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Showing 51 - 100Newly Diagnosed AL Amyloidosis: FDA Grants Traditional Approval to Regimen
On November 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval to daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj (Darzalex Faspro) with bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone (VCd) for newly diagnosed light chain (AL) amyloidosis. The FDA granted accelerated approval to the...
Izalontamab Brengitecan in Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
In an interim analysis of a Chinese phase III trial (BL-B01D1-303) reported in The Lancet, Yang et al found that izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren)—a bispecific antibody–drug conjugate targeting EGFR and HER3—significantly improved the objective response rate vs physician’s choice of chemotherapy...
Sacituzumab 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...
Could a Liquid Biopsy Lead to Earlier Diagnoses for Numerous Cancer Types?
Routine screening is limited to only a few cancer types. New research indicates that routine liquid biopsy testing (multicancer early detection testing) could substantially reduce late-stage cancer diagnoses, allowing patients to receive treatment at earlier stages of disease, when they are more...
FDA Approves Ziftomenib for NPM1-Positive AML
On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ziftomenib (Komzifti), a menin inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a susceptible NPM1 mutation who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options...
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...
Model for Predicting Risk of Heart Failure or Cardiomyopathy After Breast Cancer Treatment
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Barac et al developed a risk prediction model for heart failure or cardiomyopathy (HF/CM) after breast cancer treatment. Study Details The aim of the study was to construct a model predicting the 10-year risk of developing HF/CM in women receiving systemic...
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...
Impact of Concomitant Noncancer Medications on Outcomes in Breast Cancer
An evaluation of noncancer medications used concomitantly with cancer therapies for patients with breast cancer showed that proton pump inhibitors specifically were associated with worse survival outcomes and with an increased risk of grade 3 or higher adverse events than other classes of therapy....
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,...
Physician-Complementing Artificial Intelligence in Oncology
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology is advancing rapidly. AI was first used for reading radiology images and analyzing pathology slides. More recently, use of AI has expanded to analyzing large clinical data sets (big data). The next envisioned role for AI in oncology encompasses many ...
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...
Extensive LA-Area Fires Altered Blood Proteins in Firefighters
Researchers have found that firefighters who battled the massive urban fires in the Los Angeles area in January 2025 developed physiologic changes that may increase their risk of diseases, including cancer. The research, which was published by Furlong et al in the Journal of Occupational and...
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 ...
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 ...
Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, on Managing Anemia and Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Myelofibrosis
Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Hematologic Malignancies and the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses management strategies for these two conditions often associated with myelofibrosis. He discusses the role of Janus kinase...
Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Small Lymphocytic Proliferations
The ASCO Post is pleased to present Hematology Expert Review, an ongoing feature that quizzes readers on issues in hematology. In this installment, Syed Ali Abutalib, MD, and L. Jeffrey Medeiros, MD, explore the key epidemiologic, pathologic, diagnostic, and prognostic aspects of chronic...
Physician-Complementing Artificial Intelligence in Oncology
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology is advancing rapidly. AI was first used for reading radiology images and analyzing pathology slides. More recently, use of AI has expanded to analyzing large clinical data sets (big data). The next envisioned role for AI in oncology encompasses many ...
Disitamab Vedotin Plus Toripalimab vs Chemotherapy in HER2-Expressing Advanced Urothelial Cancer
In a Chinese phase III trial (RC48-C016) reported at the recent ESMO Congress and in The New England Journal of Medicine, Sheng et al found that the combination of the HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate disitamab vedotin and the PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab-tpzi improved progression-free survival...
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...
Revumenib Approved by FDA for NPM1-Positive AML
On October 24, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved revumenib (Revuforj), a menin inhibitor, for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with a susceptible nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) mutation, in adult and pediatric patients 1 year and older who have no...
How a $2 Billion Gift to the Knight Cancer Institute May Accelerate Cancer Advances and Streamline Care for Patients
On August 14, 2025, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Phil Knight, a cofounder of Nike, and his wife, Penny, donated $2 billion to the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. The record-setting gift is the largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university, college, or academic ...
