Search Results
Your search for The A matches 34284 pages
Showing 1 - 50
Elizabeth Smyth, MD, on New Data in Gastric/Gastroesophageal Cancers
Elizabeth Smyth, MD, of Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, discusses three major studies presented at this year’s meeting: the antibody-drug conjugate izalontamab brengitecan in recurrent or metasatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (Abstract 4008); the ATTRACTION-6...
Katharina C. Kaehler, MD, on Daromun in Resectable Locally Advanced Melanoma: Trial Updates
Katharina C. Kaehler, MD, of University Hospital (UKSH), Campus Kiel, presents an update on the primary outcome and sensitivity analyses from the PIVOTAL phase III trial of daromun, a combination of two fibronectin-targeting immunocytokines (L19IL2 and L19TNF), as a neoadjuvant intralesional...
Dor Abelman, BS, on Multiple Myeloma: cfDNA WGS vs Plasma Proteomics for Minimally Invasive MRD Assessment
Dor Abelman, BS, of the University of Toronto, reviews results of a comparison of two minimally invasive measurable residual disease (MRD) assays—BM-informed cfDNA whole-genome sequencing (cfWGS) and plasma proteomic MRD (EasyM)—in patients with multiple myeloma (Abstract 7546).
Coming Out in the Exam Room
Preparing for a patient I was going to see in breast oncology clinic, I noticed she was single and that her partner was female. The information system at the hospital I was working in included a patient photograph along with the usual demographic and clinical information. The photograph had caught ...
I’ve Beaten the Odds for Stage IV Lung Cancer
I learned that I had advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) soon after a physician in the emergency department handed me the results of a computed tomography (CT) scan, which showed that I had lesions on my L3 and L4 vertebrae. The report stated that these lesions “were highly concerning ...
‘I’d Like to Agree With You…But Then We Would Both Be Wrong’
I am pleased to respond to the Letter to the Editor from Davis and Wolinsky printed in this issue of The ASCO Post, disagreeing with my views about screening for prostate cancer.In brief, the key points of my commentary were as follows: PSA is a useful tool in the management of prostate cancer;...
Prostate Cancer Screening Controversies
We read with interest the recent commentary by Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO, FRACP, on ‘Prostate Screening Saved My Life’ Is That Really True in Most Cases?’ (The ASCO Post, April 25, 2026).1 As patient advocates, we agree with Dr. Raghavan on one important point: simplistic claims such as...
Advancing Clinical Trials and Decision-Making With Synthetic Real-World Data
Synthetic real-world data generated by AI can model treatment patterns and clinical outcomes across large patient cohorts while accelerating clinical trials and drug development, according to Eddy Saad, MD, MSc, a Research Fellow in Medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. During a presentation...
How New York City—and the Nation—Got Its First Cancer Hospitals
Editor’s Note: On May 1, 2026, The New York Historical, an American history museum and library in New York City, published the following blog post by Leland Jasperse, PhD, in its From the Stacks collection. The story, “How New York City—and the Nation—Got Its First Cancer Hospitals,” chronicles the ...
Physician-Scientist Albert B. Deisseroth, MD, PhD Dies at 84
Albert B. Deisseroth, MD, PhD, of Potomac, Maryland, passed away November 6, 2025, at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Albert B. Deisseroth was born in 1941 in Middletown, New York. He attended the University of Rochester in New York where he earned his Bachelor’s degree. He stayed in...
ASCO Welcomes Proposal to Implement Electronic Prior Authorization Requirements for Covered Drugs in Federal Health Plans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the 2026 CMS Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs proposed rule. The proposal aims to shorten care delays and improve transparency within federal health insurance programs by establishing electronic prior...
ASCO Updates Policy Statement on 340B Drug Pricing Program
Early last month ASCO published an updated policy statement on the 340B Drug Pricing Program in JCO Oncology Practice.1 The update proposes a package of recommendations to expand practice eligibility, address potential abuses, and ensure the 340B program benefits the patients it was intended to...
