Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) launched the next phase of an initiative to improve how to interpret interim overall survival (OS) data in oncology clinical trials. Building on discussions during the Friends 2024 Annual Meeting, this new effort focuses on developing practical frameworks and...
A group of experts from seven professional societies have published a joint position statement in the Journal of Bone Oncology on the management of aromatase inhibitor–associated bone loss (AIBL) as a guide for osteoporosis specialists and oncologists. This position statement acts as an update on...
In an analysis from the phase III CodeBreaK 300 study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Modest et al found that sotorasib and panitumumab were associated with better patient-reported outcomes (PROs) than standard of care (SOC) with trifluridine plus tipiracil or regorafenib in patients with KRAS...
In a Chinese phase III trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Xue et al found that sequential chemoradiotherapy (SCRT) was noninferior to induction chemotherapy (IC) plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in terms of failure-free survival in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal...
“Neoadjuvant treatment with osimertinib, with or without chemotherapy, should be considered when planning treatment for patients with resectable, EGFR-mutated, stage II to IIIB non–small cell lung cancer [NSCLC],” according to Jamie E. Chaft, MD, FASCO, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and ...
Researchers have discovered that an isoform of the transcription factor RUNX1 orchestrates chemoresistance in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to findings published in Blood Cancer Discovery. They identified that the long-isoform RUNX1C's connection to BTG2 may enable cellular...
In a phase II/III trial (NRG-CC003) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gondi et al found that hippocampal avoidance (HA) in prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) did not improve delayed recall failure but was associated with benefits in...
Mounting evidence suggests that the mitochondria may be a driving force behind cancer. A new report points to the mitochondrial metabolite glutathione, highlighting its central role in helping breast cancer cells break away from the primary tumor, travel through the body, and take root in other...
In a patient-level meta-analysis reported in The Lancet, Braybrooke et al of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group found that adding subsequent years of aromatase inhibitor treatment (AIT) for women with early estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer who had already received 5...
This is Part 3 of Optimizing Management of Myelofibrosis: Balancing Watchful Waiting and Early Action, a three-part video roundtable series. Scroll down to watch the other videos from this roundtable. In this video, Drs. Raajit Rampal, Prithviraj Bose, and Jeanne Palmer discuss the treatment of a ...
Use of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT before undergoing salvage radiotherapy was associated with an improved overall survival and biochemical recurrence–free survival compared those who did not receive PSMA PET/CT scanning in male patients with biochemically recurrent prostate...
Less than half of responding patients with cancer were previously familiar with pharmacogenomic testing and its possible benefits, according to the results of a survey conducted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Of the patients who did know about pharmacogenomic...
ASCO has issued a new update to its living guideline on treatment of stage IV non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with driver alterations based on two recent studies.1 The update, which amends the most recent version published in February 2025, includes a discussion of osimertinib therapy options in ...
The addition of the PD-1 inhibitor sintilimab to ICE (ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide) chemotherapy appeared to significantly improve the complete remission rate and showed a trend toward improved progression-free survival in second-line classical Hodgkin lymphoma, according to Yuankai Shi,...
The results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open revealed an epidemiologic association between postmastectomy implant-based breast reconstruction for any breast tumor and both B- and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas of the breast. According to Kinslow et al, this includes diffuse large...
Adding tafasitamab-cxix, an anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody, to lenalidomide and rituximab significantly prolonged progression-free survival in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, according to data presented at the 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress.1 Results...
The main symptom that eventually led to my diagnosis of stage IV adenocarcinoma non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) started in the fall of 2009. I was just 17 and in my freshman year at college when I began experiencing a persistent cough. The coughing became so unrelenting over the next month, I...
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will recognize 11 hematologists who have made significant contributions to the field with several honorific awards and prestigious lectures at the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition in Orlando, Florida, on December 6–9. Rainer Storb, MD, of Fred...
Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, and Penny Knight announced today a record-breaking $2 billion gift to the Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute to transform the future of cancer care and set a new standard globally. It is the largest single donation ever made to a ...
The combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab plus radiation therapy did not lead to an improvement in progression-free survival compared with radiation therapy and temozolomide for patients with newly diagnosed MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma, according to phase II results of the NRG-BN007 trial...
Optimal continued care for patients with cancer may require greater involvement from primary care clinicians, according to the results of an observational study published in Current Oncology. The study highlighted certain challenges in cancer care, including patient-centered coordination and...
A new drug-releasing system, TAR-200, eliminated tumors in 82% of patients in the phase II SunRISe-1 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04640623) for individuals with high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer whose disease had previously resisted treatment. In the majority of cases, the...
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Guricová et al, 10-year outcomes of the Dutch-Belgian phase III FLAME trial showed continued benefit of a focal radiotherapy boost to the intraprostatic tumor in patients receiving external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for localized prostate cancer....
Clinically significant fatigue was associated with increased inflammation in breast cancer survivors, according to study findings published in BMC Women's Health. The study authors also suggested that an increase in inflammatory markers from clinical fatigue could lead to breast cancer recurrence. ...
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist colonoscopies may be linked to a reduction in the ability of endoscopists to detect adenomas in the colon without AI assistance, according to a paper published by Budzyń et al in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Colonoscopy...