Postsurgical ctDNA Testing in Stage III Colon Cancer for Treatment De-escalation
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) was found to be a strong prognostic classifier for patients with stage III colon cancer following surgery, according to findings from the phase II/III DYNAMIC-III trial. Findings from the study presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2025 ...
Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: IMvigor011 Trial Investigates ctDNA-Guided Adjuvant PD-L1 Inhibition
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who tested positive for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after cystectomy may benefit from immunotherapy with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab compared to placebo, whereas ctDNA-negative patients may potentially be spared unnecessary treatment. These...
New Leadership Elected to the American Society of Hematology
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) announced the election of three new members to its Executive Committee for terms starting after the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting, taking place December 6 to 9 in Orlando, Florida. Alison Loren, MD, MSCE, will serve a 1-year term as Vice President followed by...
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Use of Durvalumab Alone or With Lenalidomide Under Study in Phase II Trial
In a randomized phase II trial, Christiane Querfeld, MD, PhD, and colleagues investigated the effects of a PD-L1–blocking strategy for targeting both the innate and adaptive immune systems in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). At the 2025 Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) Annual Meeting,1 Dr....
AML: Alliance Global Study Challenges Age-Based Treatment Decisions
An international study conducted by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and the Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cooperative Group has revealed that age-based classifications in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may be outdated and overly simplistic. Their findings were published by...
Considerations on Cancer Drug Development
In the 1940s, the first drugs proven to cause objective responses in human cancers were developed. Mechlorethamine was discovered as a possible treatment of lymphoid cancers after autopsies on military personnel exposed to mustard gas found destruction of lymphatic tissue and bone marrow....
9/11 First Responder Study Shows How Toxic Exposures May Lead to Blood Cancers
A recent study has found that mutations in blood-forming cells may explain the increased risk for leukemia and other blood disorders among first responders exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site and its toxic dust. The study also points to a novel strategy for use against...
Kidney Cancer Cases Expected to Double by 2050
Projected cases of kidney cancer are expected to double by 2050 due to modifiable risk factors, according to findings and estimations published in European Urology. “Kidney cancer is a growing global health problem, and both clinicians and policymakers need to prepare for this steep rise,” stated ...
Prostate Cancer: Radiopharmaceutical Plus SBRT Delays Progression in Patients With Limited Metastatic Disease
A new clinical trial found that people with a limited number of metastases from recurrent prostate cancer lived significantly longer without disease progression when they received a radiopharmaceutical drug before targeted radiation compared with radiation alone. The phase II LUNAR trial is the...
Impact of Novel Donor Search Strategy on Outcomes for Potential HCT Recipients
In a study (BMT CTN 1702) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lee et al found little difference in 2-year survival outcomes between patients considered “very likely” vs “very unlikely” to find an HLA-matched unrelated donor (MUD) for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation as...
Cancer Deaths Expected to Rise to Over 18 Million in 2050
There has been a rapid increase in the global number of cancer cases and deaths between 1990 and 2023, despite advances in cancer treatment and efforts to tackle cancer risk factors over that same period. Without urgent action and targeted funding, 30.5 million people are forecast to receive a new...
Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer: FDA Approves Imlunestrant for ER-Positive, HER2-Negative, ESR1-Mutated Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved imlunestrant, an estrogen receptor antagonist, for adults with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative, estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression after at least one line of...
Clonal Hematopoiesis
The ASCO Post is pleased to present Hematology Expert Review, an ongoing feature that quizzes readers on issues in hematology. In this installment, Syed Ali Abutalib, MD, and L. Jeffrey Medeiros, MD, focuses on clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (also referred to as CHIP) as well as...
More Tattoos, Lower Risk of Melanoma? New Study Investigates
People with more than one tattoo session may have a decreased risk of developing melanoma—with one key caveat, according to research published by McCarty et al in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. A team led by Jennifer Doherty, PhD, Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator, Co-Leader of ...
