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Showing 601 - 650Stool-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening: Comparison of Fecal Immunochemical Tests
In a Dutch study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Wisse et al found that a multitarget fecal immunochemical test (mtFIT) improved detection of advanced adenomas vs standard FIT in colorectal cancer screening. The mtFIT used in the study measures hemoglobin, calprotectin, and serpin family F member...
COVID-19 Risk in Pediatric Patients Receiving Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Lymphoma
In a retrospective case series reported in JAMA Network Open, Hashmi et al found that more than one-third of pediatric patients receiving treatment for newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (ALL/LL) developed COVID-19 infection during a recent 2-year period. Study...
8-Year Follow-up of MINDACT Trial: Locoregional Breast Cancer Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery
In a long-term analysis of the EORTC 10041/BIG 03-04 MINDACT trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Alaeikhanehshir et al found that the 70-gene signature was not independently predictive of locoregional recurrence among women undergoing breast-conserving surgery for early breast...
SBRT vs Conventional External-Beam Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in JAMA Network Open, Bindels et al found no difference in overall pain response rates between stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and conventional external-beam radiotherapy (cEBRT) in terms of relief of pain for patients with painful bone...
Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Tumor Mutational Burden and Response to Checkpoint Inhibition
In a single-center retrospective study reported as a research letter in JAMA Oncology, Zang et al found that high tumor mutational burden (TMB) was associated with better outcomes of checkpoint inhibition in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Study Details The study...
Enobosarm in Previously Treated Patients With AR-Positive, ER-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer
In a phase II trial (Study G200802) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Palmieri et al found that the novel selective androgen receptor (AR) modulator enobosarm was active in previously treated patients with AR-positive, estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic...
High-Risk Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Reduced Induction Courses of BCG
As reported by Katims et al in JAMA Oncology, long-term follow-up of a single-center phase II study showed benefit with two induction courses of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) without maintenance in patients with high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The strategy markedly reduced the number ...
Long-Term Follow-up of the Anthracyclines in Early Breast Cancer (ABC) Trials
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Charles E. Geyer Jr, MD, and colleagues, long-term follow-up of the ABC trials (USOR 06-090, NSABP B-46-I/USOR 07132, and NSABP B-49 [NRG Oncology]) showed that noninferiority of adjuvant nonanthracycline therapy was not demonstrated vs...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Late Local Toxic Effects in Patients Receiving Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer
In a Dutch study (HONEY) reported in JAMA Oncology, van der Molen et al found that patients with breast cancer and late local toxic effects after adjuvant radiotherapy who completed hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) had reductions in pain and fibrosis. However, only a minority of patients offered...
Postdiagnosis Mental Disorders Among AYAs With Cancer
In a Canadian study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Oberoi et al found that adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer were at an increased risk of mental disorders compared with cancer-free matched population-based and sibling cohorts. Study Details The retrospective...
Final Results of the POUT Trial: Adjuvant Chemotherapy vs Surveillance After Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Alison Jane Birtle, MD, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, and colleagues, final results of the UK-based phase III POUT trial showed survival benefits with adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy vs surveillance after radical nephroureterectomy in patients with upper...
Genetic Alterations Associated With Interval Breast Cancer Diagnosis
In a Swedish study reported in JAMA Oncology, Rodriguez et al identified characteristics of interval breast cancers—those diagnosed between two screening examinations—compared with screen-detected cancers on the basis of analysis of rare germline genetic deleterious protein-truncating variants. As...
TBI and Risk of Brain Cancer in Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
In a retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, Stewart et al found that U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with moderate/severe or penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) were at an increased risk of brain cancer compared to those without TBI. Study Details The study...
Analysis of Cancer Diagnoses After Recent Weight Loss
In a study reported in JAMA, Wang et al found that individuals with a weight loss of more than 10% during the prior 2 years had a higher risk of cancer diagnosis over the subsequent 12 months vs those with no weight loss. Study Details The retrospective cohort analysis included women aged at least...
PEGasparaginase Dosing and Risk of Hypersensitivity Reactions in Pediatric ALL
In a Dutch study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, van der Sluis et al found that continuous dosing of PEGasparaginase was associated with a significantly reduced incidence of hypersensitivity reactions vs standard noncontinuous dosing in newly diagnosed pediatric patients with...
Adjuvant Olaparib for Germline BRCA1/2-Mutant, High-Risk HER2-Negative Early Breast Cancer: Patient-Reported Outcomes From the OlympiA Trial
In a patient-reported outcomes analysis from the phase III OlympiA trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Patricia A. Ganz, MD, FASCO, and colleagues found no clinically important differences in fatigue—the outcome of primary interest—between adjuvant olaparib and placebo in patients...
