In a phase II trial (I-SABR) reported in The Lancet, Joe Y. Chang, MD, of the Department of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and colleagues found that the addition of immunotherapy with nivolumab to stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) improved ...
On July 31, 2023, the immune checkpoint inhibitor dostarlimab-gxly was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by single-agent dostarlimab, for patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is mismatch...
In a phase II study (coopERA Breast Cancer) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, and colleagues found that 2 weeks of the addition of neoadjuvant giredestrant—a novel nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor (ER) degrader—to palbociclib showed a stronger antiproliferative effect...
In a single-center, phase I, first-in-human trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Yoshie Umemura, MD, and colleagues investigated treatment with the combination of two adenoviral vectors expressing HSV1-TK (Ad-hCMV-TK) and Flt3L (Ad-hCMV-Flt3L) in adults with primary high-grade glioma. As stated...
In a study reported in a research letter in JACC: CardioOncology, Hibler et al found that survivors of young adult cancers who were exposed to anthracyclines were at an increased risk of subsequent diagnosis of heart failure. Study Details The study involved electronic health record data from the...
In a phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hargrave et al found that dabrafenib plus trametinib was highly active in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory BRAF V600–mutant high-grade glioma. Study Details In the trial, 41 previously treated patients (median age, 13...
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in JAMA Oncology, Xie et al explored outcomes associated with immune checkpoint inhibition among patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with Child-Pugh B vs Child-Pugh A liver function. Study Details The analysis included 22 studies...
In an analysis of the UKCTOCS study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Menon et al found that patients with high-grade serous tubo-ovarian cancer detected on multimodal screening may have a survival benefit over those whose disease was diagnosed without screening. The investigator stated, “In...
In a retrospective cohort study reported in JACC: CardioOncology, Bell et al found individuals with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease were more likely to have a subsequent cancer diagnosis than individuals with no cardiovascular disease diagnosis. Risk was elevated among persons with...
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Mandelker et al found that pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma was associated with a high prevalence of BRCA2 germline pathogenic variants and genomic features of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). The study involved somatic and germline ...
In a genetic analysis from the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network 1102 Study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Versluis et al found that allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) improved overall survival compared with non-HCT treatment in patients with...
In a phase III trial (LUNAR) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Leal et al evaluated the addition of tumor treating fields therapy to standard systemic therapy in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. As stated by ...
In a study of SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) data reported in JAMA Network Open, Stephens et al found that approximately 5% of patients with invasive breast cancer had missing components of receptor status and identified several factors associated with the lack of information....
In the phase III ATALANTE/ENGOT-ov29 trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Kurtz et al found that the addition of atezolizumab to bevacizumab and platinum-based doublets did not significantly improve progression-free survival among patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer....
In an analysis reported in a letter to the editor in The New England Journal of Medicine, Palmer et al identified evidence that polatuzumab vedotin-piiq–containing regimens were preferentially effective among patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with activated B cell (ABC) vs...
In a Spanish phase II study (Atezo-Brain; GECP17/05) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ernest Nadal, MD, PhD, and colleagues investigated the activity of the combination of atezolizumab with chemotherapy in patients with advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with...
In a phase I study reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Sacher et al found that the covalent KRAS G12C inhibitor divarasib (also referred to as GDC-6036) produced durable responses in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors with a KRAS G12C mutation. In the study, 137 patients ...
In a Swiss phase II study (SAKK 06/17) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Richard Cathomas, MD, and colleagues found that the addition of perioperative durvalumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy resulted in improved event-free and overall survival in patients with muscle-invasive urothelial...
In an 8-year follow-up of a Korean phase III trial (ASTRRA) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Baek et al evaluated the effects of adding adjuvant ovarian function suppression to tamoxifen in premenopausal patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, with a focus on the...
In a phase I/II study (TRANSCEND CLL 004) reported in The Lancet, Tanya Siddiqi, MD, and colleagues found evidence of activity with the CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia...
In a retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, Goodman et al found that patients receiving adjuvant PD-1 inhibitor therapy for high-risk resected melanoma often had chronic immune-related adverse events, with some persisting over long-term follow-up. Study Details The study included ...
In a single-center retrospective study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Eskreis-Winkler et al found that contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a high-temporal/high-spatial resolution (HTHS) protocol improved breast cancer detection and reduced unnecessary biopsies vs ...
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Ingo K. Mellinghoff, MD, FACP, and colleagues, the phase III INDIGO trial has shown that vorasidenib, an oral brain-penetrant inhibitor of mutant IDH1 and IDH2 enzymes, significantly improved progression-free survival vs placebo in patients with ...
In a study using SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) registry data reported in JAMA Network Open, Koh et al found that the incidence of cancer among individuals in the United States younger than age 50 years—defined as early-onset cancer—increased significantly between 2010 and 2019. ...
In the long-term treatment phase of an Israeli phase II study reported in the journal Nutrients, Keizman et al found that PectaSol modified citrus pectin (P-MCP) may be effective in patients with nonmetastatic, biochemically relapsed prostate cancer. As stated by the investigators, “[P-MCP] is a...
