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Showing 1651 - 1700Addition of Atezolizumab to FOLFOXIRI/Bevacizumab for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
In an Italian phase II trial (AtezoTRIBE) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Antoniotti et al found that the addition of atezolizumab to FOLFOXIRI (fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, irinotecan) and bevacizumab improved progression-free survival in the first-line treatment of patients with...
Survival With Stereotactic Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy in Patients With SCLC and Intracranial Metastatic Disease
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in The Lancet Oncology, Gaebe et al found that stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was associated with “equitable survival” compared with whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in the first-line treatment of intracranial metastatic disease in patients with...
Demethylation and Upregulation of the Oncogene SALL4 After Hypomethylating Therapy
In a study reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Liu et al found that hypomethylating therapy was associated with upregulation of the oncogene SALL4 in a high proportion of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. They also identified the gene region that is demethylated and responsible...
Potential Association of the 2012 USPSTF Grade D Recommendation Against PSA Screening With Changes in Prostate Cancer–Specific Mortality
In a study reported in JAMA Network Open, Burgess et al found that the 2012 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Grade D recommendation against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for all men appeared to be associated with ending of a trend of annual reductions in prostate...
Proposed Second Revision of the International Staging System for Survival in Multiple Myeloma
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by D’Agostino et al in the European Myeloma Network, a second revision (R2-ISS) of the Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) incorporates a risk scoring system that permits delineation of four prognostic risk groups in newly diagnosed multiple...
Risk of Skin Desquamation With Breast Radiotherapy: Does Position Change Outcomes in Large-Breasted Women?
In a Canadian phase III trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Vesprini et al found that receipt of adjuvant breast radiotherapy in the supine position was associated with increased risk of moist desquamation of skin vs receipt in the prone position among large-breasted women with breast cancer. Study...
Longitudinal Liquid Biopsy for Circulating Tumor Cells in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bootsma et al found that higher circulating tumor cell (CTC) enumeration trajectory identified through longitudinal liquid biopsy was associated with poorer survival in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment for metastatic...
Intracranial Efficacy of Lorlatinib vs Crizotinib in ALK-Positive Advanced NSCLC
In a post hoc analysis from the phase III CROWN trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Benjamin J. Solomon, MBBS, PhD, and colleagues found that progression-free survival and the risk of central nervous system (CNS) progression were improved with lorlatinib vs crizotinib in previously...
Real-World Uptake of FGFR-Alteration Testing and Gene-Targeted Therapy for Patients With Urothelial Cancer
In a study reported in a research letter in JAMA Oncology, Nimgaonkar et al found that less than half of patients with urothelial cancer who had received first-line platinum-based therapy underwent testing for FGFR alterations and that less than half of patients with susceptible alterations...
Metformin vs Placebo in Patients With High-Risk Operable Breast Cancer Receiving Standard Treatment
As reported in JAMA by Pamela J. Goodwin, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASCO, the phase III MA.32 trial showed no invasive disease–free survival benefit with metformin vs placebo in patients without diabetes receiving standard therapy for high-risk nonmetastatic breast cancer. Study Details In the double-blind ...
MajesTEC-1: Bispecific Antibody Teclistamab for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
In the phase I/II MajesTEC-1 trial presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 8007) and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine, Philippe Moreau, MD, and colleagues found that the bispecific antibody teclistamab produced responses in nearly two-thirds of patients...
Personalized ctDNA Testing and Late Recurrence in High-Risk HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
In a study presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 103) and simultaneously reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lipsyc-Sharf et al found that personalized circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing was successful in detecting measurable residual disease (MRD) prior to late clinical...
Differences in Germline Variant Spectrum Between Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer
In a study presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 10502) and simultaneously published in JCO Precision Oncology, Veda N. Giri, MD, and colleagues found that Black men with prostate cancer exhibited a lower frequency and narrower spectrum of germline pathogenic or likely pathogenic...
Use of T-DXd in Previously Treated Patients With Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
On May 4, 2022, fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) was granted regular approval for patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received a prior anti-HER2–based regimen in the metastatic setting or in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting and have developed...
Cemiplimab-rwlc Improves Overall Survival vs Chemotherapy in Recurrent Cervical Cancer After First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of California, Irvine, and colleagues, the phase III EMPOWER-Cervical1/GOG-3016/ENGOT-cx9 trial has shown improved overall survival with cemiplimab-rwlc vs...
T-DXd Improves Progression-Free Survival vs T-DM1 in Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Javier Cortés, MD, PhD, of the International Breast Cancer Center, Barcelona, and colleagues, the phase III DESTINY-Breast03 trial has shown significantly prolonged progression-free survival with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) vs...
Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma: 2-Year Follow-up of CARTITUDE-1 Trial
In an analysis presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 8028) and simultaneously reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Thomas Martin, MD, and colleagues provided data from the 2-year follow-up of the pivotal CARTITUDE-1 trial of the anti–B-cell maturation agent (BCMA) chimeric...
Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
In a study presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 2508) and simultaneously reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Naqash et al identified the incidence of major adverse cardiac events among patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer as captured in the serious...
Brexucabtagene Autoleucel in Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma: 3-Year Follow-up of ZUMA-2 Trial
In an analysis presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 7518) and simultaneously reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Michael Wang, MD, and colleagues provided data from the 3-year follow-up of the pivotal ZUMA-2 trial of the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy...
mFOLFOXIRI/Panitumumab vs mFOLFOX/Panitumumab for the Initial Treatment of RAS and BRAF Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
In an Italian phase III trial (TRIPLETE) presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract LBA3505) and simultaneously published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Rossini et al found that mFOLFOXIRI (modified fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan) plus panitumumab did not...
Ramucirumab/Pembrolizumab vs Standard of Care in Patients With Advanced NSCLC Previously Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
In the phase II Lung-MAP substudy S1800A presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract 9004) and simultaneously reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Karen L. Reckamp, MD, and colleagues found that the combination of ramucirumab and pembrolizumab improved overall survival vs...
ATHENA-MONO Trial: Rucaparib Maintenance in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer
As presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting (Abstract LBA5500) and simultaneously reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Bradley J. Monk, MD, and colleagues, the phase III ATHENA-MONO trial found that maintenance rucaparib significantly improved progression-free survival vs placebo among...
Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Biomarker in Stage III or IV Wilms Tumor
In an analysis from a Children’s Oncology Group trial (AREN0533) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Madanat-Harjuoja et al found that the analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in children with stage III or IV Wilms tumor demonstrated high levels of agreement in identifying risk...
Survival and Surgery-to-Radiotherapy Intervals Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women With Early Breast Cancer
In a study reported in JCO Oncology Practice, Taparra et al identified differences in 10-year survival and surgery-to-radiotherapy intervals among disaggregated Asian American and Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander women with early-stage breast cancer. The study used National Cancer Database...
Aumolertinib vs Gefitinib in Patients With Advanced NSCLC and EGFR Exon 19 Deletion or L858R Mutation
In a Chinese phase III trial (AENEAS) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lu et al found that aumolertinib, a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved in China, significantly improved progression-free survival vs gefitinib in the first-line treatment of patients with...
Postoperative Outcomes With Robot-Assisted vs Open Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer
As reported in JAMA by Catto et al, the phase III iROC trial showed that robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion resulted in better 90-day outcomes compared with open radical cystectomy in patients with bladder cancer. Study Details In the multicenter trial, 338...
Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection in Patients With Cancer
In a population-based study based on data from the UK Coronavirus Cancer Evaluation Project (UKCCEP) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Lennard Y.W. Lee, DPhil, and colleagues found that COVID-19 vaccination was effective in preventing breakthrough infection among patients with cancer but less...
Addition of Adebrelimab to Carboplatin/Etoposide in First-Line Treatment of Extensive-Stage SCLC
In a Chinese phase III trial (CAPSTONE-1) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Jie Wang, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the addition of adebrelimab, a novel anti–PD-L1 antibody, to carboplatin and etoposide significantly improved overall survival as a first-line treatment for patients with...
Addition of Everolimus to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for High-Risk Hormone Receptor–Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Thomas Bachelot, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the phase III UNIRAD trial showed no improvement in disease-free survival with the addition of everolimus to adjuvant endocrine therapy for patients with high-risk hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative...
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy in Resectable Stage IIIA NSCLC: Overall Survival and Biomarker Analyses
In analyses from a Spanish phase II trial (NADIM) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Provencio et al found a high rate of 3-year overall survival in patients with operable stage IIIA non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy. Survival was...
Association of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Antiviral Treatment With Risk of Extrahepatic Malignancies
In a Korean nationwide cohort study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lee et al found that patients with chronic hepatitis B infection were at increased risk of extrahepatic malignancies, with risk being reduced among those receiving nucleoside/nucleotide analog antiviral treatment for...
Cancer Mortality Among Black Patients in the United States: 1999 to 2019
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Lawrence et al found that overall mortality from cancer has decreased among Black men and women in the United States between 1999 and 2019, with mortality remaining higher than that among other racial/ethnic groups. Reduced mortality among Black individuals was ...
Addition of Tiragolumab to Atezolizumab in PD-L1–Positive NSCLC
In a phase II trial (CITYSCAPE) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Byoung Chul Cho, MD, and colleagues found that the addition of tiragolumab, an inhibitor of the immune checkpoint molecule TIGIT, to atezolizumab improved objective response rate and progression-free survival in first-line treatment...
Addition of Denosumab to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Containing Two Different Nab-Paclitaxel Regimens for Patients With Breast Cancer
In a German phase IIb trial (GeparX) reported in JAMA Oncology, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the addition of denosumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not improve pathologic complete response rate in patients with breast cancer. They also found that weekly vs less frequent...
