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Joseph A. Sparano, MD, on Multimodal AI Models for Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence
Joseph A. Sparano, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the performance of experimental multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) models integrating clinical, molecular, and histopathologic features to provide prognostic information for early and late recurrence using primary ...
Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, on HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Choosing a Regimen in Clinical Practice
Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, puts findings from several trials in HER2-positive breast cancer into context, including HER2CLIMB, which investigated tucatinib, trastuzumab, and capecitabine in pretreated patients with metastatic disease; DESTINY Breast-09, which evaluated fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nki...
Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, on T-DXd in HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer: Follow-up Data
Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, discusses follow-up data from the DESTINY Breast-05 and DESTINY Breast-11 trials of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nki (T-DXd) for HER2-positive early breast cancer. DESTINY Breast-05 examined the agent given postneoadjuvantly, while DESTINY Breast-11 evaluated the agent in a...
Marcel Verheij, MD, PhD, on Resectable Gastric Cancer: Comparing Three Preoperative Regimens
Marcel Verheij, MD, PhD, of Radboud University Medical Center, presents findings from the phase II CRITICS-II trial, which compared three preoperative regimens while omitting adjuvant treatment among patients with nonmetastatic resectable gastric cancer: chemotherapy, chemotherapy followed by...
Stephen Lam Chan, MD, FRCP, MRCP, on HCC: Pembrolizumab After Resection or Local Ablation
Stephen Lam Chan, MD, FRCP, MRCP, of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, discusses findings from the phase III KEYNOTE-937 trial, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab vs placebo as adjuvant therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...
Matthew Strickland, MD, on Locally Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer: Tislelizumab Plus Chemoradiotherapy
Matthew Strickland, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, reviews results from the phase IIb TERRIFIC trial, which compared the efficacy and safety of the PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab plus chemoradiotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy alone in the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with...
Dina Ioffe, MD, on Disparities in HCC: Do They Affect Systemic Care?
Dina Ioffe, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, describes the results of an analysis that sought to determine how race/ethnicity, insurance status, and socioeconomic status may affect patterns of systemic treatment for metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (Abstract 489).
Daniela Molena, MD, on Surgical Journey in the MATTERHORN Trial
Daniela Molena, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a comparison of the surgical journeys of patients with resectable gastric/gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma who either received fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel (FLOT) plus durvalumab or FLOT plus placebo in...
Elena Elimova, MD, on HER2-Positive Gastroesophageal Cancer: Zanidatamab Plus Chemotherapy
Elena Elimova, MD, of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, presents findings from the primary analysis of the phase III HERIZON-GEA-01 trial, which evaluated zanidatamab, a dual HER2-targeted bispecific antibody, plus chemotherapy with or without the PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab vs trastuzumab plus...
Elizabeth Smyth, MD, on FLOT Administration in the MATTERHORN Trial
Elizabeth Smyth, MD, of the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, presents findings from an analysis of the MATTERHORN trial, a phase III study that examined fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel (FLOT) plus durvalumab in patients with resectable...
Samuel J. Klempner, MD, on Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer: Zolbetuximab Plus mFOLFOX6 and Nivolumab
Samuel J. Klempner, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses results from the phase II ILUSTRO trial, which evaluated the combination of the anti-CLDN18.2 antibody zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 and nivolumab in patients with CLDN18.2-positive; HER2-negative; locally advanced, unresectable, or...
Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, on Tremelimumab Rechallenge in Unresectable HCC: Safety Outcomes
Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, outlines an assessment of baseline characteristics and safety outcomes in HIMALAYA trial participants who were rechallenged with tremelimumab after being treated with the STRIDE regimen (single dose of tremelimumab plus...
Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, on a Novel First-Line Regimen for Unresectable HCC Under Study
Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reviews the goals of the upcoming phase III ARTEMIDE-HCC01 trial, which will examine the efficacy and safety of rilvegostomig (a novel bispecific anti–PD-1/anti-TIGIT antibody) plus bevacizumab with or without tremelimumab as...
Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, on MDS and Exposure to Agent Orange
Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, Chief, Division of Hematology and Professor of Medicine at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, presents findings from a new study that connects exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange to earlier and more severe...
Nitin Jain, MD, on a Triplet Regimen for Richter Transformation
Nitin Jain, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, reviews findings from a phase II trial of pirtobrutinib, venetoclax, and obinutuzumab for patients with Richter transformation (Abstract 89).
Andrew Portuguese, MD, on Multiple Myeloma: Real-World Outcomes With Elranatamab
Andrew Portuguese, MD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, discusses findings from a multicenter analysis from the U.S. Multiple Myeloma Immunotherapy Consortium looking at the real-world safety and efficacy of the BCMA-CD3 bispecific antibody elranatamab (Abstract 136).
Amer Zeidan, MBBS, on TP53-Mutated Higher-Risk MDS: Bexmarilimab Plus Azacitidine
Amer Zeidan, MBBS, of Yale School of Medicine, shares results from the phase I/II BEXMAB study, which examined the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of bexmarilimab—a novel macrophage checkpoint inhibitor targeting Clever-1—in combination with the standard of care, azacitidine, in...
