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Showing 301 - 350Sacituzumab Tirumotecan Improves Survival in EGFR-Mutated NSCLC After Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Failure
Sacituzumab tirumotecan, a novel TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate, was found to significantly improve both progression-free and overall survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had experienced disease progression following...
Pancreatic Cancer: Mild Duct Dilation May Serve as Early Indicator in High-Risk Patients
Mild dilation of the main pancreatic duct without an apparent obstructing mass may be an independent risk factor for neoplastic progression to pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals, according to findings from an analysis published in Gastro Hep Advances. “We are identifying pancreas duct...
Long-Term Continuous Nirogacestat in Adults With Desmoid Tumors
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Ratan et al, long-term follow-up in the phase III DeFi trial has shown maintained benefits with prolonged nirogacestat treatment in patients with desmoid tumors. Study Details In the double-blind trial, 142 patients with progressing desmoid tumors...
Preliminary Activity of LuPSMA-I&T Plus Ra-223 in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer With Bone Metastasis
In an interim analysis of an Australian single-center phase I/II trial (AlphaBet) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Kostos et al found that the combination of lutetium Lu-177–labeled PSMA–I&T (LuPSMA-I&T) and the bone-seeking alpha-emitter radium Ra-223 dichloride (Ra-223) was active in...
Ezabenlimab, Induction Chemotherapy, and Adaptive Chemoradiotherapy in Stage III Squamous Cell Anal Carcinoma
In a French phase II trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Kim et al found that the combination of the PD-1 inhibitor ezabenlimab and induction chemotherapy with modified docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (mDCF) and adaptive chemoradiotherapy was active in patients with treatment-naive stage...
Transfusion Access Central to Hospice Decision-Making Among Patients With Blood Cancers
Based on the results of a multicenter cross-sectional survey study published in JAMA Network Open by Raman et al, patients with blood cancer who were potentially hospice-eligible placed the greatest importance on transfusion access compared with routine hospice services. “The high value placed on...
Exercise Training Improves Strength and Quality of Life for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Supervised aerobic and resistance exercise can improve the physical performance and strength of patients living with metastatic breast cancer, according to new data from the PREFERABLE-EFFECT study that was presented by Anne May, PhD, during the Advanced Breast Cancer Eighth International Consensus ...
Survey Highlights Unmet Needs Among Young Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Almost half of all women (48%) under the age of 40 who are living with advanced breast cancer have children under the age of 18, and 64% of these young patients also experience employment disruptions after they are diagnosed, according to findings from a survey conducted by the Young Survival...
Global Report Highlights Decade of Uneven Progress in Advanced Breast Cancer Care
ABC Global Alliance's landmark Advanced Breast Cancer Global Decade Report 2015–2025 was recently released and published in The Breast. The report highlights significant advancements made over the past decade that have transformed care for patients with advanced breast cancer, but also reveals gaps ...
HER3-DXd in Patients With Active Brain Metastases From NSCLC and Breast Cancer
In the phase II TUXEDO-3 trial—reported in two articles in The Lancet Oncology—Fuereder et al and Bartsch et al found that the topoisomerase-1 HER3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) was active in cohorts of patients with active brain metastases from advanced...
Study Finds Gaps Exist in Quality of Cancer Care for Incarcerated People
In the United States, the incarcerated population is aging. About 15% of incarcerated adults, or approximately 175,000 people, are now 55 years or older. As the incarcerated population ages, cancer has become one of the greatest threats to their health. And despite the growing prevalence, cancer...
Armando E. Giuliano, MD, To Be Honored With 2025 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award at SABCS
Armando E. Giuliano, MD, will receive the William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award during the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Dr. Giuliano is being recognized for his pioneering work on sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with breast cancer, which has transformed the...
The Consequences of Climate Change on Cancer Development and Patient Care
In 2021, The ASCO Post had a wide-ranging discussion with Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Associate Director of Population Sciences at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer...
Reducing the Impact of Climate-Induced Events on Patients and Oncology Staff
Although 2023 made headlines as the hottest year in human history,1 drawing the world closer to breaching the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement to substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels (and preferably to...
Multidrug-Resistant Ulcerative Colitis: Response to CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy in a Single Case
In a letter to the editor published in The New England Journal of Medicine, Markus F. Neurath, MD, of Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen–Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, and colleagues described the course of treatment in a 21-year-old woman with severe multidrug-resistant ulcerative colitis who...
Immunotherapy Combination Active in Patients With Large B-Cell Lymphoma Who Are Not Eligible for Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
In the global phase III SUNMO trial, the combination of a bispecific antibody and an antibody-drug conjugate was compared with rituximab plus gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GemOx) in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) who were ineligible for autologous...
