A machine-learning model incorporating both clinical and genomic factors outperformed models based solely on either clinical or genomic data alone in predicting which patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer would have better outcomes from adding CDK4/6...
A novel strategy may increase the activity of dendritic cells and improve immunotherapy outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a recent study published by Morita et al in Cancer Immunology Research. Background Hepatic cancer is a disease with a poor prognosis. Despite...
Researchers have found that dietary changes may help reduce cancer cell growth in patients with prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance, according to a recent study published by Aronson et al in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The findings demonstrated that a diet low in omega-6 and high...
The phase III ZEST clinical trial, designed to evaluate the PARP inhibitor niraparib for the prevention of breast cancer recurrence in patients with circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), failed to accrue enough patients positive for ctDNA, according to results presented at the 2024 San Antonio Breast...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved cosibelimab-ipdl (Unloxcyt), a PD-L1–blocking antibody, for adults with metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation therapy. The approval was granted on December 13,...
Cara Norelli, MS, AGNP-C, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses her presentation on dermatologic toxicities seen in patients with cancer from the JADPRO Live conference recently held in Grapevine, Texas. Ms. Norelli covers the importance of knowing the distinguishing characteristics...
Andrew Tutt, MB ChB, PhD, FMedSci, Director of The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and Guy’s Hospital King’s College, London, discusses longer-term follow-up of OlympiA, a phase III, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of...
Implementing the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Geriatric Surgery Verification program may help to improve postoperative outcomes and preserve independence in older patients with cancer undergoing major abdominal procedures, according to a recent study published by Jimenez et al in the Journal...
Nan Chen, MD, of the University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, discusses the impact of anthracyclines in high genomic risk node-negative HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer (Abstract GS3-03).
Researchers have examined whether the antibody-drug conjugate fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) may improve progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancer who have undergone prior hormone-based therapies, according to recent findings presented by Bardia et al at the 2024...
For patients with “good-risk” ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent breast-conserving surgery and did not receive radiotherapy, tamoxifen significantly decreased the risk of recurrence in the same breast, according to results presented at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium...
Patients with intermediate-risk breast cancer had similar rates of 10-year overall survival whether or not they underwent chest wall irradiation after mastectomy, according to results from the BIG 2-04 MRC SUPREMO clinical trial, presented by Ian Kunkler, MA, MB BChir, of the University of...
Kathryn Newlin, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, of Washington University in St. Louis, discusses her presentation on HR+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer from the JADPRO Live conference recently held in Grapevine, Texas. Kathryn covers factors involved in treatment selection for this patient population, including...
Adrienne Waks, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, discusses the randomized phase II trial comparing neoadjuvant paclitaxel/margetuximab/pertuzumab vs paclitaxel/trastuzumab/pertuzumab in patients with stage II-III HER2-positive breast cancer. This trial is being done to determine how well ...
Aditya Bardia, MD, of UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, presents the additional analysis of the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab deruxtecan vs physician’s choice of chemotherapy by pace of disease progression on prior endocrine-based therapy from DESTINY-Breast06 (Abstract...
Mafalda Oliveira, MD, PhD, of Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Spain, presented the primary results of SOLTI VALENTINE, a neoadjuvant randomized phase II trial of HER3-DXd alone or in combination with letrozole for high-risk hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer (Abstract...
Sibylle Loibl, MD, PhD, of the German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg, Germany, presented primary results of the randomized phase III PADMA trial comparing first-line endocrine therapy plus palbociclib vs standard mono-chemotherapy in women with high-risk HER2-negative/HR-positive metastatic breast...
Researchers have revealed that high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation may not benefit patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who are in remission following initial treatment, according to new findings presented by Fenske et al at the 2024 American Society of...
The addition of blinatumomab to chemotherapy may improve disease-free survival in pediatric patients newly diagnosed with National Cancer Institute (NCI) standard-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at average or high risk of relapse, according to new findings presented by Rau et al at...
Patients with low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent active monitoring and those who received upfront treatment reported comparable physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes, according to results from the COMET trial presented at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium...
Among patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), those who underwent active monitoring had similar 2-year invasive ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence rates as those who underwent guideline-concordant treatment, according to results from the...
Justin Arnall, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP, of Atrium Health Specialty Pharmacy Service in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses his JADPRO Live presentation on critical considerations when planning for cancer-related procedures in patients with hereditary/congenital as well as acquired bleeding disorders.
Tiffany Traina, MD, FASCO, is Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she has been a medical oncologist on the Breast Medicine Service since 2006. Dr. Traina is also the Section Head of the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Clinical Research Program. In ...
Consuming a high-fiber diet after undergoing stem cell transplantation may help to reduce the risk of graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) by cultivating a healthy gut microbiome, according to research presented by Paredes et al at the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting &...
Researchers have found that the noncovalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTK) pirtobrutinib may offer superior progression-free survival in adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), according to recent findings presented by Sharman et al at the 2024...
A combination of the oral drugs acalabrutinib and venetoclax may be more effective at improving progression-free survival and minimizing serious adverse events in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) compared with one of two standard multidrug treatment regimens,...
