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Showing 101 - 150New AACR President-Elect and Board Members Announced
The members of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have elected Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, as the AACR President-elect for 2026–2027. Dr. Vonderheide will become President-Elect on Monday, April 20, during AACR’s Annual Business Meeting of Members at the AACR Annual Meeting...
Activity Observed With Novel KRAS Inhibitor in Pancreatic Cancer
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...
PSMA PET/CT Scan Reduces Need for Prostate Cancer Biopsies by 50%
A PSMA-11 PET/CT scan with gallium Ga-68 led to the identification of more aggressive prostate cancer cells in men with equivocal or nonsuspicious findings on multiparametric MRI than a standard biopsy, according to first results from the phase III PRIMARY2 trial presented at the 2026 Annual...
Forgotten Lessons From South Africa
On March 10, 2000, it was a cold Friday morning in Washington, DC. As usual, we the oncology fellows and faculty crowded into a conference room at the NIH Clinical Center in Building 10 for our weekly conference. Before the session formally began, a senior faculty member walked in holding the New...
Women More Likely to Survive Cancer—But Suffer More Severe Side Effects
Women are more likely to survive cancer than men, but face a higher risk of serious and adverse side effects from treatment, according to a landmark international study. Published by Chhetri et al in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the research identified consistent differences...
Optical Genome Mapping Detects Additional Genetic Variants in Nearly 20% of Individuals With Acute Leukemia
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,...
No Recurrence-Free Survival Benefit With Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Recurrence-free survival was similar between adjuvant therapy with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab and placebo in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who achieved a complete radiologic response after surgical resection or local ablation, based on the phase III KEYNOTE-937 trial.1 Presented at...
FDA Consolidates Systems Into One Cohesive Adverse Event Monitoring Tool
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new platform, called the FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS), for analyzing adverse events from drugs and products. The platform consolidates multiple prior reporting systems in an effort to modernize and increase transparency into...
Can Viral Respiratory Infections Increase Lung Cancer Risk?
Severe COVID-19 and influenza infections may prime the lungs for cancer and can accelerate the disease’s development—but vaccination heads off those harmful effects, according to new research published by Qian et al in Cell. University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine researcher Jie Sun, PhD,...
AI Integration in Breast Cancer Screening Increases Detection Rate, Reduces Work Burden
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...
Prostate Cancer: Low Testosterone Levels May Be Associated With Increased Risk of Progression During Surveillance
A new study has found that patients with prostate cancer and low testosterone levels may have a higher risk of their cancer progressing to a more aggressive form while under active surveillance. The findings, published by Lawen et al in the The Journal of Urology, suggest that baseline testosterone ...
Stanford Names Leader for Drug Development and Precision Oncology
Vivek Subbiah, MD, has been appointed as the inaugural associate director for drug development and precision oncology at the Stanford Cancer Institute, with a planned start date in spring 2026. In this role, he will lead the Early Drug Development Program to expand access to innovative treatments...
FDA Releases Updated Guidance on Biosimilar Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new draft guidance to streamline the development of biosimilars. This, and prior versions of the draft guidance for industry, reflect actions being taken by the agency to lower the cost of drugs. “Streamlining biosimilar development...
Prostate Cancer: Does Taking ARPIs and Anticoagulants Together Raise Risks?
In a study of adults with advanced prostate cancer taking androgen-receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) and different types of anticoagulants, investigators found no evidence of an increase in patients’ bleeding or clotting risks, despite previous lab results that raised alarms. These findings were...
AI-Backed Liquid Biopsies Identify Liver Diseases
Building upon the foundation of liquid biopsy utility for the early detection of cancer, analysis of genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation with machine learning classification and modeling can also extend to the identification of liver cirrhosis and other chronic diseases, according to findings...
Activity Observed with Novel KRAS Inhibitor in Pancreatic Cancer
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 (GI) Cancers Symposium.1 Of 41 evaluable patients treated with...
Accuracy of Molecular Inference–Based AI Model for CNS Tumor Diagnosis
In a retrospective study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Lalchungnunga et al tested the classification accuracy of a molecular inference–based artificial intelligence (AI) model (Neuropath-AI) in central nervous system (CNS) tumor diagnosis. Study Details The multi-institutional study included...
Ablation vs Surgery for Small Kidney Tumors
A large national study in Denmark following nearly 1,900 patients over almost a decade found that minimally invasive ablation is as effective as surgery for treating small kidney cancers, with faster recovery and fewer complications. Results of the study were published by Ahrenfeldt et al in...
Combined Tests Could Avoid Unnecessary Cystectomy, Study Finds
Combining a visual inspection of the bladder—systematic endoscopic evaluation—with a blood test to check for the presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) may accurately predict which patients with bladder cancer still have cancer in their bladder after treatment and which do not. These findings,...