Safety and Benefit of Radiation Therapy for High-Risk Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Following cystectomy, patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer at high risk for recurrence may safely be treated with radiotherapy and may achieve an improvement in locoregional control compared with observation. These findings, which come from the phase III BART trial presented in a plenary...
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy vs Proton Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer
The phase III TORPEdO trial reported no meaningful differences between intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy at 1 year in terms of patient-reported quality of life, swallowing function, or feeding tube dependence for individuals with locally advanced oropharyngeal...
Adding an Investigational Monoclonal Antibody to Ibrutinib May Allow Patients With CLL to Discontinue Daily Treatment
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent type of leukemia in the Western hemisphere, accounting for between 25% and 35% of all leukemias in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 24,000 new cases of CLL will be diagnosed in the United States this year,...
FDA Approves Daratumumab and Hyaluronidase-fihj for High-Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma
On November 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj (Darzalex Faspro) for adults with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma. Efficacy of daratumumab and hyaluronidase as monotherapy vs active monitoring was evaluated in AQUILA, an open-label,...
A Serendipitous Fall May Have Saved My Life
In the spring of 2024, I was preparing to compete in a Half Ironman triathlon and was not surprised when I began experiencing tightness in my groin. I just figured it was the byproduct of specific endurance training I was doing in each discipline, including running, biking, and swimming, to get...
Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump Chemotherapy in Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
In a Dutch phase II trial (PUMP-2) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Franssen et al found that use of hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) chemotherapy with floxuridine, with or without concomitant gemcitabine, plus cisplatin showed good activity and improved overall survival in...
First-Line Ivonescimab or Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Advanced Squamous NSCLC
In an interim analysis of a Chinese phase III trial (HARMONi-6) reported in The Lancet, Chen et al found that the combination of ivonescimab—a bispecific antibody targeting PD-1 and VEGF—plus chemotherapy prolonged progression-free survival vs tislelizumab—an anti–PD-1 monoclonal antibody—plus...
Extended ERSPC Analysis Demonstrates Long-Term Mortality Benefit of PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer
In an updated analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine, Roobol et al reported long-term findings from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) on the survival benefit of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. The study, which was initiated in 1993, ...
Final Overall Survival Confirms Benefit of Durvalumab Plus FLOT in Resectable Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinomas
The addition of the PD-L1–targeting monoclonal antibody durvalumab to conventional perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel (FLOT) resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival, with benefit seen...
Study Finds Breast Cancer Risk Varies Between Different Hormonal Contraceptives
Some common hormonal contraceptives are linked to a slightly higher risk of breast cancer than others. This is shown by a new study from Uppsala University, in which researchers followed more than 2 million women and teenage girls in Sweden to identify how different hormonal contraceptives affect...
Diminishing the National Cancer Institute Threatens Americans
In an effort to reduce the size of government, the current administration has proposed an across the board 37% reduction1 in funding for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This will result in approval of only 4% of applications2 from scientists at universities and cancer centers, with 96% of all ...
Reflections of a Medical Oncologist: Empathy Matters in Caring for Patients With Cancer
“Someday you will be a doctor, Fazlur, and help people,” were the prophetic words of a mother to her son and the driving force behind the early quest of Fazlur Rahman, MD, to become a physician. Born and raised in what is now Bangladesh, he experienced the death of his mother at the young age of ...
Pembrolizumab Plus Weekly Paclitaxel Improves Survival Outcomes in Platinum-Resistant Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
The addition of the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab to weekly paclitaxel, with or without the VEGFA-targeted bevacizumab, significantly improved progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer, in the randomized, double-blind, phase III...
Deep Learning and Mammography for Identifying Interval Breast Cancers
A deep learning algorithm developed for processing digital screening mammograms, Mirai, was able to detect interval breast cancers and identify women who would benefit from more frequent screenings, according to the results of a UK retrospective study published in Radiology. “If we called back 20% ...
Perioperative Camrelizumab Plus Rivoceranib vs Surgery Alone in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
In a Chinese phase II/III trial (CARES-009) reported in The Lancet, Wang et al found that the addition of perioperative camrelizumab (PD-1 inhibitor) and rivoceranib (VEGFR2 inhibitor) to surgical resection significantly improved event-free survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at...
Carboplatin Plus Taxane-Anthracycline Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
In an Indian single-center phase III trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gupta et al found that the addition of carboplatin to neoadjuvant sequential taxane-anthracycline chemotherapy did not improve event-free survival, the primary endpoint, in patients with triple-negative breast...
My 50 Years in Lymphoma: Lessons Learned?
In the 50 years now since my fellowship training, there have been major advances in the diagnosis, staging, prognostic scoring, treatment, and response assessment of lymphomas. To conjure up the future, we must first appreciate the present by understanding how it arose from the past.1 So, a trip in ...
