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Showing 601 - 650Addition of MRI to CT in Patients Scheduled for Colorectal Liver Metastases Local Therapy
In the European CAMINO study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Görgec et al identified the likelihood of change in treatment plans with the addition of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients scheduled for local therapy for colorectal liver metastases on the basis of...
Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Timmins et al, a pooled analysis of 19 international cohorts showed that high vs low self-reported leisure-time physical activity was associated with a reduced risk of premenopausal breast cancer. Study Details The study used individual-level data ...
Non–Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Impact of Reduced Use of Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy
In a Dutch nationwide cross-sectional cohort study reported in JAMA Oncology, Hazen et al found that a reduced use of neoadjuvant radiotherapy as part of chemoradiotherapy was not associated with poorer outcomes in patients with non–locally advanced rectal cancer. As stated by the investigators,...
Long-Term Results With Front-Line Dasatinib/Blinatumomab for Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive ALL
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Foà et al, long-term results of the Italian D-ALBA study have shown that a chemotherapy-free induction/consolidation regimen of dasatinib followed by blinatumomab maintained highly favorable outcomes in the front-line treatment of adult patients...
Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: 5-Year Survival With dd-MVAC
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Pfister et al, a 5-year analysis of the French phase III VESPER trial showed no improvement in overall survival with dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (dd-MVAC) vs gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) in the total perioperative...
Addition of SBRT to Standard-of-Care Systemic Therapy in Oligoprogressive Disease
In the phase II CURB trial reported in The Lancet, Chiaojung Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the addition of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to standard-of-care systemic therapy was associated with improved progression-free survival in the total study population of patients...
Perioperative Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Gastric/Gastroesophageal Cancer
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Kohei Shitara, MD, and colleagues, interim analyses of the phase III KEYNOTE-585 trial have shown that the addition of perioperative pembrolizumab to chemotherapy improved pathologic complete response, but did not significantly improve event-free survival, in...
Baseline Estradiol and Prevention of Breast Cancer in High-Risk Postmenopausal Women
In an analysis from the IBIS-II prevention trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Jack Cuzick, PhD, and colleagues found that increasing the ratio of baseline estradiol level to sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal...
OVHIPEC-1 Trial: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Plus Interval Cytoreductive Surgery Improves Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
The final survival analysis of the Dutch-Belgian phase III OVHIPEC-1 trial showed that the addition of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to interval cytoreductive surgery was associated with maintained progression-free and overall survival benefits at 10 years in women with advanced ...
Overall Survival With Atezolizumab/Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone in Untreated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
In a final overall survival analysis of the phase III IMvigor130 trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Enrique Grande, MD, and colleagues found no significant advantage in overall survival with atezolizumab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone in the first-line treatment of patients with...
MRD-Guided Ibrutinib/Venetoclax for Previously Untreated Patients With CLL
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Talha Munir, MBBS, and colleagues, an analysis from the UK phase III FLAIR trial showed improved progression-free survival with measurable residual disease (MRD)-guided ibrutinib/venetoclax vs fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/rituximab (FCR) in...
Addition of Atezolizumab to Bevacizumab and Chemotherapy in Metastatic, Persistent, or Recurrent Cervical Cancer
As reported in The Lancet by Ana Oaknin, MD, and colleagues, the phase III BEATcc trial has shown that the addition of atezolizumab to bevacizumab and chemotherapy improved progression-free and overall survival in women with metastatic, persistent, or recurrent cervical cancer. Study Details The...
Incidence of Second Primary Cancers in Adult Cancer Survivors
In a Danish population-based retrospective cohort study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Kjaer et al identified the cumulative incidence of second primary cancers among cancer survivors aged ≥ 40 years who were alive 1 year after diagnosis. Study Details The study involved data from 457,334...
IMvigor130: Atezolizumab vs Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
In the final overall survival analysis from the phase III IMvigor130 trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Aristotelis Bamias, MD, and colleagues found no significant advantage in overall survival with atezolizumab monotherapy vs chemotherapy in untreated patients with locally advanced or...
Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Resectable NSCLC
On October 16, 2023, pembrolizumab was approved for use with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment and as single-agent adjuvant treatment in patients with resectable (tumors ≥ 4 cm or node-positive) non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).1 Supporting Efficacy Data Approval was based ...
Overall Survival With LuPSMA vs Cabazitaxel in Previously Treated Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Michael S. Hofman, MBBS, and colleagues, overall survival results from the Australian phase II TheraP trial showed no difference with lutetium-177–labeled PSMA-617 (LuPSMA) vs cabazitaxel in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and...
EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC: CNS Efficacy With Combination of Osimertinib and Chemotherapy
In a subgroup analysis from the phase III FLAURA2 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD, and colleagues found the combination of osimertinib and chemotherapy improved central nervous system (CNS) efficacy vs osimertinib alone in the first-line treatment of...
