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An analysis from the phase III CheckMate 77T trial confirms that perioperative nivolumab does not compromise health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including those with stage III N2 disease. These results were presented at the...
All-Trans Retinoic Acid and Arsenic Trioxide in High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Platzbecker et al, the European intergroup phase III APOLLO trial showed that an all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) plus arsenic trioxide (ATO; ATRA-ATO)–based regimen was associated with improved event-free survival vs a standard ATRA plus...
A Year of Global Progress Against Cancer—and Persistent Challenges
Despite data from the latest edition of The Cancer Atlas showing that nearly half of cancer mortality worldwide is attributed to modifiable risk factors, cancer incidence and mortality rates continue to soar.1 Globally, approximately 19 million new cases of cancer, excluding nonmelanoma skin...
Inherited Variants in 16 Genes May Double the Risk of Multiple Primary Cancers
Individuals carrying a rare pathogenic variant in one of 16 cancer-associated genes were 1.9 times more likely to develop a single cancer and 2.6 times more likely to develop multiple primary cancers, according to the results of a genetic association study published in JAMA Oncology. These...
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 ...
Farhad Ravandi, MD, on AML: Highlights of Ongoing Research
Farhad Ravandi, MD, provides an overview of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) research highlighted in a session at SOHO, including data on menin inhibitors in NPM1-mutated disease; FLT3 inhibitors in FLT3-mutated disease; IDH inhibitors in IDH1-mutated disease; the role of measurable residual disease;...
Study Finds Personalized Risk Messages Had No Effect in Raising Colorectal Cancer Screening Participation
A randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of providing personalized risk information to patients and their providers about the patient’s risk for advanced colorectal neoplasia has found no difference in screening uptake with either the personalized risk messages or provider...
Could a Nasal Spray Help Protect Patients With Cancer Against COVID-19 Infection?
Use of a daily interferon-α nasal spray could significantly reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection among adult patients with cancer, according to the results of a multicenter, randomized trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The results suggest that the nasal spray could be a potential...
New Report on Breast Reconstruction Preferences Among African American Women
For African American patients undergoing mastectomy, the risk of complications and the postoperative appearance of the breast are among the important drivers of preferences about breast reconstruction, according to a new report published by Shammas et al in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery....
Model to Identify Patients With Clinical High-Risk Early Breast Cancer Who May Avoid Escalated Adjuvant Therapy
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bidard et al developed a model that may identify a subgroup of patients with clinical high-risk estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer who might derive no additional distant recurrence benefit from escalation of adjuvant...
How the AI-Powered ASCO® Guidelines Assistant Is Improving Clinical Decision-Making
This past May, ASCO announced its collaboration with Google Cloud to launch the ASCO® Guidelines Assistant, a new interactive tool that allows clinicians to quickly access ASCO’s evidence-based clinical guidelines to facilitate critical clinical decision-making. Developed with Google Cloud’s Vertex ...
Study Shows That After Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Risk of a Second Cancer Is Low
For individuals diagnosed with early breast cancer, the long-term risk of developing a second primary cancer is low—around 2% to 3% greater than the general population)—according to findings published by McGale et al in The BMJ. The researchers say this information can help reassure many breast...
IDO1 Inhibition Mitigates Diet-Induced Risk of Cancer-Associated VTE in Preclinical Models
Patients with cancer who have a diet high in tryptophan, or protein-rich foods, have an increased risk for developing cancer-associated venous thromboembolism, according to preclinical findings published in Blood Advances. This increased risk could potentially be mitigated by treatment with an...
Addition of Sintilimab to Total Neoadjuvant Treatment in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
In a Chinese single-center phase II trial (SPRING-01) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Tian et al found that the addition of the PD-1 inhibitor sintilimab to chemotherapy following short-course radiotherapy as part of total neoadjuvant treatment significantly improved the pathologic complete...
FDA Approves BTK Inhibitor for ITP
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved rilzabrutinib (Wayrilz), a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, for adults with persistent or chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment. The approval was based on the pivotal LUNA ...
Geriatric Assessment–Guided Approach to Treatment Intensity in Older Adults With AML
Based on the results of a single-center phase II trial published by Bhatt et al in the American Journal of Hematology, pretreatment geriatric assessment in older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) appeared to be feasible, to identify several functional impairments, to help guide the selection ...
Understanding Accelerated Aging in Survivors of Childhood Cancers
Each year in the United States, nearly 16,000 children and adolescents between the ages of birth and 19 are diagnosed with cancer.1 And although survival rates have greatly improved for many types of childhood cancers, with more than 8 in 10 children and adolescents surviving at least 5 years after ...
Government Housing Assistance Linked to Reduced Medical Financial Hardship Among Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors receiving government-subsidized rent were found to have a lower risk of experiencing financial hardships around medical expenses compared with those not receiving housing assistance, according to the results of a cross-sectional study published as a research letter in JAMA Network...
