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Showing 951 - 1000Brexucabtagene Autoleucel in Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma in Standard-of-Care Practice
In an analysis from the U.S. Lymphoma CAR T Consortium reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Wang et al found that standard-of-care treatment with brexucabtagene autoleucel in relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma since its approval in this setting has been associated with response...
Camrelizumab/Apatinib in Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
In a Chinese phase II trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ding et al found that camrelizumab plus apatinib produced durable objective responses in most patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Study Details The multicenter trial enrolled 58 patients between...
Association of Anthracycline Use With Risk of Congestive Heart Failure Among Patients Treated for Breast Cancer or Lymphoma
In a retrospective, population-based, case-control study reported in JAMA Network Open, Larsen et al found that patients receiving anthracyclines for breast cancer or lymphoma were at a significantly elevated risk of congestive heart failure vs noncancer controls. No significant difference in risk...
Outcomes After Minimally Invasive vs Open Surgery for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
In a Belgian single-institution retrospective study reported in JAMA Network Open, Topal et al found that minimally invasive pancreatic surgery (MIPS) was associated with better overall survival and disease-free survival vs open pancreatic surgery (OPS) for borderline resectable or resectable...
Hyaluronic Acid Rectal Spacer in Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Mariados et al found that use of a hyaluronic acid rectal spacer reduced radiation exposure of the rectum—and reduced the incidence of grade ≥ 2 gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity—in patients receiving hypofractionated radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Study...
CodeBreaK 200 Trial: Sotorasib vs Docetaxel in Previously Treated Patients With Advanced KRAS G12C–Mutated NSCLC
As reported in The Lancet by de Langen et al, the phase III CodeBreaK 200 trial has shown a significant improvement in progression-free survival with sotorasib vs docetaxel in previously treated patients with advanced KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study Details In the...
Second-Line Bevacizumab Plus FOLFIRI for Advanced Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
In a French noncomparative phase II trial (PRODIGE 41-BEVANEC) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Walter et al found that the addition of bevacizumab to FOLFIRI (irinotecan, leucovorin, and fluorouracil) did not appear to improve overall survival in the second-line treatment of patients with advanced ...
Darolutamide Maintenance in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Without Disease Progression on Taxane Treatment
In a European phase II trial (Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research [SAKK] 08/16) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Silke Gillessen, MD, and colleagues found that darolutamide maintenance improved progression-free survival vs placebo in patients with metastatic castration-resistant...
Sublobar vs Lobar Resection for Peripheral Stage IA NSCLC
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Nasser Altorki, MD, and colleagues, the phase III CALGB/Alliance 140503 trial showed that in respect to disease-free survival, sublobar resection was noninferior to lobar resection for patients with peripheral stage IA non–small cell lung cancer ...
Addition of Pembrolizumab to Chemotherapy in First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Squamous NSCLC: 5-Year Update of KEYNOTE-407
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Silvia Novello, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the 5-year update of the phase III KEYNOTE-407 trial showed continued overall survival and progression-free survival benefit with the addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of...
Focal vs Extended Irreversible Electroporation in Ablation of Localized Low- or Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
In a study reported in JAMA Surgery, Zhang et al found that focal and extended irreversible electroporation (IRE) produced similar results in the ablation of low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Study Details In the study, 106 patients from five European centers were randomly assigned between ...
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Breast Cancer in Patients From Sex and Gender Minority Groups
In a single-institution study reported in JAMA Oncology, Eckhert et al found that patients with breast cancer from sex and gender minority groups experienced delayed diagnosis and had a shorter time to cancer recurrence compared to cisgender heterosexual patients. Study Details In the...
Adagrasib With or Without Cetuximab in Previously Treated Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and a KRAS G12C Mutation
In a phase I/II trial (KRYSTAL-1) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Rona Yaeger, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and colleagues found that the KRAS G12C inhibitor adagrasib showed activity alone and in combination with cetuximab in heavily pretreated patients ...
Mosunetuzumab-axgb for Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
On December 22, 2022, mosunetuzumab-axgb, a bispecific CD20-directed CD3 T-cell engager, was granted accelerated approval for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.1 Supporting Efficacy Data Approval was based on findings in the...
Docetaxel as a Radiosensitizer in Cisplatin-Ineligible Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
In an Indian single-center phase II/III trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Patil et al found that the use of docetaxel as a radiosensitizer was associated with better outcomes than radiotherapy alone in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who were...
Proton Therapy Reirradiation in Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
In a single-institution retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Network Open, Lee et al found that proton therapy reirradiation (PT-ReRT) may be associated with improved survival in patients with recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, with a fractionated regimen being associated with...
Findings on Cardiovascular Imaging in Patients Receiving Ibrutinib: Association With Cardiotoxicity
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Buck et al found that myocardial injury detected on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) was common in patients treated with ibrutinib and was associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events. Study Details The study included data...