System to Improve Clinical Staging in Localized Pancreatic Cancer
In a Trans-Atlantic Pancreatic Surgery Consortium study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dekker et al found that the “ABC” clinical staging system could be used to differentiate overall survival outcomes in patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Study Details The...
Molecular Subtype–Based Therapy in the First-Line Treatment of Metastatic or Recurrent Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
In a Chinese single-institution phase II trial (FUTURE-SUPER) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Fan et al found that molecular subtype–based therapy produced promising results in the first-line treatment of metastatic or recurrent triple-negative breast cancer. Study Details In the open-label...
MIA Calculator for Predicting Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival in Stage II Melanoma
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Varey et al developed the Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) calculator for predicting recurrence-free and overall survival in stage II melanoma and found that it outperformed modeling based on American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)-8th...
Postmenopausal Patients With ER-Rich/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Therapies
In a phase III trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Cynthia X. Ma, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that neither neoadjuvant fulvestrant nor anastrozole plus fulvestrant improved the endocrine-sensitive disease (ESD) rate vs anastrozole alone among postmenopausal patients with phase II to III estrogen...
Trabectedin vs Chemotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer With BRCA Mutation or BRCAness Phenotype
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Domenica Lorusso, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the Italian phase III MITO-23 trial showed no overall survival benefit with trabectedin vs chemotherapy in women with recurrent ovarian cancer with a BRCA mutation or BRCAness phenotype. Study Details In ...
Crenolanib and Intensive Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed FLT3-Mutated AML
In a pilot study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Eunice S. Wang, MD, and colleagues found that the combination of crenolanib and intensive chemotherapy produced high response rates in adults with newly diagnosed FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Crenolanib is a...
Invasive Breast Cancer Incidence by Race, Stage, and Hormone-Receptor Status in U.S. Women With Breast Cancer
In a study reported in JAMA Network Open, Xu et al identified incidence of primary invasive breast cancer according to race/ethnicity, disease stage, and hormone receptor status among U.S. women with breast cancer aged 20 to 49 years diagnosed between 2000 and 2019. Study Details The study used...
Osimertinib vs Sequential Gefitinib/Osimertinib in Advanced EGFR-Mutant NSCLC
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Jordi Remon, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the final analysis of overall survival in the phase II EORTC APPLE trial showed no significant difference between the strategies of upfront osimertinib vs sequential gefitinib/osimertinib in previously...
Multiplex Analysis of Intratumoral Immune Infiltrate and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer
In an analysis reported by Frei et al in The Lancet Oncology, multiplex immunofluorescence staining of tissue microarrays of samples from patients with stage II to III colorectal cancer showed that densities of CD8-positive and Foxp3-positive cells were associated with recurrence-free interval. As...
EBV-Positive Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disease: T-Cell Immunotherapy Efficacy
In the phase III ALLELE trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Mahadeo et al found that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific T-cell immunotherapy tabelecleucel produced high response rates—and few of the toxicities associated with other adoptive T-cell therapies—in allogeneic hematopoietic stem...
MRD Markers and Outcomes in Patients With MDS After Stem Cell Transplant
In a Scandinavian study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Tobiasson et al found that individual-patient measurable residual disease (MRD) could be assessed by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) to predict outcomes in patients with...
Skin Microbiome and Severe Radiodermatitis in Patients With Breast Cancer
In a German single-institution study reported in JAMA Oncology, Hülpüsch et al identified skin microbiome characteristics associated with severe radiodermatitis in women receiving adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer. Study Details The study included 20 consecutively enrolled women who received...
Localized Prostate Cancer: Functional Outcomes After Specific Treatments
In an observational cohort study reported in JAMA, Al Awamlh et al identified adverse functional outcomes after localized prostate cancer treatment among patients with favorable- and unfavorable-prognosis disease. Study Details The study included 2,445 patients from five SEER (Surveillance,...
Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: LuPSMA vs Cabazitaxel
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Michael S. Hofman, MBBS, and colleagues, the Australian phase II TheraP trial has shown similar overall survival with lutetium-177–labeled PSMA-617 (LuPSMA; lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan) vs cabazitaxel in patients with prostate-specific membrane...
Azacitidine, Venetoclax, and Gilteritinib in Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed or Refractory FLT3-Mutated AML
In a single-center phase I/II study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Nicholas J. Short, MD, and colleagues found that treatment with azacitidine, venetoclax, and gilteritinib produced a high response rate in newly diagnosed patients with FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML);...
Triplet Without or With Ipilimumab in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Advanced Cutaneous Cancers
In a small phase I/II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Schenk et al found that treatment with tacrolimus, prednisone, and nivolumab without or with ipilimumab produced few responses in kidney transplant recipients with advanced skin cancers, with treatment-related allograft loss...
Intensification of ADT in Patients With High-Risk Biochemically Relapsed Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Aggarwal et al, interim analysis of the phase III PRESTO trial showed that the addition of apalutamide as well as the addition of apalutamide plus abiraterone acetate/prednisone (AAP) to androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) improved prostate-specific ...
