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Showing 601 - 650FDA Pipeline: Recent Reviews, Designations, Applications, and Authorizations in the Oncology Space
Over the past month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued several regulatory decisions for novel treatments for patients with cancer. Priority Review for Relatlimab and Nivolumab Fixed-Dose Combination in Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma The FDA accepted for Priority Review the...
ARAMIS Analysis: Darolutamide Shows Similar Benefits for Black Patients as Observed in the Overall Population
Black patients with prostate cancer who were treated with the androgen receptor inhibitor darolutamide had clinical outcomes similar to those observed in the overall clinical trial population, according to results from the phase III ARAMIS trial presented by Neal Shore, MD, at the 14th AACR...
Study Examines Benefits of Cervical Cancer Screening Program Tailored to Transgender Men and Nonbinary People
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fifth most commonly occurring cancer in women, mostly due to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In 2020, globally, an estimated 604,237 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 341,843 died from the disease. In the United States, in 2021, it is...
Black Patients With Advanced NSCLC Receiving Immunotherapy May Have a Lower Risk of Death Than White Patients
Collectively, Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group in the United States for most cancers; Black men also have the highest cancer incidence rate. Despite improvements in survival disparities between Black and White Americans in specific cancers ...
Adding Value to Clinical Decision-Making in Nonmetastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Several recent investigations have led to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of novel antiandrogens to treat nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Yet, this work has not addressed the treatment of nonmetastatic hormone-sensitive biochemically recurrent prostate...
Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET for Detection of Pelvic Nodal Metastasis in Intermediate- to High-Risk Prostate Cancer
In a collaborative phase III trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Thomas A. Hope, MD, and colleagues found that gallium-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen–11 positron-emission tomography (Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET) had 40% sensitivity and 95% specificity in the detection of pelvic nodal metastases prior to...
Are Rates of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Rising in Rural Areas of the United States?
Historically, rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been lower in rural areas than urban regions. However, a recent study published by Zhou et al in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology shows that while cases of HCC have begun slowing in urban communities in the United States, the...
Cancer on the Global Stage: Incidence and Cancer-Related Mortality in Brunei Darussalam
With a population under half a million people, Brunei Darussalam is a small equatorial nation in Southeast Asia. Bordered by the South China Sea on the north, Brunei Darussalam is surrounded on all other sides by Malaysia, which separates the nation into two noncontiguous parts. Nearly two-thirds...
PEACE-1 and STAMPEDE Trials: Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisolone in Prostate Cancer
A novel combination of well-known drugs may prolong survival in patients with prostate cancer, according to late-breaking research presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021. The PEACE-1 and STAMPEDE studies found that the addition of abiraterone acetate plus...
Study Examines Efficacy of Sunitinib in Malignant Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
The first randomized study in patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma has found that sunitinib prolongs progression-free survival by more than 5 months. The late-breaking results of the FIRSTMAPPP trial were presented by Eric Baudin, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the European...
Patients First
By the time my non–small cell lung cancer was diagnosed in 2004, it had already reached stage IIIB, and I was told there was little that could be done for me. I was 56, a wife, the mother of 3 children, and at the peak of my career as president of Olympian Oil. Although my aunt, brother, and...
Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, on Prostate Cancer: Newly Reported Survival Rates With Abiraterone, Docetaxel, and Prednisone
Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, of the Institut Gustave Roussy, discusses phase III results from the PEACE-1 study, which showed that androgen-deprivation therapy plus docetaxel and abiraterone provided 2.5 years of additional time without radiographic disease progression or death and 1.5 additional years...
Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD, on Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone and Prednisolone in the STAMPEDE Protocol
Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD, of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, discusses findings that show 2 years of abiraterone acetate plus prednisolone-based treatment improves metastasis-free and overall survival in men with high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer. The data suggest this combination...
Study Examines How Children Cope With a Parent’s Cancer Diagnosis
A cancer diagnosis can abruptly and durably alter the course of daily life—not just for the person diagnosed but also for family members. New research presented by Sinen Korbi, MD, and colleagues at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021 examined the coping mechanisms of...
With the Exception of Cervical Cancer, HPV-Associated Cancers Are on the Rise, Especially in Older Adults
Although the incidence of cervical cancer has decreased 1.03% a year over the past 17 years in the United States, likely due to screening or vaccination, other human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers are increasing in both men and women, according to a study by Cheng-I Liao, MD, currently of...
KEYNOTE-564: Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Extends Disease-Free Survival in High-Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma
Adjuvant pembrolizumab following surgery significantly improved disease-free survival compared with placebo among patients with high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to the international phase III KEYNOTE-564 study presented at the Plenary session during the 2021 ASCO Annual...
VISION Trial: Novel PSMA-Targeted Radiotherapy Improves Outcomes in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Lutetium-177–PSMA-617 (LuPSMA)—an investigational radiolabeled small molecule—significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival and overall survival when added to the standard of care compared with the standard of care alone for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer...