Addition of Hormone Therapy to Postoperative Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer
In an individual patient data meta-analysis reported at the 2026 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (Abstract 305) and simultaneously published in The Lancet, Kishan et al found no apparent overall survival benefit of adding hormone therapy in patients undergoing postoperative radiotherapy after...
Fifteen-Year Results From SWOG S0016 Suggest Follicular Lymphoma May Be Curable
Advanced-stage follicular lymphoma is currently considered incurable. But a new analysis of long-term data from patients treated for the disease years ago with standard regimens of immunotherapy and a chemotherapy combination known as CHOP suggests that many of those patients can now be considered...
AI Model May Predict Cancer Risk in Patients With Colitis-Associated Low-Grade Dysplasia
In a new study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johnson et al reported that an automated artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline using large language models (LLMs) can accurately stratify future risk of advanced neoplasia in patients with colitis-associated low-grade dysplasia....
Medical Societies and More Respond to HHS RFI on AI Use in Clinical Care
In time for the assigned deadline of February 23, 2026, medical societies, companies, health-care systems, and more have responded to a request for information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical practice. The Request...
‘Prostate Screening Saved My Life’—Is That Really True in Most Cases?
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening remains one of the most controversial of “standard” medical practices. As recently as the 2026 Super Bowl, one of the more unusual TV advertisements, sponsored by a pharmaceutical company with an interest in prostate cancer treatments, extolled the virtues ...
SABCS 2025: Top Picks From a Breast Cancer Specialist
Among the high-quality abstract presentations at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), a few always stand out as particularly meritorious. Each year, The ASCO Post asks its Senior Deputy Editor, breast cancer specialist Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, to offer his top picks for most...
How the Outlook on Fertility Preservation for Patients With Cancer Is Improving
Each year in the United States, about 90,000 adolescents and young adults (AYAs), ages 15 to 39, are diagnosed with cancer,1 and they are immediately faced with myriad challenges and disruptions in their life stages, including psychosocial distress; interruptions in their education, career, and...
Long-Term Health Risks for Testicular Cancer Survivors Differ by Chemotherapy Regimen
Long-term effects on renal function, cardiovascular risk, and overall health burden in survivors of testicular cancer differed according to the chemotherapy regimen each patient received, according to the results of a large real-world study published in JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive...
I Used AI to Supplement My Oncology Care—It Reshaped My Treatment Plan
A year ago, I was confronting a series of symptoms—including rapid weight loss, abdominal distress, fatigue, and heart issues—that I couldn’t explain. I was just 60 years old and had been in good health, but now I sensed that something was seriously wrong. I made appointments with my primary care...
Introducing ASCO AI in Oncology
In February, ASCO and Conexiant launched ASCO AI in Oncology (ascoai.org), a digital platform dedicated to understanding how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting cancer care. “Our goal with this hub is to empower oncology professionals with knowledge and the tools to adapt to a rapidly...
ASCO’s First Living Guideline in GU Cancers Reflects Recent Practice-Changing Trials on Systemic Treatment of mCRPC
ASCO has published an updated guideline on systemic therapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), representing ASCO’s first Living Guideline in the area of prostate cancer and the first in any genitourinary (GU) cancer.1 “Guidelines will become less useful if...
AI-Selected Biomarker Guides First-Line Treatment Selection in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
A computational histology–based artificial intelligence (AI) platform was able to identify a biomarker that could predict treatment benefit between two chemotherapy options for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, according to the results of a study presented in a poster at the 2026 ASCO...
Microplastics Found in 90% of Prostate Cancer Samples
Microplastics and nanoplastics were identified in samples from 9 out of 10 patients with prostate cancer, with greater levels of these small plastic fragments inside tumors than in nearby normal tissue, according to findings from a small pilot study that will be presented at the upcoming 2026 ASCO...
Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants and Cancer Risk
U.S. counties located closer to operational nuclear power plants (NPPs) have higher rates of cancer mortality than those located farther away, according to a new study published by Alwadi et al in Nature Communications. The study is the first of the 21st century to analyze proximity to NPPs and...
Can a New Testing Method Allow More Patients With Bladder Cancer to Avoid Radical Cystectomy?
Researchers have reported findings that may help redefine treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a potentially aggressive form of the disease that is traditionally treated with surgical removal of the bladder. The study, published by Matthew D. Galsky, MD, and colleagues in the ...
Acral Melanoma: Ancestry and Genetics Impact Outcomes
A genetic study of Mexican patients with acral melanoma revealed that the cancer subtype encompasses three groups that may each have distinct gene expressions associated with different survival outcomes, according to findings published in Nature. “We found that acral melanoma is not a single...