Golidocitinib in Relapsed or Refractory Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
In a phase II trial (JACKPOT8 Part B) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Song et al found that the selective JAK1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor golidocitinib showed activity in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Study Details In the trial, 104 patients from sites in...
HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Tumor Hypoxia–Directed Treatment
In a single-institution phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Nancy Y. Lee, MD, and colleagues found that tumor hypoxia is a promising marker for radiotherapy dose among patients receiving chemoradiotherapy for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal carcinoma. As...
Actinium-225–PSMA Radioligand Therapy for Prostate Cancer
In a retrospective study (WARMTH Act) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Sathekge et al found that actinium-225–prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radioligand therapy showed activity in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Study Details The study consisted of 448...
Survivors of Childhood Cancer With High Anthracycline Exposure: Can a Beta-Blocker Improve Cardiac Function?
In a U.S./Canadian phase IIb trial (PREVENT-HF) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Armenian et al found that the beta-blocker carvedilol did not significantly improve cardiac function—measured as standardized left ventricular wall thickness–dimension ratio Z score (LVWT/Dz)—vs placebo in survivors of ...
Effects of Switch to High-Deductible Health Plans for Patients With Cancer
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Trad et al found that individuals with cancer in the United States who were switched from low- to high-deductible employer-sponsored health plans had higher out-of-pocket costs but no reduction in the number of oncologist visits; these patients, however, had...
Addition of Nivolumab to Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutant Metastatic NSCLC After Disease Progression on Prior Therapy
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Tony Mok, MD, FRCPC, FASCO, and colleagues, final results of the primarily Asian phase III CheckMate 722 trial showed no progression-free survival benefit with the addition of nivolumab to chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutant metastatic...
Addition of Palbociclib to Letrozole in ER-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: Overall Survival in PALOMA-2
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the phase III PALOMA-2 trial showed no overall survival benefit with the addition of palbociclib to letrozole in patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with no...
mTOR Inhibitor, Prednisone, and Cemiplimab for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
In a small single-center phase I trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Glenn J. Hanna, MD, and colleagues found that immunosuppressant treatment with an mTOR inhibitor and prednisone plus immunotherapy with cemiplimab-rwlc resulted in durable responses and no allograft loss in adult...
Adjuvant Treatment of Resected Melanoma: mRNA-Based Personalized Therapy Plus Immunotherapy
In the phase IIb KEYNOTE-942 trial reported in The Lancet, Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the addition of adjuvant mRNA-4157—a novel mRNA-based individualized neoantigen therapy—to pembrolizumab numerically improved recurrence-free survival in patients with completely resected ...
Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Progressing After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
In a cohort of the phase II TROPHY-U-01 trial (cohort 3) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Petros Grivas, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the combination of sacituzumab govitecan-hziy and pembrolizumab showed activity in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer and disease...
Accelerated Hypofractionated Chemoradiation With Adaptive SABR Boost in Locally Advanced, Unresectable NSCLC
In a U.S. single-center radiation dose-expansion study reported in JAMA Oncology, Wu et al found that chemoradiation with adaptively increased stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) boost doses was safe and effective in patients with locally advanced, unresectable non–small cell lung cancer...
Immunotherapy Outcomes in Patients With Primary Cardiac Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
In a U.S. multicenter retrospective analysis reported in JACC: CardioOncology, Amin H. Nassar, MD, and colleagues found that immune checkpoint inhibition resulted in mostly moderate activity in patients with primary cardiac soft-tissue sarcomas. Study Details The study included 24 patients with...
Intensified vs Standard Induction in Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed AML
In a UK trial (NCRI AML19) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Russell et al found that intensified induction therapy with FLAG-Ida (fludarabine, cytarabine, granulocyte colony–stimulating factor, and idarubicin) plus gemtuzumab ozogamicin did not improve overall survival in younger...
Rate of Second Primary Lung Cancers With Lobar vs Sublobar Resection of T1aN0 NSCLC
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD, and colleagues, an analysis from the phase III Cancer and Leukemia Group B 140503/Alliance trial has shown high rates of second primary lung cancers with both sublobar and lobar resections for T1aN0 non–small cell lung...
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 ...
Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulant Agents in Active Cancer: Meta-Analysis
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in JACC: CardioOncology, Fujisaki et al found no significant differences among direct oral anticoagulant agents (DOACs) in the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with active cancer, whereas significant differences in...
Gemcitabine/Paclitaxel vs Gemcitabine Alone After FOLFIRINOX in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by De La Fouchardière et al, the French phase III GEMPAX trial showed no overall survival benefit with second-line gemcitabine/paclitaxel vs gemcitabine alone after FOLFIRINOX (fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan) in patients with metastatic...