EMPOWER-Lung 1: Cemiplimab-rwlc Improves Outcomes in First-Line Treatment of NSCLC With Brain Metastases
First-line treatment with cemiplimab-rwlc monotherapy improved overall survival, progression-free survival, and objective response rates compared with chemotherapy in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1 expression of at least 50% and clinically stable treated brain...
Inclusion of Women in Oncology Clinical Trials From 2000 to 2020
In a study reported in a research letter in JAMA Oncology, Jenei et al found that women with cancer have been underrepresented in global oncology drug trials over the past 20 years, with underrepresentation persisting through the present in multiple cancer types. Study Details The study involved ...
Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab Under Study for Resectable Pleural Mesothelioma
Neoadjuvant atezolizumab combined with pemetrexed and cisplatin, followed by surgical resection and maintenance atezolizumab, proved safe and feasible and offered hints of benefit in patients with resectable pleural mesothelioma. Results from a small multicenter study were presented by Boris...
Novel Urine-Based Test Evaluated in Prostate Cancer Detection and Risk Stratification
In a validation study with data presented at the American Urological Association’s 2021 Annual Meeting, clinician-researchers reported that a new test (miR Sentinel PCC4 Test) may be able to detect and risk-classify prostate cancer at the molecular level with predictive accuracy based on a single...
Racial Disparities Among Men With Prostate Cancer
Despite great strides in prostate cancer treatment over the past several years, racial disparities in care persist, according to new data presented during the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). Three studies highlighting this topic were presented during a virtual...
Technology-Enabled Monitoring of Adverse Reactions to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
In an interim analysis of a single-institution study reported in JAMA Network Open, Pavlos Msaouel, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the use of a mobile device application for patient reporting of adverse reactions to immune checkpoint inhibition was feasible. It permitted identification of...
TITAN Confirms Survival Benefit of Apalutamide Plus ADT in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Now, Move Therapy Forward
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Chi et al1—and summarized in this issue of The ASCO Post—the prespecified final overall survival analysis of the phase III TITAN trial1-3 has confirmed a clear overall survival and radiographic progression-free survival benefit with the combination ...
Lutetium-177–PSMA-617: A First-in-Class Radioligand Therapeutic in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Based on the findings of the phase III VISION trial, reported by Sartor et al1 and summarized in this issue of The ASCO Post, lutetium-177–PSMA-617 (LuPSMA) is the first of the prostate-specific membrane antigen–targeted cancer theranostics to demonstrate a survival-prolonging benefit for men with...
Cancer Is Trying to Steal My Body, but I Will Not Allow It to Steal My Joy
Until I was diagnosed with HER2-positive, estrogen receptor–positive/progesterone receptor–positive de novo metastatic breast cancer in 2009, I didn’t realize that Black women could get the disease. Although my mother died of metastatic breast cancer 5 years earlier when she was 65, she was the...
Reduced-Intensity Chemotherapy for Older, Frail Patients With Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancer
Patients who had advanced gastroesophageal cancer but were considered unsuitable for full-dose chemotherapy because of their advanced age and/or frailty “had an improved patient experience with no significant detriment in cancer control” when treated with reduced-intensity chemotherapy in the phase ...
Cancer on the Global Stage: Incidence and Cancer-Related Mortality in South Africa
The ASCO Post is pleased to continue this occasional special focus on the worldwide cancer burden. In this issue, we feature a close look at the cancer incidence and mortality rates in South Africa. The aim of this special feature is to highlight the global cancer burden for various countries of...
IASLC 2021: Single-Center Study Examines Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients With Lung Cancer
Patients coping with lung cancer treated at one hospital in Mexico reported high levels of anxiety and saw their treatment delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study presented by Oscar Arrieta, MD, at the 2021 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) World...
Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Biochemical Progression in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer Under Active Surveillance
In a Canadian single-institution phase II study (ERASE) reported in JAMA Oncology, Kang et al found that increased exercise in the form of high-intensity interval training was associated with increased cardiorespiratory fitness and reductions in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, PSA velocity,...
HPV Vaccination and Projected Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence Through the Year 2045
In a population-based age-period-cohort study reported in JAMA Oncology, Zhang et al estimated that current human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates will have a limited impact on overall oropharyngeal cancer incidence through 2045, due to a high risk of oropharyngeal cancer in unvaccinated...
Prostate Cancer Diagnostics: Novel Approaches Are Leaving Conventional Imaging Behind
Advances in molecular imaging are having a big impact on prostate cancer management and outcomes, according to Ashesh B. Jani, MD, the James C. Kennedy Professor in Prostate Cancer, Department of Radiation Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta. Dr. Jani described his ...
Effects of Removing Race in the CKD-EPI Equation for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
In a study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Casal et al showed that removing race as a factor in the Chronic Kidney Disease–Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) would result in calculation of a lower eGFR in Black patients. This might result...