In an analysis from a phase II European trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Jens Huober, MD, and colleagues found no difference in overall survival with pertuzumab/trastuzumab, with or without chemotherapy, followed by second-line ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-positive...
In a study from the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program reported in JAMA Network Open, Shi et al found that alcohol consumption and risky drinking behaviors were common among patients with a cancer diagnosis, including patients currently receiving treatment for their cancer....
In a Chinese phase II trial (TD-FOREKNOW) reported in JAMA Oncology, Lei et al found that the addition of neoadjuvant camrelizumab to platinum-based chemotherapy resulted in a higher pathologic complete response rate among patients with resectable stage IIIA or IIIB (T3N2) non–small cell lung...
In a German prospective registry study (SenTa) reported in JAMA Surgery, Kuemmel et al found that targeted axillary dissection alone after neoadjuvant systemic therapy was associated with outcomes similar to those obtained with targeted axillary dissection plus axillary lymph node dissection in...
In a phase II trial (ROSEWOOD) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zinzani et al found that the addition of zanubrutinib to obinutuzumab significantly improved objective response rate among patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma. Study Details In the open-label trial,...
In a phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Slovin et al found that concomitant abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (AAP) and cabazitaxel appeared to produce better outcomes than AAP followed by cabazitaxel upon disease progression in patients with metastatic...
In a Canadian study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Wilkinson et al found that breast cancer screening was associated with greater 10-year breast cancer net survival among women aged 40 to 49 living in jurisdictions including mammography screening programs for this age group, compared ...
As reported in a research letter in JAMA Oncology by Reinhard Dummer, MD, and colleagues, the final, 5-year analysis of a phase II trial showed continued improvement in outcomes with the addition of neoadjuvant talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) to surgery in patients with advanced melanoma. Study...
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Özgüroğlu et al, extended follow-up of the phase III EMPOWER-Lung 1 trial has shown continued benefit in overall and progression-free survival with first-line cemiplimab-rwlc vs chemotherapy in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with...
In a U.S. retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, Sebastian et al found that treatment at a high-volume radiation facility was associated with improved overall survival among men with very high–risk prostate cancer receiving curative-intent radiotherapy with androgen-deprivation...
In a South Korean single-center retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Surgery, Cheun et al identified locoregional recurrence patterns according to molecular subtypes of breast cancer among women undergoing surgery for the disease. The study involved data from 16,462 women who underwent...
In a study (STOP-CA) reported in JAMA, Neilan et al found that atorvastatin reduced the risk of decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy for the treatment of lymphoma. Study Details In the U.S.-Canadian double-blind trial, 300...
In a Canadian retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, Castelo et al found that a greater interval between date of presentation and treatment initiation was not associated with an increased risk of poorer survival among patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed before age 50. The...
In a preplanned analysis of the phase III PALLAS trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Pfeiler et al found that higher body mass index (BMI) reduced the risk of neutropenia and treatment discontinuation in patients with early hormone receptor–positive breast cancer receiving adjuvant...
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Heather Wakelee, MD, and colleagues, an interim analysis of the phase III KEYNOTE-671 trial showed that the addition of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab to cisplatin-based chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab improved pathologic response and ...
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, of Gustave Roussy Institute, Paris-Saclay University, and colleagues, the phase III TRITON3 trial has shown significantly improved progression-free survival with rucaparib vs physician-selected single-agent therapy in the...
In a UK study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Moore et al found that increased pathologic lymph node regression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy was associated with better outcomes in esophageal adenocarcinoma. Study Details The study involved patients treated with neoadjuvant...
In an analysis from the UK Biobank Accelerometry Study reported in JAMA Oncology, Stamatakis et al found that bouts of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity were associated with reduced risk of cancer among nonexercising adults. Vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity refers...
In a Chinese study (CCLG-AML 2015) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Li et al found that homoharringtonine (HHT)-based induction therapy was associated with promising outcomes in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML). As stated by the investigators, “HHT is commonly used for the...
In a Swedish study (Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence [MASAI]) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Lång et al found that artificial intelligence (AI)-supported screen reading was associated with a similar cancer detection rate and a lower screen-reading workload vs standard double...
In the French phase II SAMCO-PRODIGE 54 trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Julien Taïeb, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that second-line avelumab improved progression-free survival vs standard chemotherapy in patients with mismatch repair–deficient and/or microsatellite instability (dMMR/MSI)...
In a single-institution study reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Kooshesh et al found that adults who had undergone thymectomy may be at an increased risk of death; cancer; and, in certain cases, autoimmune disease. As stated by the investigators: “The function of the thymus in human...
In a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bright et al found that interventions to promote adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence in breast cancer survivors were successful overall compared with control conditions, although some interventions appeared to...
In the phase III EVEREST trial reported in The Lancet, Christopher W. Ryan, MD, and colleagues found that adjuvant everolimus was not associated with a significant improvement in event-free survival vs placebo in patients at high risk of disease recurrence following surgery for renal cell...
In the phase II RAGNAR study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Shubham Pant, MBBS, and colleagues found that the pan-FGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor erdafitinib showed activity in patients with advanced solid tumors with FGFR alterations. Study Details In the ongoing study, 217 patients aged ≥ 12...