Amer Zeidan, MBBS, on Lower-Risk MDS: Treatment-Emergent Cytopenias and Clinical Response
Amer Zeidan, MBBS, of Yale School of Medicine, discusses findings from an analysis of the IMerge trial, which explored the possible association between imetelstat-related cytopenias and hemoglobin increase—a measure linked to red blood cell transfusion independence achievement—in patients with...
Nikhil Khushalani, MD, on Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment in CSCC
Nikhil Khushalani, MD, Vice Chair for the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, reviews advances in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). He discusses the possibility of de-escalating therapy for patients who respond positively to...
Nikhil Khushalani, MD, on Immunotherapy in Advanced Unresectable CSCC
Nikhil Khushalani, MD, Vice Chair for the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, offers his thoughts on the role of immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). Dr. Khushalani discusses the three currently approved immunotherapeutic agents ...
Jennifer Woyach, MD, on Relapsed/Refractory CLL: Next-Generation BTK Inhibitor
Jennifer Woyach, MD, of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, reviews phase I data on rocbrutinib, a new selective next-generation inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and prior exposure to BTK and/or...
Jennifer Woyach, MD, on CLL/SLL: Pirtobrutinib vs Ibrutinib in Treatment-Naive and Relapsed/Refractory Disease
Jennifer Woyach, MD, of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses results from the first head-to-head comparison of pirtobrutinib vs ibrutinib in treatment-naive patients and patients with covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor–naive relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic ...
Brian Ball, MD, on Higher-Risk MDS: Bexmarilimab and Azacitidine
Brian Ball, MD, of City of Hope, presents updated results from the phase I/II BEXMAB study. They showed that the doublet had encouraging activity in patients with TP53-mutant, higher-risk MDS; translational data support the combination regimen’s potential for altering immune dysregulation in this...
Alexander Lesokhin, MD: Can Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Successfully Pause or Discontinue Elranatamab?
Alexander Lesokhin, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses results of a retrospective analysis from the phase II MagnetisMM-3 trial. A post hoc analysis was conducted of the subgroup of patients enrolled in the study who had a prolonged treatment interruption or who permanently...
Karthik Ramasamy, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD, on Ultra–High-Risk Multiple Myeloma: RADAR Trial in Newly Diagnosed Transplant-Eligible Patients
Karthik Ramasamy, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD, of the University of Oxford, discusses initial results of the phase II/III UK-based RADAR trial. The study evaluated isatuximab, bortezomib, lenalidomide, dexamethasone, and cyclophosphamide induction, followed by single autologous stem cell transplant,...
Shahzad Raza, MD, on Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Novel Doublet in Patients With Extramedullary Disease
Shahzad Raza, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, presents updated phase II results of the RedirecTT-1 trial, focusing on the efficacy and safety of talquetamab combined with teclistamab in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and extramedullary disease (Abstract 698). The study also received...
Aaron Gerds, MD, on Using an AI System to Identify Patients Eligible for a Polycythemia Vera Trial
Aaron Gerds, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, reviews results of an evaluation of Synapsis AI, a medically trained, large language model–based end-to-end system, focusing on its accuracy and efficiency in identifying eligible patients for an active phase III polycythemia vera clinical trial (Abstract...
Dory Abelman, PhD(c), HBHSc, on Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Ultradeep Whole-Genome Sequencing of cfDNA
Dory Abelman, PhD(c), HBHSc, of the University of Toronto, discusses findings that support the feasibility of ultradeep cell-free DNA whole-genome sequencing for comprehensive genomic profiling in patients with multiple myeloma, which may be a less invasive alternative to bone marrow biopsy...
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, on MDS: Research Highlights From ASH 2025
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, reviews data from three abstracts in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) presented at this year’s meeting: outcomes from the phase III VERONA trial of venetoclax with azacitidine vs placebo with azacitidine in patients...
Benjamin Diamond, MD, on a Novel Quadruplet for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Benjamin Diamond, MD, of the University of Miami, describes findings from the single-center phase II REKINDLE trial, which looked at the combination regimen of iberdomide, carfilzomib, daratumumab, and dexamethasone in patients with early relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (Abstract 251).
Krina Patel, MD, MSc, on Anitocabtagene Autoleucel for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Krina Patel, MD, MSc, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, provides updated results from the fully enrolled, ongoing iMMagine-1 phase II registrational trial of anitocabtagene autoleucel, an autologous anti-BCMA CAR T-cell therapy with a novel D-domain binder. The agent is under...
Amir Fathi, MD, on Newly Diagnosed AML: Azacitidine and Venetoclax vs Conventional Induction Chemotherapy
Amir Fathi, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses data from the phase II PARADIGM trial, which prospectively tested whether azacitidine plus venetoclax was superior to intensive induction chemotherapy in fit patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—and could challenge...
Othman Al-Sawaf, MD, PhD, on Previously Untreated CLL: Fixed-Duration vs Continuous Targeted Treatment
Othman Al-Sawaf, MD, PhD, of the University Hospital of Cologne, presents results from the phase III CLL17 trial, which compared continuous ibrutinib monotherapy to fixed-duration venetoclax plus obinutuzumab to fixed-duration venetoclax plus ibrutinib for previously untreated patients with chronic ...