Real-World Incidence and Management of Infusion-Related Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
In a retrospective analysis published in JCO Oncology Practice, Smolders et al investigated the incidence and clinical course of infusion-related reactions among patients treated with at least one monoclonal antibody in routine practice. The study evaluated real-world data to compare observed...
Mifamurtide Plus Chemotherapy for Nonmetastatic High-Grade Osteosarcoma
In a pooled analysis of the Italian Sarcoma Group (ISG/OS-2) and Spanish Sarcoma Group (GEIS-33) trials reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Palmerini et al found evidence of activity with the addition of mifamurtide to chemotherapy in patients with nonmetastatic high-grade osteosarcoma...
How to Adapt to the Era of AI and the Changing Interactions With Patients: Lessons From a Low-Resource Setting
After 2 decades of practicing medicine across multiple disciplines and health systems, I’ve witnessed the dramatic transformation of patient-physician interactions, and none more dramatic than what I’m seeing in this era of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on cancer care. Early in my...
Adding Dendritic Cell Vaccination to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy
Patients with intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma who received a vaccine of dendritic cells in addition to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and preconditioning cyclophosphamide experienced longer progression-free survival than those who received cyclophosphamide and TACE alone. The...
Identifying CNS Tumors With Multianalyte Cerebrospinal Fluid Test
A novel, multianalyte test has been developed to identify central nervous system cancers from small samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In findings published in Cancer Discovery, the study authors reported that the test, called CSF-BAM, achieved a sensitivity of 81% and a specificity of 100%....
Lu-177 Dotatate in Progressive Metastatic Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas
In an interim analysis of a National Institutes of Health phase II study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lin et al found that lutetium Lu-177 dotatate (Lu-177 dotatate) was active in progressive metastatic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs). As stated by the investigators,...
Survey Finds Discordance Between Treatment Preferences and Clinical Care for Advanced Cancer
Patients with advanced cancer reported in survey responses that their treatment often focused on optimizing longevity over maintaining comfort and quality of life, despite their goals that prioritized the opposite, according to study results published in Cancer. Additionally, the findings...
Disparities in U.S. County–Level Cervical Cancer Screening Coverage Lead to Differences in Outcomes
In a study reported as a research letter in JAMA Network Open, Amboree identified U.S. counties with low or high cervical cancer screening coverage and associated risks of cervical cancer incidence and mortality. As stated by the investigators, “Recent research shows that cervical cancer incidence...
Analysis Shows No Major Racial Differences in Somatic Mutations of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
A landmark study of the tumor mutational landscape of African American women with triple-negative breast cancer revealed that the mutational profile was largely similar with that of Asian and non-Hispanic White women, except for the presence of TP53 mutations in almost all African American...
Association of Germline Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic Mutations and Subsequent Neoplasms in Childhood Cancer Survivors
In an analysis from the Children’s Oncology Group ALTE03N1 Study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zhou et al found a fourfold increased risk of subsequent neoplasms (SNs) among childhood cancer survivors with germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) mutations. Study Details The...
Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancers: Final Survival Analysis From KEYNOTE-585
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Shitara et al, the final overall survival analysis from the phase III KEYNOTE-585 study showed a numeric—but statistically nonsignificant—benefit with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy in perioperative therapy for patients with...
What We Wish We Knew During Fellowship
July marks a significant transition for many professionals, particularly those beginning structured training programs on July 1. This article is designed to support new and current hematology-oncology fellows and trainees in making the most of their training experience. Although not all suggestions ...
ASCO Thanks Richard L. Schilsky, MD, FACP, FSCT, FASCO, for His Vision and Leadership of TAPUR
ASCO extends its thanks and appreciation to Richard L. Schilsky, MD, FACP, FSCT, FASCO, for his decade of leadership and dedication as the inaugural Principal Investigator of the groundbreaking Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry (TAPUR) Study. The ASCO-sponsored TAPUR study is a...
Can Baseline Kidney Function Predict Chronic Kidney Disease After Cisplatin Treatment?
A population-based prognostic study published in JAMA Oncology found cisplatin treatment to be associated with a predictable decrease in the estimated glomerular filtration rate. According to Grant et al, their findings place patients with lower baseline kidney function at the highest risk for...
BWEL Weight-Loss Trial Reports Success for Patients With Breast Cancer at 1-Year Mark
Patients with stage II or III breast cancer who participated in a remote weight-loss intervention program lost an average of 4.7% of their baseline body weight after 1 year, whereas those in the education-only control group gained an average 1% of their baseline weight, according to a recent report ...
Factors Influencing Symptom Burden in Pediatric Patients With Cancer: Insights From Routine Screening
As pediatric cancer survival rates continue to improve, attention has shifted to quality of life and symptom management. While a majority of patients experience problematic symptoms during treatment, these symptoms usually go undocumented and untreated. In a secondary analysis of a cluster...