Long-Term Outcomes Among Survivors of Wilms Tumor
In an analysis from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Weil et al found that survivors of unilateral Wilms tumor were at an increased risk for severe chronic health conditions. Study Details The study involved 2,008 5-year survivors diagnosed...
COVID-19 Outcomes Across Pandemic Phases in European Patients With Breast Cancer
In a study using data from the European OnCovid registry reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Tagliamento et al found that the severity of COVID-19 infection in patients with breast cancer decreased during the Omicron variant phase of the pandemic. In addition, a full vaccine course...
Axatilimab for Refractory Chronic Graft-vs-Host Disease
In a phase I/II study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Carrie L. Kitko, MD, and colleagues found that axatilimab, an anti–colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R) antibody, produced high response rates in patients who had undergone allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and ...
10-Year Outcomes With Adjuvant APBI Using Multicatheter Brachytherapy vs WBI After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Early Breast Cancer
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Vratislav Strnad, MD, PhD, and colleagues, 10-year outcomes in a phase III GEC-ESTRO (Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology) trial have shown no significant difference in ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence with...
ctDNA as a Prognostic Marker in Intermediate-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma
In a study from the Children’s Oncology Group reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Abbou et al found that measuring circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma was feasible and that the presence of ctDNA prior to treatment was associated with poorer prognosis. As...
Association of Radiation and Procarbazine Dose With Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Survivors of Hodgkin Lymphoma
In a Dutch study reported in JAMA Oncology, Geurts et al found a dose-response relationship between radiotherapy and risk of colorectal cancer among survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma, with the risk being increased with increasing procarbazine dose. Study Details The nested case-control study included...
Mirvetuximab Soravtansine in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer and High FRα Expression
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, and colleagues, results from the phase II SORAYA study showed activity of mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx, an antibody-drug conjugate targeting folate receptor alpha (FRα), in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer...
Neoadjuvant Plus Adjuvant Chemotherapy vs Adjuvant Chemotherapy Alone for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Morton et al, the European phase III FOxTROT trial has shown that neoadjuvant plus adjuvant oxaliplatin/fluoropyrimidine resulted in a reduced risk of residual disease or disease recurrence vs adjuvant oxaliplatin/fluoropyrimidine in patients with...
Surgical Quality Metric Scoring and Survival Among U.S. Veterans With Early-Stage NSCLC
In a study reported in JAMA Surgery, Heiden et al developed a surgical quality metric scoring system—the Veterans Affairs Lung Cancer Operative quality (VALCAN-O) score—that was associated with overall survival in U.S. veterans undergoing curative-intent surgery for early-stage non–small cell lung...
Addition of Anti–IGF-1R Antibody Ganitumab to Interval-Compressed Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by DuBois et al, the Children’s Oncology Group phase III AEWS1221 trial showed no event-free survival benefit with the addition of the anti–insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) monoclonal antibody ganitumab to interval-compressed...
Dexrazoxane and Long-Term Heart Function in Survivors of Childhood Cancer Treated With Doxorubicin
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Eric J. Chow, MD, MPH, and colleagues found that the use of dexrazoxane was associated with long-term protection of heart function in childhood cancer survivors who received doxorubicin for their cancer. According to the study investigators,...
Canadian Trial Highlights Adverse Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Medulloblastoma
In a population-based study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Coltin et al found that survivors of childhood medulloblastoma in Ontario were at an increased risk of numerous adverse health outcomes compared with matched noncancer controls. Study Details In the study, all 5-year...
Levels of Inflammatory Biomarkers and Survival in Patients Receiving Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Colon Cancer
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Cheng et al found that higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers measured after surgery—but before receipt of chemotherapy—were associated with poorer outcomes in patients with stage III colon cancer enrolled in the CALGB/SWOG 80702 trial of adjuvant...
MDM2 Inhibitor Milademetan in Advanced Liposarcoma, Solid Tumors, or Lymphomas
In a first-in-human, phase I, dose-escalation and dose-expansion study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Mrinal M. Gounder, MD, and colleagues identified the dose and schedule for further evaluation of the oral MDM2 inhibitor milademetan in a population of patients with advanced...
Association of Polygenic Risk Score With Tumor Characteristics and Survival in Patients With Invasive Breast Cancer
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Josephine M.N. Lopes Cardozo, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that a higher score on a polygenic risk score consisting of 313 common genetic variants (the PRS313) was generally associated with more favorable tumor characteristics in patients...
Uptake of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Survival Among Younger and Older Patients With Advanced NSCLC
In a U.S. cohort study reported in JAMA Oncology, Voruganti et al found that the uptake of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been associated with “modest” improvements in overall survival, particularly among older patients. As...
