous cell carcinoma as metastases from other origins, revealing a meaningful rate of misdiagnosis in this patient population, according to a...
In a phase III trial (VIKTORIA-1) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hurvitz et al found that gedatolisib and fulvestrant both with and without palbociclib improved progression-free survival vs fulvestrant alone in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA wild-type...
Research has uncovered that an increase in organ size from hyperplasia due to increased weight may increase the risk for several obesity-related cancers, according to findings published in Cancer Research. “People have long been told that obesity increases cancer risk, but they are rarely told...
For myelofibrosis, the treatment landscape is poised for change as new targets have emerged, and treatments are evolving beyond the standard Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors. Novel therapies are being paired with the commonly used JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib, as reflected by a wealth of studies...
Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Integrative Oncology Scholars Program and Integrative Oncology Fellows Program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (https://sites.google.com/view/integrative-oncology-scholars-/home). Now in its sixth year, the Integrative Oncology Scholars...
POEMS syndrome is a poorly understood and complex paraneoplastic plasma cell disorder characterized by peripheral neuropathy and multisystem involvement, including organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal plasma cell dyscrasia, and skin changes. Clinical manifestations are thought to result from...
A deep learning model can diagnose thymic epithelial tumors with high sensitivity for thymic carcinoma detection, according to findings published in Annals of Oncology. The researchers suggested that the tool could be used to improve diagnostic consistency and support decision-making in settings...
For myelofibrosis, the treatment landscape is poised for change as new targets have emerged, and treatments are evolving beyond the standard Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors. Novel therapies are being paired with the commonly used JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib, as reflected by a wealth of studies...
Patients with leptomeningeal metastasis have historically had few treatment options. Now, researchers have found a combination of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor tucatinib and the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab, plus the chemotherapy capecitabine, may improve symptoms and extend survival in some...
A new analysis suggests that prostate cancer screening may compare favorably with screening for breast cancer in terms of identifying significant cancers, reducing mortality, and avoiding unnecessary harms, according to findings presented at the 2026 Annual Congress of the European Association of...
A novel KRAS G12D inhibitor produced disease control in almost 80% of patients with heavily pretreated advanced or metastatic KRAS G12D–mutated pancreatic cancer in an early-phase study reported at the 2026 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Of 41 evaluable patients treated with single-agent...
As reported in JAMA Oncology by Yang et al, the 3-year follow-up of the predominantly Chinese phase III RATIONALE-309 trial showed a maintained progression-free survival benefit with the addition of first-line tislelizumab to chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal...
Romiplostim was beneficial in treating chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia, according to findings from the global phase III RECITE trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine. “This work has been nearly a decade in the making, and it is so important because there are no available...
In a Chinese phase III trial (CAMPASS) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Zhong et al found that the PD-L1 inhibitor benmelstobart plus the tyrosine kinase inhibitor anlotinib significantly improved progression-free survival vs placebo plus pembrolizumab in the first-line treatment of PD-L1–positive...
New research assessing the efficacy of optical genome mapping (OGM) in a group of patients with acute leukemia has demonstrated that the method provided reliable and robust analytical performance with high sensitivity and specificity in detecting genetic alterations. In nearly 20% of cases,...
A population-level cohort study of 264.4 million deaths across 20 countries found that females born since the 1930s had higher cancer mortality than males between the ages of 35 and 60 years, largely due to breast and gynecologic cancers. Although females live longer than males on average, these...
T-cell lymphomas are notoriously difficult to treat because immunotherapy, despite being one of the most effective therapies for treating cancer, can’t easily distinguish cancerous T cells from healthy ones. Now, scientists at The Wistar Institute have designed a two-vaccine approach that not only...
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, investigators from the Hereditary Breast Cancer Clinical Study Group found that women with ovarian cancer with pathogenic/likely pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants had low risk for subsequent breast cancer. Study Details The study involved an...
In a Dutch single-center phase II trial (CHOPIN) reported in The Lancet Oncology, van den Hoek et al found that the addition of nivolumab and ipilimumab to percutaneous hepatic perfusion improved progression-free survival in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma. Study Details Seventy-six...
Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into screening workflows increased the detection of breast cancer by 10.4% in the United Kingdom, according to the results of the GEMINI study published in Nature Cancer. Additionally, use of AI in different workflows led to reductions in workload by up...
The 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS 2025) featured some exciting presentations. The early breast cancer highlights at SABCS 2025 included the landmark lidERA trial, which explored the efficacy of the oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) giredestrant in the adjuvant...
In a European phase II/III trial (AXINET) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Garcia-Carbonero et al found that the addition of axitinib to long-acting octreotide appeared to show activity in patients with advanced extrapancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (epNETs). Study Details The...
In a Chinese phase II trial (CHANCE2005/CARES-005) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zhu et al found that the addition of camrelizumab and rivoceranib to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) improved progression-free survival in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma....
Researchers have identified that the reporting of venous and arterial thrombotic events in cancer clinical trials is inconsistent and potentially inaccurate, according to a comments article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.1 “Mandatory and uniform reporting of all [venous and arterial...
Short-term exposure to low-dose vaginal estrogen therapy may relieve some symptoms of menopause for younger survivors of endometrial cancer without increasing the risk of endometrial cancer recurrence, according to findings from a study published in Menopause. “Early detection and improved,...