Expanded Living Guidelines Program Ushers in a New Era for ASCO Guidelines
ASCO initiated its guideline program in 1993 and published the first guideline on colony stimulating factors in 1994.1 ASCO has evolved from publishing one or two guidelines annually to maintaining a robust library of over 118 guidelines with new guidelines added annually. Today, ASCO publishes...
Another Point of View: Reefer Madness!
The conclusions drawn from the study by Johnson et al1 appear overstated and should be interpreted with caution. In the study discussed in this issue of The ASCO Post, investigators compared breast and testicular cancer incidence trends in American states that had or had not legalized the use of...
‘The Science and Practice of Translation: Improving Cancer Outcomes Worldwide’
“Good morning, and welcome to the 62nd Annual Meeting of ASCO! ¡Buenos días, y bienvenidos a la sexagésima segunda reunión anual de ASCO! This is the world’s largest cancer research conference and the premier global platform for oncology innovation! But what brings us together today is not just...
Can Psychostimulants Treat Cancer-Related Fatigue?
A new meta-analysis provides updated evidence that methylphenidate-type psychostimulants—a class of medications that increase dopamine and norepinephrine availability in the brain—can provide meaningful relief for cancer-related fatigue. The study was published in the May 2026 issue of...
Daraxonrasib in KRAS-Mutant Pancreatic Cancer: A First Step in Shifting the Paradigm of Treatment
Wolpin and colleagues have demonstrated in the global randomized Phase III RASolute 302 trial that daraxonrasib, an oral RAS(ON) inhibitor, nearly doubles median overall survival in previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, producing a median overall survival of 13.2 months...
Review of Breast Cancer News and Studies
Among the high-quality abstract presentations at ASCO and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), a few always stand out as particularly meritorious. The ASCO Post asked its Senior Deputy Editor, breast cancer specialist Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, to offer his selection and thoughts on some...
Weighing the Evidence Supporting Aspirin vs GLP-1RAs in Colorectal Cancer Prevention
A study by Jones et al offers a provocative contribution to the landscape of colorectal cancerprevention by directly comparing two pharmacologic strategies with markedly different historical roles in prevention (see sidebar on page 47).1 Aspirin has long served as the benchmark for primary...
A Burning Question: Can Wildfire Smoke Drive Cancer Risk?
Exposure to wildfire smoke was associated with significantly elevated risks of several cancers, including lung, colorectal, breast, bladder, and blood cancers, according to evidence from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial presented in a poster and press...
Geriatric Assessment Is the Future: Retiring Karnofsky and ECOG Performance Status in Modern Cancer Care
The purpose of this editorial is to challenge the continued reliance on Karnofsky Performance Status and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) or Zubrod performance status as primary tools for evaluating older adults with cancer. These measures have been in oncology practice for decades and...
Early Study Finds Intralesional PD-1 Blockade ‘Promising’ for Oral Cancer Prevention
Intralesional nivolumab reduced the size of precancerous lesions and preserved quality of life in patients with oral epithelial dysplasia, according to results from a first-in-human phase I dose-escalation trial presented in a poster and press briefing during the 2026 American Association for...
Society of Gynecological Oncology Names 2026 President Matthew A. Powell, MD
Matthew A. Powell, MD, assumed the position of President of the Society of Gynecological Oncology (SGO) at the conclusion of the 2026 SGO Annual Meeting. Dr. Powell is the Ira C. and Judith Gall Distinguished Professor, Division of Gynecologic On-cology at Washington University School of Medicine...
Four-Year RUBY Data Support Curative Intent With Dostarlimab in dMMR/MSI-H Endometrial Cancer
Four-year follow-up from the phase III RUBY clinical trial showed durable long-term benefit with front-line dostarlimab-gxly, a PD-1 blocker, plus carboplatin/paclitaxel in patients with mismatch repair–deficient/microsatellite instability–high (dMMR/MSI-H) primary advanced or recurrent endometrial ...