Recent data suggest that a plant-based diet rich in fiber may help to improve the outlook for people with precursor conditions that can lead to multiple myeloma. The research, which involved a 12-week controlled diet with additional health coaching for 20 patients as well as experiments in mice, is ...
Erik Thiele Orberg, MD, PhD, of University Hospital Regensburg, shares findings of a longitudinal, prospective study investigating microbial and metabolite recovery in the post-transplant period. He discusses how these findings could have significant implications for future microbiome-modulating...
Hannah Choe, MD, of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital, reviews results from a secondary analysis of the phase 2 AGAVE-201 study, which assessed axatilimab, an anti-colony stimulating factor 1 receptor monoclonal antibody, in the setting of chronic...
Natalie Wuliji, DO, and Mohamed Sorror, MD, MSc, of Fred Hutch Cancer Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, presented results of a prospective, multicenter observational study across 13 predominantly academic centers enrolling adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia. The...
Jenny Paredes, PhD, of City of Hope National Medical Center, discusses a study investigating the effects of dietary fiber on acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). The researchers evaluated a preclinical mouse model of GVHD with...
Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, discusses the primary endpoint evaluation of a phase II trial of the triplet regimen of acalabrutinib, venetoclax, and obinutuzumab in a population of patients with TP53-aberrrant chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The triplet...
John O. Mascarenhas, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses early results from the ongoing phase I/IB IMproveMF trial, which is evaluating the safety and activity of the novel combination of imetelstat and ruxolitinib in patients with intermediate- or high-risk myelofibrosis...
John O. Mascarenhas, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the results of the phase III BOREAS study evaluating the efficacy and safety of single-agent navtemadlin vs best available therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory myelofibrosis who had previously received JAK...
Timothy S. Fenske, MD, of the Medical College of Wisconsin presented an initial report from the ECOG-ACRIN EA4151 phase III randomized trial exploring outcomes of autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (ASCT) in mantle cell lymphoma. The researchers randomized patients in first complete...
Rachel E. Rau, MD, of Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Sumit Gupta, MD, PhD, of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, review results from Children’s Oncology Group Study AALL1731, which assessed the addition of blinatumomab to chemotherapy in newly diagnosed childhood standard-risk B-cell...
Nitin Jain, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, discusses the results of a recent trial (Abstract 1011) evaluating the time-limited, combination therapy of the noncovalent Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor pirtobrutinib with the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax and the CD20 ...
Danielle Wolfe Cohen, MD, of the William L. Carroll Laboratory at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, describes data illuminating the role of an inflammatory phenotype in driving clonal evolution in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The new findings may indicate promising avenues...
Anne Sophie Michallet, MD, PhD, of Centre Léon Bérard Hospital, Lyon, France, discusses the final results of the phase II ERADIC trial (Abstract 584), which compared measurable residual disease (MRD)-guided therapy with ibrutinib and venetoclax with a standard combination regimen in patients with...
A bacterial toxin may accelerate the spread of colorectal cancer to other parts of the body, according to a recent study published by He et al in Cell Host & Microbiome. The findings could pave the way for novel tools to detect metastatic colorectal cancer early and determine which patients may ...
The antibody loncastuximab tesirine may offer a benefit in patients with high-risk follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma, according to the findings of two clinical trials presented by Alderuccio et al and Lossos et al at the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting &...
The experimental drug rilzabrutinib was well tolerated and generated an increase in platelet counts among some adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who had not experienced lasting improvements with other available ITP treatments, according to the results of a phase III trial. These findings...
Findings from a series of studies conducted in mice, human tissues, and healthy volunteers suggest that a ketogenic diet may enhance the effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. The results point to β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), a substance produced when a ketogenic diet is...
Jennifer R. Brown, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, discusses the findings from the prespecified interim analysis of the phase III AMPLIFY trial (Abstract 1009), which compared fixed-duration acalabrutinib/venetoclax—with or without obinutuzumab—with investigator’s choice of...
Maayan Levy, PhD, and Marco Ruella, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, discuss findings on whether ketogenic diet-derived BHB can be provided as a dietary intervention to augment CAR-T function in multiple cancer models. The results of this study will be translated...
Nikolaos Katsivelos, MD, and John Levine, MD, MS, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report on an investigation into the potential for serial monitoring of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) symptom severity and MAGIC algorithm probabilities in patients with clinical and biomarker-defined...
Jennifer R. Brown, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, discusses the findings from the prespecified interim analysis of the phase III AMPLIFY trial (Abstract 1009), which compared fixed-duration acalabrutinib/venetoclax—with or without obinutuzumab—with investigator’s choice of...
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), an SABCS cosponsor, will honor two researchers for their significant contributions to breast cancer research during the 2024 SABCS. 2024 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research ...
Intense pain on the right side of my lower rib cage, in 2020, sent me first to my chiropractor for relief and then to my primary care provider for tests. Because of the location of the pain, the chiropractor thought I might be having a gallbladder attack, but the results from a urine test showed a ...
Metformin may strengthen the effects of immunotherapy and improve recurrence-free survival in patients with lung cancer with overweight or obesity, according to a recently published article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.1 The investigators looked at data from two groups of...