Survival Outcomes With or Without Bilateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in BRCA1/BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers
In a UK study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gandhi et al found that whereas breast cancer incidence was reduced with bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (BRRM) among women carrying BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic variants, no difference vs surveillance was observed in breast cancer–specific...
Does Diabetes Increase Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm Risk?
Longer duration of diabetes is associated with a modestly increased risk of developing pancreatic cystic neoplasms, based on the results of a Korean nationwide population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open. Cho et al noted that the association was more pronounced among younger...
Genetics Pioneer Zsofia K. Stadler, MD, to Lead JCO Precision Oncology
Zsofia K. Stadler, MD, has been appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of JCO Precision Oncology (JCO PO), an ASCO journal. JCO PO is a peer-reviewed, online-only journal publishing original research, reports, opinions, and reviews that advance the science and practice of precision oncology and...
Pleurectomy/Decortication Safe in Select Patients With Pleural Mesothelioma
Pleurectomy/decortication can be completed safely in select patients with pleural mesothelioma with low postoperative mortality, according to findings from a study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. “Our findings show that pleurectomy/decortication can be done safely when patients are...
Cardiovascular Effects and Risk Factors Identified With BRAF and MEK Inhibition in Melanoma
In a prospective, longitudinal cohort study published in JACC: CardioOncology by Glen et al, cancer therapy–related cardiac dysfunction and hypertension were found to be common cardiovascular adverse events among patients with melanoma who received BRAF or MEK inhibitor therapy. Nearly half of...
Cancer Surgery Outcomes Similar Between Rural and Urban Facilities
Patients in rural areas who received surgery locally for their lung or colon cancer had comparable surgical outcomes and mortality rates to patients who underwent surgery in an urban facility, according to the results of an analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons....
ASH Guidelines on Management of Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory ALL in AYA Patients
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) released guidelines on front-line management of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in adolescents and young adults (AYAs), as well as the management of relapsed or refractory disease in this population. Both guidelines, grounded in evidence-based practice,...
Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer: Treatment Strategies After Denosumab Discontinuation in Patients Treated With Aromatase Inhibitors
Aromatase inhibitors are a cornerstone of adjuvant therapy for hormone receptor–positive breast cancer, significantly reducing recurrence and mortality. However, by suppressing estrogen production, aromatase inhibitors can accelerate bone loss and increase fracture risk. To counter this,...
Oncolytic Virus Triggers Immune System Against Glioblastoma Cells
Treatment with a single injection of an oncolytic virus induces persistent T cell–mediated immunity in glioblastoma, according to findings from a trial published in Cell. “Patients with glioblastoma have not benefited from immunotherapies that have transformed patient care in other cancer types...
Early Results Demonstrate Safety and Efficacy of Mutant Calreticulin–Specific Monoclonal Antibody in Myelofibrosis
In patients with CALR exon 9–mutated myelofibrosis who were resistant or intolerant to prior Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor therapy or ineligible for such treatment, the first-in-class mutant calreticulin–specific monoclonal antibody INCA033989 as monotherapy or in combination with ruxolitinib...
Epcoritamab Plus R2 in Follicular Lymphoma: A Potential New Treatment Standard
In patients with follicular lymphoma who received at least one prior line of therapy, the combination of the bispecific antibody epcoritamab-bysp and rituximab–lenalidomide (R2) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by almost 80% over R2 alone, based on the primary analysis of the phase...
Highlights From the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition
At this year’s American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Orlando, we had the opportunity to navigate both manned and unmanned traffic, contend with temperamental weather, and count our steps as we took in the most consequential developments in hematologic oncology....
Self-Acupressure May Ease Fatigue in Ovarian Cancer Survivors
In a phase III single-blind randomized clinical trial reported in JAMA Network Open, Zick et al found that self-acupressure—taught via a mobile app—provided a safe, low-cost approach for managing fatigue in ovarian cancer survivors. “In this randomized clinical trial, true self-acupressure and sham ...
MajesTEC-3: ‘Unprecedented’ Benefit in Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma
For patients with previously treated multiple myeloma, the greatest risk reduction yet achieved in a phase III clinical trial was reported with the BCMA-directed CD3 T-cell engager teclistamab-cqyv plus daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj. Treatment with this combination resulted in an 83% reduction ...
In Head-to-Head Comparison, Fixed-Duration Treatment Noninferior to Continuous for Previously Untreated CLL
Based on the phase III CLL17 trial, a fixed duration of targeted treatment demonstrated noninferiority to continuous treatment with respect to progression-free survival in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The findings were presented at the Plenary Session of...