Imetelstat for RBC Transfusion Independence in Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes
As reported in The Lancet by Uwe Platzbecker, MD, and colleagues, the phase III IMerge trial has shown improved red blood cell transfusion independence with imetelstat, a competitive telomerase inhibitor, vs placebo in RBC transfusion-dependent patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes who ...
Is Prediabetes Linked to Cardiovascular and Kidney Diseases in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer?
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dixon et al found that adult survivors of childhood cancers with prediabetes were at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular events and chronic kidney disease. The study involved data from 3,529 ≥ 5-year survivors of childhood cancer...
5-Year Outcomes of the IDEA Trial: Omission of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Low-Risk Patients
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, and colleagues, a 5-year analysis of the IDEA trial showed a very low rate of recurrence with the omission of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in patients at low clinical and genomic risk for disease ...
Advanced NSCLC: Adding Canakinumab to First-Line Chemoimmunotherapy
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Tan et al, the phase III CANOPY-1 trial has shown no survival benefits with the addition of canakinumab to first-line pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without EGFR or ALK...
Mirvetuximab Soravtansine in FRα-Positive, Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Kathleen N. Moore, MD, and colleagues, the phase III MIRASOL trial has shown improved progression-free and overall survival with mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx vs chemotherapy in previously treated patients with folate receptor–alpha...
DNA Mutational Profiling in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Innocenti et al, analysis of DNA mutational profiling in the phase III CALGB (Alliance)/SWOG 80405 trial of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with bevacizumab or cetuximab with chemotherapy showed differences in outcome associated...
HPV ctDNA Detection After Chemoradiation in Patients With Cervical Cancer
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Han et al found that persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after chemoradiation was associated with poorer outcomes in patients with cervical cancer. Patients at high risk of poorer outcomes could also be...
Adding Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors to Perioperative Treatment for Solid Tumors: Associated Toxicity?
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in The Lancet Oncology, Fujiwara et al found that the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to perioperative therapy in patients with solid tumors was associated with an increased risk of grade 3 and 4 treatment-related adverse events and adverse ...
Encorafenib Plus Binimetinib in Metastatic NSCLC With BRAF V600E Mutation
On October 11, 2023, the BRAF inhibitor encorafenib (Braftovi) with the MEK inhibitor binimetinib (Mektovi) was approved for patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a BRAF V600E mutation, as detected by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved test.1,2 The FDA...
Study Finds Link Between T-Cell Diversity in Peripheral Blood, Patient Age, and Stage of Breast Cancer Development
A large cohort study of peripheral blood T-cell receptor (TCR) clonotype diversity in patients with breast cancer diagnosed with either ductal carcinoma in situ or de novo stage IV disease has found that the diversity of T cells is associated with age and intratumor immune status and might be...
Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Predictive Value of Measurable Residual Disease With Rituximab Maintenance
In an analysis from the European Mantle Cell Lymphoma Elderly Trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hoster et al found that outcomes with rituximab maintenance were better in patients aged ≥ 60 years with mantle cell lymphoma who had measurable residual disease (MRD)-negative vs...
Erdafitinib vs Chemotherapy in Previously Treated, FGFR-Mutated Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Yohann Loriot, MD, PhD, and colleagues, cohort 1 of the phase III THOR trial has shown improved overall survival with erdafitinib vs chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic urothelial carcinoma with...
Adding Durvalumab to Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Bradley J. Monk, MD, and colleagues, the phase III CALLA trial showed no significant improvement in progression-free survival with the addition of durvalumab to chemoradiotherapy in previously untreated patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Study...
First-Line Treatment of Advanced HCC: Addition of Pembrolizumab to Lenvatinib
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Josep M. Llovet, MD, and colleagues, the phase III LEAP-002 trial has shown that the addition of pembrolizumab to lenvatinib in the first-line treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma did not reach statistical superiority thresholds for overall or...
Everolimus for Pediatric Recurrent/Progressive Low-Grade Glioma
In the phase II PNOC001 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Daphne A. Haas-Kogan, MD, MBA, and colleagues found that everolimus showed activity in pediatric patients with recurrent or progressive low-grade glioma. PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway activation was not correlated with clinical...
Disitamab Vedotin in Previously Treated Patients With Advanced HER2-Positive Urothelial Carcinoma
In a combined analysis of two Chinese phase II trials (RC48-C005 and RC48-C009) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Sheng et al found that the antibody-drug conjugate disitamab vedotin—an anti-HER2 antibody conjugated with monomethyl auristatin—produced promising results in patients with...
Adding Tiragolumab to Atezolizumab and Chemotherapy in Previously Untreated Extensive-Stage SCLC
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the phase III SKYSCRAPER-02 trial showed no progression-free or overall survival benefit with the addition of the T-cell immunoglobulin and ITM domain (TIGIT) inhibitor tiragolumab to atezolizumab and...