Adding Everolimus to Chemotherapy Reduces Risk for Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The addition of everolimus to standard carboplatin chemotherapy led to a 52% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with carboplatin alone in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer, according to the results of a randomized phase II trial published in Breast...
Unmet Social Needs Distort Trust in Cancer Information, Study Shows
Researchers have found that unmet social needs was associated with less trust in cancer information received from doctors and the health-care system, according to study findings led by the American Cancer Society and published in Psycho-Oncology. “Public trust in health authorities is so essential ...
Basal Cell Carcinoma: Early Research on a Novel Topical Fluorescent Imaging Technique
A topical fluorescent molecular contrast agent, PARPi-FL (a poly[adenosine diphosphate ribose] polymerase 1 [PARP1] inhibitor–targeted fluorescent contrast agent) detected basal cell carcinoma through intact skin in as little as 5 minutes in ex vivo human tissues, according to new preclinical...
Rare Secondary Cancer After CAR T-Cell Therapy Successfully Treated, Case Report Shows
In a case presentation published in The New England Journal of Medicine, targeted treatment was successful for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma developed after CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma. Using advanced genomic, phenotypic, and functional profiling...
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Guideline-Concordant Pancreatic Cancer Care Among Older Adults
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology Practice, Herb et al investigated racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of guideline-concordant care among older adults with pancreatic cancer. Using data spanning 15 years, the researchers examined whether differences in treatment...
Study Finds Weather Disasters Increase Risk for U.S. Drug Supply Chain Disruption
In 2024, Hurricane Helene triggered a nationwide shortage of the country’s intravenous (IV) fluids after damaging a facility in North Carolina. A similar IV fluid shortage was caused when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017. In a recent, nationwide study led by the American Cancer Society...
Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: How the Guidance Is Changing
Clinical trials have sought to determine the benefit of treating the precursors of multiple myeloma, but as the phenotypes and genomics of this entity are becoming better delineated, the wisdom of early intervention has remained confusing for clinicians. At the 2025 Debates and Didactics in...
Advancing Geriatric Oncology: A Personal and Professional Journey
I would like to begin by sharing a bit of my journey in geriatric oncology. Often, we do not hear the origin stories behind our professional paths, and I believe it is important to reflect on them. I have spent my entire academic career at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where I arrived...
Can Beta Blockers Help Halt the Progression of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?
Researchers have identified a molecular biomarker in triple-negative breast cancers that may inform when beta blockers can play a role in “switching off” tumor progression. These findings were published by Lam et al in Science Signaling. When stress hormones are released by the body’s nervous...
Cancer-Induced Nerve Injury Identified as Driver of PD-1 Resistance Across Tumor Types
Researchers have uncovered that cancer cells degrade protective nerve coverings, causing cancer-induced nerve injury that can lead to chronic inflammation and resistance to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy, according to findings published in Nature. In exploring the role of perineural invasion and...
Nivolumab Plus RP1 Shows Durable Responses in Advanced Melanoma After PD-1 Inhibitor Resistance
Nivolumab in combination with RP1 (vusolimogene oderparepvec), a herpes simplex virus type 1–based oncolytic immunotherapy, showed activity in patients with advanced melanoma who experienced disease progression on standard anti‒PD-1‒based immunotherapy, according to findings from the phase I/II...
Identification of FAP-Expressing Tumors With Radiotracer
In a German single-center phase II trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Pabst et al found that use of the fibroblast activation protein α (FAP)–directed radiotracer Ga-68–FAPi-46 for positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) has shown promising ability to identify FAP-expressing...
Adagrasib vs Docetaxel in Previously Treated Advanced or Metastatic KRAS G12C–Mutated NSCLC
As reported in The Lancet by Barlesi et al, the phase III KRYSTAL-12 trial has shown a significant progression-free survival benefit with adagrasib over docetaxel in patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study Details...
Treatment Rechallenge After Interstitial Lung Disease Related to T-DXd: Is It Safe?
Rechallenge with the HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) after grade 1 interstitial lung disease (ILD) appeared to be safe in a diverse real-world population, including many patients with breast cancer, as presented during the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting.1 The ...
Rural and Urban Differences in Prostate Cancer Recurrence
In a study reported in JAMA Network Open, Balmaceda et al found that rural patients in North Carolina with newly diagnosed prostate cancer were more likely to experience biochemical recurrence than were urban patients. Study Details This cohort study used data from the North Carolina Prostate...
Hybrid AI Approach With Uncertainty Quantification for Mammography Reading Supports Safe Workload Reduction
Investigators have developed and tested a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography images with artificial intelligence (AI) that includes reads from radiologists and a stand-alone AI interpretation of mammograms with an uncertainty quantification. According to study findings published in...