Prostate Cancer Screening Using the Stockholm3 Screening Test With MRI-Guided Biopsy
In a Swedish prostate cancer screening trial (STHLM3-MRI) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Nordström et al found that use of the Stockholm3 screening test together with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided biopsy reduced overdetection of disease while preserving the ability to detect clinically...
Historic, Present, and Future Perspectives on Breast Cancer in Egypt
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women around the world, making it a significant public health problem.1 The disease affects both men and women, although it is rare in men, accounting for just 1% of all breast cancer diagnoses in the United States and less than 0.1% of...
Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer and the Incidental Findings That May Improve Future Health
Every interaction with patients is an opportunity to change the course of their lives. In the context of screening for disease, every encounter is an opportunity to detect the precursors or early changes that signal early pathophysiology. Smoking status and age are the factors that currently...
Non–Testicular Cancer Mortality Rates in Men With Testicular Cancer in the Cisplatin Era
In a Norwegian population-based study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hellesnes et al found that treatment of testicular cancer with platinum-based chemotherapy or radiotherapy was associated with a significant excess of non–testicular cancer mortality compared with the general...
Study Examines Association Between Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer
A team of researchers studied the relationship between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer in 405 men by quantitatively looking at different parts of the prostate tissue on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Findings from their analysis were published by Nandalur et al in the...
Gut Microbiome and Cancer
In recent years, the gut microbiome has garnered considerable attention as a scientific field, with far-reaching potential for clinical good. The trillions of microorganisms that inhabit the digestive tract form an incredibly complex community, which participates in countless interactions with its...
Talazoparib in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and DNA Repair Gene Alterations
In the phase II TALAPRO-1 trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Johann S. de Bono, PhD, and colleagues found that monotherapy with the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor talazoparib produced durable responses in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and DNA...
Retrospective Study Compares Characteristics of Early-Onset vs Average-Onset Colorectal Cancer
A large retrospective study has found that early-onset colorectal cancers are clinically and genomically indistinguishable from average-onset colorectal cancers. In addition, the study found that more aggressive treatment based solely on the patient’s age at diagnosis is neither necessary nor...
Causes of Death Among Men Diagnosed With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
In a retrospective cohort study using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data reported in JAMA Network Open, Elmehrath et al found that a substantial proportion of men diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer between 2000 and 2016 in the United States died from causes unrelated to...
Salvage and Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: What’s ‘Just Right’ for Our Patients?
In the storied English fable “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” a child enters a home and tastes three bowls of porridge. She prefers a bowl that is not too cold and not too hot but one that has just the right temperature. This “Goldilocks principle” of “just the right amount” can be applied to the...
Mortality Risk With Adjuvant vs Early Salvage Radiotherapy in Men With Adverse Pathology at Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer
In a retrospective cohort study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Derya Tilki, MD, of Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital-Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, and colleagues found that adjuvant radiotherapy was associated with reduced risk for all-cause mortality vs early...
Study Investigates Relationship Between Peanut Agglutinin and Cancer Metastasis
A study published by Wang et al in the journal Carcinogenesis has identified new factors accompanying previous findings that frequent consumption of peanuts by patients with cancer could increase the risk of metastasis. Relationship Examined The results show that peanut agglutinin—a...
An Egyptian Surgical Oncologist Urges Global Cooperation to Achieve Equitable Cancer Care
In this installment of The ASCO Post’s Global Oncology series, Guest Editor Chandrakanth Are, MBBS, MBA, FRCS, FACS, spoke with Ashraf Zaghloul, MD, DrPH, Professor at the National Cancer Institute of Egypt and President of the Egyptian Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Zaghloul was born in 1956 in ...
Second-Generation Androgen Receptor Inhibitors for Older Men With Nonmetastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
In a U.S. Food and Drug Administration pooled analysis of clinical trial patient-level data reported in The Lancet Oncology, Fallah et al found that second-generation androgen receptor inhibitor treatment was associated with survival benefits in patients aged 80 years or older with nonmetastatic...
Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle May Decrease Cancer Incidence in High-Risk Individuals
Studies show that unhealthy lifestyles—including smoking, drinking alcohol, having obesity, being physically inactive, and eating a poor diet—are associated with an increased risk of developing cancer. Studies also show that practicing a healthy lifestyle is associated with an increase in total...
Impact of Nurse Navigation Program on Outcomes in Minority Patients With Aggressive Lymphoma
In a single-institution study reported in the journal Cancer, Hu et al found that use of a dedicated nurse navigation program contributed to redressing the recognized inequities in care and outcomes between minority patients and White patients with aggressive large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). As...
Meta-analysis Identifies Genetic Markers for Inherited Testicular Cancer
A meta-analysis of nearly 200,000 men revealed 22 new genetic locations that could be susceptible to inherited testicular germ cell tumors—a 40% increase in the number of regions known to be associated with the cancer. The new findings, published by Pluta et al in Nature Communications, could help...