Sex Disparities in Childhood Cancer Diagnoses in India
In a study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Bhatia et al found that boys were significantly more likely than girls to be diagnosed with childhood cancers in India. Study Details The retrospective multicohort study involved individual data from patients aged 0 to 19 years from hospital-based records ...
Association of Immune-Related Gene-Expression Signatures and TILs With Outcomes in Early-Stage, HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Aranzazu Fernandez-Martinez, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that several B-cell–related gene signatures provided better prediction of pathologic complete response and event-free survival than tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) levels among patients with...
Two Methods Studied in Defining Prognosis for Patients With ER-Positive, Node-Positive Breast Cancer
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Corey W. Speers, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the sensitivity to endocrine therapy (SET2,3) index and the 21-gene breast recurrence score (RS) were not correlated in defining prognosis among postmenopausal patients with estrogen...
Adjuvant S-1 vs Observation for Resected Biliary Tract Cancer
In a Japanese phase III trial (JCOG1202, ASCOT) reported in The Lancet, Nakachi et al found that adjuvant S-1 was associated with significantly improved overall survival vs observation in patients with resected biliary tract cancer. Study Details The multicenter, open-label trial included 440...
Adjuvant FOLFOX Hepatic Arterial Infusion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Microvascular Invasion
In a Chinese phase III trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Li et al found that adjuvant hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with FOLFOX (fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin) significantly improved disease-free survival vs routine follow-up in patients with hepatocellular...
Risk of Subsequent Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies After Blood or Marrow Transplantation
In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, McDonald et al found that receipt of blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) was associated with an increased risk of subsequent malignant neoplasms of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. As stated by the investigators, “Survivors of BMT are at increased risk of...
Addition of Pazopanib to Concurrent Radiotherapy and Paclitaxel in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
In a phase II trial (NRG/RTOG 0912) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Sherman et al found that the addition of pazopanib to concurrent radiotherapy and paclitaxel did not improve overall survival in patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer. Study Details In the U.S. multicenter, double-blind trial,...
Trends in Use of Next-Generation Sequencing in U.S. Patients According to Genetic Ancestry
In a study reported in a letter to the editor in The New England Journal of Medicine, Mata et al found that U.S. individuals of African ancestry and Hispanic patients made up an increasing proportion of patients undergoing next-generation sequencing of tumor samples over a 9-year period ending in...
Analysis of Mutations Associated With High Tumor Mutation Burden in Microsatellite-Stable Gastrointestinal Cancers
In a study reported in The Lancet Oncology, Wang et al identified mutations linked to high tumor mutation burden in microsatellite-stable (MSS) gastrointestinal cancers that may be associated with efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Study Details Molecular alterations in 48,606...
Updated Results of DESTINY-Breast03: T-DXd vs T-DM1 for Previously Treated Patients With HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
As reported in The Lancet by Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, and colleagues, updated results of the phase III DESTINY-Breast03 trial showed significantly improved overall survival with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) vs ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-positive unresectable or...
Risk of Major Psychiatric Disorders Among Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers
In a Taiwanese study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hsu et al found that survivors of childhood and adolescent cancers were at a significantly increased risk of multiple major psychiatric disorders compared to those without cancer. Study Details The study used data from a...
First Adenoviral Vector–Based Gene Therapy for High-Risk BCG-Unresponsive Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
On December 16, 2022, nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg, an adenoviral vector–based gene therapy, was approved for patients with high-risk bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors.1 Supporting Efficacy Data...
Significant Benefit With Addition of Daratumumab to Bortezomib/Dexamethasone in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD, of Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues, the final overall survival analysis of the phase III CASTOR trial has shown a significant benefit of the addition of daratumumab to...
Cardiovascular Events Before and After Initiation of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Cancer
In a study reported in JACC: CardioOncology, Lavanya Kondapalli, MD, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, and colleagues found that cardiovascular events common in the general population were observed both prior to and after the initiation of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy ...
Risks of Cardiovascular and Immune-Related Adverse Events in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
In a single academic hospital network retrospective case-control study reported in JACC:CardioOncology, Charlotte Lee, MD, of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, along with senior author Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH, of Massachusetts General Hospital and colleagues found that patients...
Study Explores the Addition of First-Line Atezolizumab in BRAF V600–Mutant Advanced Melanoma
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Paolo A. Ascierto, MD, of the Istituto Nazionale Tumori Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione Pascale, Naples, and colleagues, the second interim overall survival analysis of the phase III IMspire150 trial has shown a numeric but...
Real-World Use of Idecabtagene Vicleucel for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
In a retrospective study of the real-world use of idecabtagene vicleucel reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Hansen et al found that response rates and toxicity in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma were comparable to those in the pivotal phase II KarMMa trial; the...