AACR Cancer Progress Report 2025 Highlights Breakthroughs in Blood Cancers and How NIH Funding Uncertainty Threatens Advances
The 15th edition of the annual AACR Cancer Progress Report presents a mixed picture of the major advances in cancer care over the past year, including the approval of 20 new anticancer drugs, juxtaposed against the continuing rise in early-onset cancers and disparities in care as well as the...
Osimertinib Plus Chemotherapy Significantly Prolongs Overall Survival in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC
The combination of the EGFR-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib with platinum-based chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival as a first-line treatment for patients with EGFR-mutated, advanced, non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared with osimertinib monotherapy,...
Early Study Results With Novel Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Degrader in Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
In a phase I, first-in-human trial of nearly 50 patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies, the orally administered, small molecule degrader bexobrutideg (NX-5948) was reported to be well tolerated, including in those with a longer duration of treatment and higher doses. Clinical...
Study Finds Insufficient Evidence Demonstrating Clinical Benefit of Multicancer Detection Tests
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently recommends average-risk screening for four cancer types, including colorectal, cervical, breast, and lung cancer (for those with a sufficient smoking history). Despite this, approximately 70% of cancer-related deaths in the United States are due to...
New Liquid Biopsy Test for Early Detection of Head and Neck Cancers
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), human papillomavirus (HPV)–associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is the most common type of HPV-related malignancy in the United States. In 2025, ACS estimates there will be 59,660 diagnoses of mouth and throat cancers, and about...
Cardiotoxicity From the Use of Anthracyclines in Cancer Survivors: Preventive Strategies
Many patients from Europe and the United States have experienced the benefits of anthracyclines in the treatment of an array of cancers, including solid tumors such as breast and ovarian cancers as well as lymphoma. However, a number of these cancer survivors will experience severe chronic cardiac...
DLL3-Targeted Antibody-Drug Conjugate in Relapsed SCLC
A first-in-human phase I study of SHR-4849 (IDE849), a Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3)-directed antibody-drug conjugate, demonstrated manageable safety and early signs of antitumor activity in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The results were presented at the International...
The Implications of the Results From CARTITUDE-1 for Future Research and Care in Multiple Myeloma
The results from the CARTITUDE-1 study showed the remarkable efficacy of ciltacabtagene autoleucel, a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, when used in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after four or more prior lines of...
Do the Results From CARTITUDE-1 Represent a Cure for Patients With Multiple Myeloma? We Need Longer Follow-Up to Know for Sure
The results of the CARTITUDE-1 clinical trial demonstrate outstanding and unprecedented long-term efficacy with ciltacabtagene autoleucel, a B-cell maturation antigen–directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.1 (See the July 2025 issue of The ...
Aumolertinib Plus Chemotherapy Improves PFS in NSCLC With EGFR and Concomitant Tumor Suppressor Genes
New results from the phase III ACROSS 2 trial demonstrated that aumolertinib, an oral third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), combined with platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared with aumolertinib monotherapy in patients with...
Is Cure Finally Achievable in Multiple Myeloma?
After decades of incremental progress in the treatment of multiple myeloma, survival has increased from 3 years in the late 1990s to between 8 and 10 years today.1 Could cure for a disease that kills more than 12,000 individuals each year in the United States2 finally be within reach? The long-term ...
PARP Inhibition Plus Abiraterone Shows Benefit in HRR-Altered Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Use of the PARP inhibitor niraparib in combination with the androgen biosynthesis inhibitor abiraterone acetate and the corticosteroid prednisone reduced the risk of disease progression, both radiographic and symptomatic, in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer harboring...
Can a Common Anti-inflammatory Drug Help to Control Progression of Clonal Hematopoiesis?
Taking low-dose colchicine daily may slow the progression of a common acquired gene mutation found in the blood of older adults that can lead to certain blood cancers and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a subanalysis of the LoDoCo2 trial published by Mohammadnia et al in JACC ...