5-Year Survival Outcomes With Consolidation Durvalumab After Chemoradiotherapy in Unresectable Stage III NSCLC
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by David R. Spigel, MD, of Sarah Cannon Research Institute/Tennessee Oncology, and colleagues, long-term follow-up of the phase III PACIFIC trial has shown maintained progression-free and overall survival benefits with consolidation durvalumab (a...
Overall Survival Benefit With Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy or Ipilimumab vs Chemotherapy Alone in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Yuichiro Doki, MD, of Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, and colleagues, the phase III CheckMate 648 trial has shown improved overall survival with nivolumab combined with chemotherapy or ipilimumab vs chemotherapy alone in...
Pembrolizumab for MSI-H/dMMR Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma
On March 21, 2022, pembrolizumab was approved for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is microsatellite instability–high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR), as determined by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved test, who have disease progression following prior...
Axicabtagene Ciloleucel for Second-Line Treatment of Large B-Cell Lymphoma
On April 1, 2022, axicabtagene ciloleucel was approved for adults with large B-cell lymphoma that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or relapses within 12 months of first-line chemoimmunotherapy.1 It is not indicated for the treatment of patients with primary central nervous system...
[F-18]FES-PET Assessment of ER Status in Metastases From Newly Diagnosed Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
In a subanalysis from the Dutch IMPACT-MBC study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, van Geel et al found that qualitative whole-body 16α-[fluorine F-18]fluoro-17β-estradiol positron-emission tomography/computed tomography ([F-18]FES-PET) was highly accurate in predicting estrogen...
Does Treatment With 5α-Reductase Inhibitors Impact the Risk of Dying of Prostate Cancer Among Men Without a Prior Diagnosis of the Disease?
In a Swedish study reported in JAMA Oncology, Björnebo et al found that longer use of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia was associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer mortality among men without a prior diagnosis of prostate cancer. As stated...
EMERALD Trial: Elacestrant vs Standard Endocrine Therapy in Previously Treated Patients With ER-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by François-Clément Bidard, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the phase III EMERALD trial has shown prolonged progression-free survival with the oral selective estrogen receptor (ER) degrader elacestrant vs standard endocrine therapy among patients with...
Tazemetostat for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory BAP1-Inactivated Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
In a phase II study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Zauderer et al found that the EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat was active in patients with relapsed or refractory BRCA-associated protein 1 (BAP1)-inactivated malignant pleural mesothelioma. As noted by the investigators, high expression of EZH2 has...
Mortality and Associated Factors Among Patients With Cancer vs No Cancer Infected With SARS–CoV-2
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in JAMA Network Open, Khoury et al found that SARS–CoV-2 infection was associated with a higher risk of mortality among patients with cancer vs those without cancer. Risk vs those with no cancer was increased with younger age, and patients with...
Intraoperative Margin Assessment in Breast-Conserving Surgery Using a Pegulicianine Fluorescence–Guided System
In the INSITE study reported in JAMA Surgery, E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, and colleagues found that use of an intraoperative imaging agent with a pegulicianine fluorescence–guided system (pFGS) was effective in detecting residual cancer in the tumor bed of women with breast cancer undergoing...
Surgery Preference and Surgery Received in Women With DCIS
In an ancillary study of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group E4112 study reported in JAMA Network Open, Fazeli et al found that patient preference of type of surgery and type of surgery received for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) were influenced by preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
Etirinotecan Pegol vs Physician’s Choice of Chemotherapy for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases
As reported in JAMA Oncology by Debu Tripathy, MD, and colleagues, the phase III ATTAIN trial has shown no difference in overall survival with etirinotecan pegol vs physician’s choice of chemotherapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer and brain metastases. As noted by the investigators,...
Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump Chemotherapy vs Resection for Multifocal Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
In a cohort study reported in JAMA Surgery, Franssen et al found little difference in median overall survival with hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) floxuridine chemotherapy vs resection in patients with multifocal intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Study Details The study population consisted of ...
Using a Transcriptomic Profile to Identify Plasma Cell Leukemia–Like Disease in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bruinink et al constructed a transcriptomic classifier for primary plasma cell leukemia (PCL) that identified high-risk PCL-like disease in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. As stated by the investigators, “Primary PCL is an...
Early Postoperative Algorithm-Based vs Usual Care After Pancreatic Resection
In a Dutch nationwide trial reported by Smits et al in The Lancet, researchers in the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group found that algorithm-based early postsurgical care was associated with a reduced risk of the composite outcome of bleeding requiring invasive intervention, organ failure, and 90-day...
Do Electronic Health Interventions Improve Quality of Life and Other Health Outcomes in Patients With Breast Cancer?
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Singleton et al found that electronic health interventions were associated with improved quality of life, distress, self-efficacy, and fatigue vs usual care during or after treatment in patients with breast...