Predicting Primary Ovarian Insufficiency in Childhood Cancer Survivors
As reported in The Lancet Oncology, Im et al have developed risk-prediction models for primary ovarian insufficiency in long-term survivors of childhood cancer. Study Details In the study, models to predict age-specific risk of primary ovarian insufficiency were evaluated among 5-year survivors...
Colorectal Cancer: Incidence and Time to Recurrence
In a nationwide Danish cohort study reported in JAMA Oncology, Nors et al found the 5-year risk of recurrence after surgery for stage I to III colorectal cancer decreased over time and the time to recurrence was shorter with a more advanced disease stage. Study Details The study used the Danish...
Risk-Adapted Radioimmunotherapy for Locally Advanced PD-L1–Positive NSCLC
In the phase II SPRINT trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ohri et al found that a chemotherapy-sparing regimen of pembrolizumab with risk-adapted radiotherapy was associated with good outcomes in patients with stage III or unresectable stage II non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
Risk of Subsequent Colorectal Cancer After Abdominopelvic Radiotherapy Among Childhood Cancer Survivors
In a European study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Heymer et al found that the risk of subsequent colorectal cancer was elevated among childhood cancer survivors who had undergone abdominopelvic radiotherapy. Study Details The study used data from the PanCareSurFup Study—a...
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin–Based Induction in Older Patients With Philadelphia Chromosome–Negative B-Cell–Precursor ALL
In a German phase II trial (INITIAL-1) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Matthias Stelljes, MD, and colleagues found that inotuzumab ozogamicin–based induction therapy followed by age-adapted chemotherapy was associated with promising outcomes in newly diagnosed patients older than age...
Trastuzumab Plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin in Advanced HER2-Positive Biliary Tract Adenocarcinoma
In an Indian phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ostwal et al found that trastuzumab plus gemcitabine/cisplatin was active in treatment-naive patients with advanced HER2-positive biliary tract adenocarcinoma. Study Details In the investigator-initiated multicenter trial, 90 ...
Incidence of Breast Cancer After False-Positive Mammography
In a Swedish study reported in JAMA Oncology, Mao et al found that women with a false-positive mammography result were more likely to be subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer compared to women with no false-positive result. Study Details The study involved data from 45,213 women who received a...
Adding Atezolizumab to Perioperative Chemotherapy in Resectable Esophagogastric Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Lorenzen et al, the phase II portion of the German-Swiss phase II/III DANTE/IKF-s633 trial showed promising results with the addition of atezolizumab to perioperative chemotherapy in patients with resectable esophagogastric cancer. Study Details In ...
Novel Uterine Cancer Detection Method for Women With Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
In a UK single-institution study (EPI-SURE) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Evans et al found that the novel WID-qEC DNA methylation test outperformed ultrasonography in detecting uterine cancer in women with abnormal uterine bleeding. Study Details The prospective observational study invited...
Outcomes With Olaparib in BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer in the PROfound Trial
In an analysis of the phase III PROfound trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Joaquin Mateo, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that olaparib improved outcomes vs abiraterone or enzalutamide among the subgroup of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who had...
Bosutinib in Pediatric Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
On September 26, 2023, bosutinib (Bosulif) was approved for pediatric patients aged 1 year and older with chronic-phase Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) that is newly diagnosed or resistant or intolerant to prior therapy.1 New capsule dosage form strengths of 50 mg...
First-Line Dabrafenib Plus Trametinib vs Standard Chemotherapy for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma With BRAF V600 Mutations
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Eric Bouffet, MD, of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and colleagues, a phase II trial has shown a significant improvement in objective response rate and other efficacy outcomes with first-line dabrafenib plus trametinib vs standard...
Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Efficacy of Anti-PSMA Antibody With Alpha Emitter
In a phase I study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FASCO, FACP, and colleagues determined the recommended phase II dose and described preliminary activity of actinium-225–J591—an anti–prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) monoclonal antibody (J591)...
Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: Defining Follow-up After Fertility-Sparing Surgery
In a Dutch retrospective cohort study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Schuurman et al identified follow-up strategies based on cytology and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing after fertility-sparing surgery for early-stage cervical cancer. Study Details The nationwide population-based study used...
Axillary Soft-Tissue Involvement in Lymph Node–Positive Breast Cancer
In a single-institution retrospective analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Naoum et al found that pathologic exploration of axillary soft tissue in patients with lymph node–positive breast cancer is a critical element in predicting disease outcome and in determining axillary...
Blinatumomab as an Alternative to First-Line Intensive Chemotherapy in Pediatric B-Cell ALL
In a retrospective study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hodder et al found that blinatumomab was effective as a toxicity-sparing alternative to first-line intensive chemotherapy in children and young persons with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were...