Tafasitamab/Lenalidomide Combination vs R-CHOP in High-Risk DLBCL: Phase III frontMIND Trial
In patients newly diagnosed with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma, the addition of the CD19 monoclonal antibody tafasitamab plus the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide (Tafa/Len) to standard therapy led to a 25% reduction in the risk of death or progression in the phase III frontMIND trial....
Digital Tool May Improve Patient Engagement in Oncology Clinical Trials
In a step forward for patient-centered cancer research, a new pilot project reveals that 84% of participants had a positive experience using a newly developed online tool created by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology called the Participant Engagement Portal (PEP). Alliance created PEP to...
New Research Links Low Alcohol Consumption to Elevated Health Risks
Researchers reported there was no protective net effect of any level of alcohol consumption on health observed in a new study published by George et al in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Further, researchers reported that low levels of alcohol use may be associated with elevated health ...
GLP-1 RAs May Reduce Risk of Obesity-Related Cancers
Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) was associated with a 41% lower risk of developing obesity-associated cancers in the short term for obese, nondiabetic patients, according to findings from an observational study published in Annals of Oncology. “Our study found that...
Elizabeth McDonald, MD, PhD, on GLP-1 Agonists and Breast Cancer Incidence
Elizabeth McDonald, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses results from a retrospective cohort study that showed that the use of GLP-1 treatment was associated with a significantly lower incidence of breast cancer, after accounting for age, race, ethnicity, BMI, breast density, and...
Music Therapy Noninferior to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Among Cancer Survivors in Large Telehealth Trial
Guest Editor’s Note: Anxiety is a troubling symptom for many cancer survivors, yet treatment options remain limited. Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be beneficial, barriers to access may limit its use. Music therapy, a nonpharmacologic intervention, has been shown to be effective in ...
Hannah L. Kenny, MD, and Joseph M. Curry, MD, on BCC of the Head and Neck: Neoadjuvant Cemiplimab
Hannah L. Kenny, MD, and Joseph M. Curry, MD, both of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discuss results of a phase II trial of neoadjuvant cemiplimab-rwlc in patients with hedgehog inhibitor–naive basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the head and neck (Abstract 9515).
Pooled Analysis of 5-Year Outcomes With Ultra-Hypofractionated SABR in Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Siva et al, 5-year findings in a pooled analysis of the FASTRACK and FASTRACK II trials support evidence of maintained disease control with ultra-hypofractionated stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) in patients with primary renal cell carcinoma...
Sunvozertinib in NSCLC With EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations
As reported at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting and in The New England Journal of Medicine by Zhou et al, the phase III WU-KONG28 trial has shown that first-line sunvozertinib improved progression-free survival vs chemotherapy in patients with advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
Which Genes Contribute to Early-Onset Breast Cancer in Black Women?
Black women experience disproportionately elevated risks of developing and dying from early-onset breast cancer. New research published by Beasley et al in Cancer reveals the genes that are most likely to be mutated to contribute to these increased risks. In the study of 686 Black women diagnosed...
AML: All-Oral Regimen Safe and Eases Treatment Administration Burden
An all-oral treatment regimen led to complete responses in almost half of all patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who were ineligible for intensive chemotherapy, according to findings from the phase I/II ASCERTAIN V trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine....
Dai Chihara, MD, on a Regimen for Older, Unfit, or Frail Patients With Newly Diagnosed DLBCL
Dai Chihara, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, reviews results from an open-label, single-arm, phase II trial that investigated the combination of epcoritamab with R-miniCVP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone) in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large ...
Walter Weber, MD, on Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Techniques After Mastectomy
Walter Weber, MD, of University Hospital Basel, presents data from the international randomized phase III PREPEC trial (OPBC-02), which found prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR) significantly and relevantly improved long-term quality of life—at the cost of a higher risk of loss...