Various artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms submitted as part of a challenge demonstrated the ability to identify different breast cancers during screening mammography, according to the results of a study published in Radiology. Ensemble models of the top submitted algorithms indicated that the ...
In a study reported as a research letter in JAMA Oncology, Hahn et al found that the proportion of U.S. patients with breast cancer undergoing annual surveillance imaging was lower in the post– vs pre–COVID-19 period, with no significant difference in recurrence or progression being observed. Study ...
For the 20th year in a row, major advances in cancer research and practice-changing clinical trials from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting (ASCO25) were presented at the ASCO-licensed Best of ASCO meeting, held on July 18–19, 2025, in Beirut, Lebanon. It was indeed a great celebration and commitment to...
In a substudy of the Australian phase II ENZA-p trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Emmett et al found that baseline prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)–positron-emission tomography (PET) total tumor volume (TTV) was prognostic for overall survival and predictive for a beneficial effect on ...
In a French-Belgian phase III trial (ASTER 70s) reported in The Lancet, Brain et al examined the survival benefit of adding adjuvant chemotherapy to hormone therapy in women aged ≥ 70 years with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with high-risk disease on the basis of genomic...
John C. Byrd, MD, FASCO, an internationally lauded researcher and clinical specialist in hematologic malignancies, has been appointed Director of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, effective November 2025. In his role as Director, Dr. Byrd will be responsible for all aspects of the University of...
Remarkable advances in treatments for cancer over the past 2 decades are enabling increased personalized care for patients with the disease. However, the growing complexity of treatment methods, including targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and advanced oral therapy, make it challenging for medical...
Some survivors of childhood cancers face a continued elevated risk of premature mortality, new cancers, chronic conditions, and other adverse health conditions as they grow older, according to new findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. An increased risk for cancer and other...
In patients with newly diagnosed, PD-L1–positive, advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who tested negative for driver mutations, implementation of plasma-guided treatment intensification—from monotherapy with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab to platinum doublet chemotherapy plus...
Results from a recent study may help to explain why a rare and hyper-aggressive subtype of kidney cancer is susceptible to immunotherapy—information that helped researchers create a first-of-its-kind tool to guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced kidney cancers. The collaborative work ...
This is Part 2 of Navigating the T-Cell Therapy Landscape in Multiple Myeloma, a three-part video roundtable series. Scroll down to watch the other videos from this roundtable. In this video, Drs. Kenneth Anderson, Ajai Chari, and Noopur Raje discuss the treatment of a patient with relapsed...
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to zongertinib (Hernexeos), a kinase inhibitor, for adults with unresectable or metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have HER2 tyrosine kinase domain (TKD)–activating mutations, as...
A retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open found glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists to be associated with lower all-cause mortality than dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, with no significant difference from sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, ...
Based on the results of a cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, smoking worsened both cancer symptom burden and severity. However, Rieth et al noted that oncologic surgery may present a unique teachable moment for smoking cessation, as patients appeared to be highly motivated to quit. The...
For patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, chemotherapy can sometimes cause severe, even life-threatening side effects in those who carry certain genetic variants that may impact how their bodies process the drugs used to treat their disease. Testing for variants in two genes before starting...
In a cross-sectional study reported in JAMA Network Open, Abel et al found that higher rates of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and a higher annual volume of cytoreductive surgery were associated with better survival outcomes in patients treated at Commission on Cancer–accredited cancer programs in ...
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that may alter the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma and its precursor conditions. The new method, known as SWIFT-seq, uses single-cell sequencing to profile circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood, offering a...
Researchers have identified age-, sex-, and race-related disparities around treatment with hypomethylating agents for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes in the United States. The receipt of hypomethylating agents was found to favor younger, male, White patients, according to findings published ...
In a phase III trial (EPIK-O/ENGOT-ov61) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Konstantinopoulos et al compared the survival outcomes of alpelisib plus olaparib vs single-agent chemotherapy in patients with platinum-resistant or -refractory high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) with no...
In patients with small cell lung cancer, second-line treatment with the bispecific T-cell engager tarlatamab-dlle (which targets the delta-like ligand 3 [DLL3]) vs standard-of-care chemotherapy appeared to significantly improve overall survival, progression-free survival, and patient-reported...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to dordaviprone (Modeyso) a protease activator, for adult and pediatric patients aged 1 year and older with diffuse midline glioma harboring an H3 K27M mutation who have progressive disease after prior therapy. This...
Genetic testing may be the only way to differentiate between common and more rare subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to prevent misdiagnoses, according to the results of a study published in Human Pathology. Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma (MTSCC) was found to share many...
In an Australian–New Zealand phase II trial (MoST-CIRCUIT) reported in JAMA Oncology, Gao et al found that the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab showed “encouraging activity” in patients with advanced ovarian and endometrial clear cell cancers. Study Details Twenty-eight patients with...
It has been widely reported that colorectal cancer incidence has been increasing among younger adults under age 50 since the mid-1990s, with a consistent annual increase of 2% among adults aged 20 to 39. This increase prompted the American Cancer Society (ACS), in 2018, and the United States...
The aging population is rapidly growing, with the number of older adults rising steadily each year. In the 1980s, experts predicted a rise in the number of older patients with cancer, yet we were unprepared. The shortage of oncologists, along with many experienced clinicians retiring early, has...