Investigational Antibody-Drug Conjugate in Previously Treated SCLC
About 13% of all lung cancers in the United States are small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and approximately 87% are non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Together, these lung cancers are the second most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women, excluding skin cancer. Usually a very aggressive...
Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma: PPARG Inhibitor Shows Preliminary Efficacy
Each year, nearly 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer, and about 17,500 individuals die from the disease. Urothelial carcinoma is the most frequent type of bladder cancer, constituting over 90% of cases in industrialized nations. Up to two-thirds of advanced urothelial carcinomas are ...
Glofitamab Plus Polatuzumab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma
In a phase Ib/II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hutchings et al found that the combination of glofitamab and polatuzumab vedotin was associated with high activity in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma, including high-grade B-cell lymphoma. Study Details...
Zenocutuzumab Potential Explored in NRG1-Positive Cholangiocarcinoma
Zenocutuzumab-zbco yielded clinical activity in more than one-third of patients with cholangiocarcinoma and an NRG1 fusion, according to findings from the phase II eNRGy trial presented at the 2025 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics (Abstract ...
Elironrasib Active in KRAS G12C–Resistant NSCLC
Elironrasib, a novel RAS G12C–selective tri-complex inhibitor, demonstrated initial clinical activity and a differentiated safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and KRAS G12C mutations, according to findings from a phase I trial presented at the 2025...
Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Without Radiotherapy in Unresectable Locally Advanced NSCLC With High PD-L1 Expression
In a Japanese phase II trial (Evolution) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Hata et al found that pembrolizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy without radiotherapy was active in unresectable locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) ≥ 50%. Study...
Neoadjuvant Dual ICI Blockade vs Perioperative FLOT in dMMR/MSI-H Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
In an individual-patient pooled analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Raimondi et al found that neoadjuvant treatment with dual CTLA-4/PD-(L)1 immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) was associated with higher pathologic response rates vs perioperative FLOT (fluorouracil, leucovorin,...
HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer: Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Moves Into Earlier Clinical Settings
Two pivotal studies of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) in early HER2-positive breast cancer suggest this antibody-drug conjugate (targeting the HER2 protein) may be moving into the curative setting after having shown benefit in metastatic disease in multiple previous trials. The new...
Sacituzumab Tirumotecan in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC
In a Chinese phase III trial (OptiTROP-Lung-04) reported at the recent ESMO Congress and published in The New England Journal of Medicine, Fang et al found that monotherapy with sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT)—an antibody-drug conjugate targeting trophoblast cell–surface antigen 2—was associated...
Perioperative Immunotherapy Regimen Improves Outcomes in Cisplatin-Ineligible Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
A perioperative regimen of the antibody-drug conjugate enfortumab vedotin-ejfv plus the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab significantly improved outcomes vs radical cystectomy alone in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who were ineligible for or declined cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Results...
FDA Approves Belantamab Mafodotin for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
On October 23, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved belantamab mafodotin-blmf (Blenrep), a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)–directed antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate, in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of adults with relapsed or...
Risk Factors for Valvular Heart Disease Among Childhood Cancer Survivors
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Glele et al identified potential risk factors for valvular heart disease (VHD) in a European cohort of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Study Details The nested case-control study used data from the PanCareSurFup (PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer...
PD-L1 Plus CTLA-4 Inhibition for Renal Cell Carcinoma Following Resection: RAMPART
Combination immunotherapy significantly improved disease-free survival after surgery in patients with primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to results from the phase III RAMPART trial. These findings were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2025 by James...
Cervical Cancer: SLNB Alone vs Lymphadenectomy
In a Chinese phase III trial (PHENIX) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Tu et al found that sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) alone was noninferior in disease-free survival vs lymphadenectomy in women with early-stage cervical cancer and was associated with fewer surgical...
How the Proliferation of Fraudulent Scientific Papers Is Threatening the Integrity of Cancer Research
There is a perception among many scientists that scientific fraud is a rare occurrence, resulting from the actions of a few isolated bad actors. However, an extensive investigation by Reese A.K. Richardson, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Kellogg School ...
Local Consolidative Therapy Enhances Outcomes With Osimertinib in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC
Osimertinib in combination with local consolidative therapy of radiation and/or surgery led to a significant extension of progression-free survival for patients with EGFR-mutant metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to findings from the phase II NorthStar trial presented at the...
Defying the Odds
In early 2023, I began experiencing serious symptoms that were not easily explained away, including deep vein thrombosis in my left leg, extreme weight loss, bruising, wheezing, and shortness of breath so severe that it was difficult to walk my dog more than a few feet without gasping for air. For...