Laura Alder, MD, on New Data on Combination Therapy, Immunotherapy, and ADCs in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Laura Alder, MD, of Duke University Medical Center, highlights emerging data discussed in the meeting’s oral abstract session on small cell lung cancer, including increased toxicity without efficacy benefit from concurrent chemoradiation and immunotherapy, the intracranial activity of...
Lucy Gilbert, MD, on Overall Survival by Prior Taxane Use in the Phase III ROSELLA Trial
Lucy Gilbert, MD, of McGill University Health Centre, discusses subgroup analyses from the ROSELLA study. Relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel demonstrated a statistically and clinically significant overall survival benefit in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer compared to a weekly taxane; ...
Jamie E. Chaft, MD, FASCO, on Nivolumab After Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy in NSCLC
Jamie E. Chaft, MD, FASCO, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses findings from ECOG-ACRIN EA5142/ALCHEMIST, a phase III randomized trial that evaluated the efficacy of adjuvant nivolumab after standard-of-care adjuvant therapy in patients with resected lung adenocarcinoma without...
Mohammed Al-Jumayli, MD, on a Digital Prehabilitation Model in Older Adults Undergoing Hepatobiliary Cancer Surgery
Mohammed Al-Jumayli, MD, of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, discusses the effects of the use of a multimodal, digitally supported prehabilitation program among adults aged 65 years and older undergoing surgery for hepatobiliary cancer; the model was associated with favorable...
Overall Survival With EBRT in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
In an individual patient analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Moon et al found that treatment of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) was associated with survival outcomes comparable to other treatment modalities such as surgical...
Study Identifies Serious Infection Risks Linked to Antibody-Drug Conjugates
A major real-world study has found serious blood-related side effects associated with antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), an increasingly important class of targeted cancer therapies. Over the years, many novel ADC therapies have been approved for treating various types of cancers. The study,...
SCLC With Brain-Only Progression: Original or Substitute Systemic Therapy With or Without Brain Radiotherapy
In a Chinese retrospective cohort study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lu et al found that adding brain radiotherapy to continued original systemic therapy produced better outcomes compared to brain radiotherapy and substitution of systemic therapy or substitution of systemic therapy ...
Five-Year Survival Analysis: Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab/Pertuzumab Plus Endocrine Therapy or Chemotherapy in HR-Positive/HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
In an analysis of the German phase II WSG TP-II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gluz et al found that neoadjuvant trastuzumab/pertuzumab with endocrine therapy (ET) or paclitaxel were both associated with high rates of 5-year overall survival in patients with hormone receptor...
Erika P. Hamilton, MD, FASCO, on HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Maintenance Therapy Comparison
Erika P. Hamilton, MD, FASCO, of Sarah Cannon Research Institute, talks about a comparison of the efficacy and safety of tucatinib vs placebo combined with trastuzumab and pertuzumab as maintenance therapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer by stratified subgroups (Abstract 1005).
Elena Elimova, MD, on PD-L1 Subgroup Analysis From HERIZON-GEA-01
Elena Elimova, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, discusses the efficacy in PD-L1 subgroups of zanidatamab plus chemotherapy with or without tislelizumab as a first-line regimen for HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (Abstract 4010).
Yashasvini Sampathkumar, MD, on Job Retention Intervention for Patients Undergoing Breast Cancer Therapy: Digital vs Print Format
Yashasvini Sampathkumar, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, presents data on Talking to Employers and Medical Staff about Work (TEAMWork), an English/Spanish intervention. The English/Spanish intervention, delivered as a booklet or mobile app, was developed to improve work outcomes...
GLP-1 RAs May Be Associated With Lower Breast Cancer Incidence
Exposure to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may lower the risk of breast cancer incidence, according to findings from a retrospective analysis presented at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 10506). The findings were also published in JCO Oncology Practice. “While our...
American Cancer Society Updates Colorectal Cancer Screening Guideline
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently released updated guidelines for colorectal cancer screening. The new recommendations reaffirm that average-risk adults should begin colorectal cancer screening at age 45 years and continue through age 75 years for those with a life expectancy greater than...