Anand Patel, MD, on Ph-Positive ALL: TKI Plus Inotuzumab Ozogamicin–Based Therapy
Anand Patel, MD, of the University of Chicago, discusses results from a phase II trial that showed tyrosine kinase inhibitor plus inotuzumab ozogamicin–based therapy resulted in major molecular response in patients newly diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-positive acute lymphoblastic...
Ibrahim Aldoss, MD, on Older Adults With B-Cell ALL: CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy
Ibrahim Aldoss, MD, of City of Hope, presents findings from a small, single-center study of patients aged 55 years and older with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission who were treated with CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy. Researchers found the therapy was safe,...
Valeria Santini, MD, on Imetelstat for Lower-Risk MDS: Long-Term Outcomes From the IMerge Trial
The telomerase inhibitor imetelstat was approved for the treatment of certain patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) based on the results of the phase III IMerge trial. Valeria Santini, MD, of the University of Florence, provides updates on secondary endpoints, including overall...
Jayastu Senapati, MBBS, on B-Cell ALL: Brexucabtagene Autoleucel as Consolidation Therapy
Jayastu Senapati, MBBS, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, presents initial results from a phase II trial of brexucabtagene autoleucel as consolidation therapy in front-line high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) or relapsed/refractory B-ALL after cytoreduction...
Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, on Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell ALL: Real-World Data on Brexucabtagene Autoleucel and Transplant
Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, of UCSF Health, discusses research examining the effect of transplant before or after treatment with brexucabtagene autoleucel in the real world for adult patients with relapsed or refractory Philadelphia chromosome–negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (Abstract...
Jack Khouri, MD, on Multiple Myeloma: Burixafor and Propranolol With G-CSF Before Transplant
Jack Khouri, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, describes the findings of a phase II trial which investigated the safety and efficacy of burixafor (GPC-100), a potent and selective small -molecule antagonist of CXCR4, and propranolol with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the mobilization of...
Domenica Lorusso, MD, PhD, on Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer: Relacorilant and Nab-Paclitaxel in Pretreated Patients
Domenica Lorusso, MD, PhD, of Humanitas University, discusses results of a preplanned analysis from the ROSELLA trial. In the phase III study, the addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel significantly prolonged progression-free survival and showed a clinically meaningful improvement in overall...
Andrew R. Clamp, MD, PhD, on High-Risk Ovarian Cancer: Weekly Dose-Dense and Every-3-Week Chemotherapy Plus Bevacizumab
Andrew R. Clamp, MD, PhD, of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, reviews results of the phase III ICON8B trial, which found that in patients with high-risk stage III to IV epithelial ovarian cancer, the use of dose-dense weekly paclitaxel in combination with every-3-week carboplatin and bevacizumab...
JADPRO Live 2025: United in Care
Oncology advanced practitioners summarize sessions from JADPRO Live 2025, a continuing education conference that took place in National Harbor, Maryland, from October 23 through 26. The agenda featured a diverse lineup of practice management topics in solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, and...
Emese Zsiros, MD, PhD, on Platinum-Resistant Recurrent Ovarian Cancer: Pembrolizumab Plus Weekly Paclitaxel
Emese Zsiros, MD, PhD, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, reviews results from the randomized, double-blind, phase III ENGOT-ov65/KEYNOTE-B96 trial. According to the study investigators, “Pembrolizumab in combination with weekly paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab demonstrated...
Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, on JAK Inhibitors—And Beyond!
Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Hematologic Malignancies and the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reviews the four FDA-approved Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors for patients with myelofibrosis, touching upon differences in their...
Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, on Managing Anemia and Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Myelofibrosis
Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Hematologic Malignancies and the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses management strategies for these two conditions often associated with myelofibrosis. He discusses the role of Janus kinase...
Bijal Shah, MD, on CAR T-Cell Therapy in ALL
Bijal Shah, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center, summarizes his presentation on the role of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), touching on its use in the front-line setting for newly diagnosed patients with high risk-features as well as in patients with...
Patrick Goodley, MBBChir, MRCP: What Is the Optimal Upper Age Limit for Lung Cancer Screening?
Patrick Goodley, MBBChir, MRCP, of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, reports results from a study that looked at treatment and survival rates in people aged 75 to 80 years diagnosed with screen-detected lung cancer in two targeted lung cancer screening implementation settings (Abstract...
Combination Treatment and Patient Selection for Relugolix vs Leuprolide
Atish D. Choudhury, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist and clinical/translational investigator at the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses current guideline recommendations for the use of relugolix and leuprolide, relugolix as a combination backbone, and...
Oral vs Injectable Agents for Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer
Atish D. Choudhury, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist and clinical/translational investigator at the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses forms of hormonal therapy for patients with prostate cancer, with a focus on the HERO trial, which evaluated oral...
Gerrina Ruiter, MD, PhD, on Zongertinib in Patients With Previously Treated HER2-Mutant NSCLC and Baseline Brain Metastases
Gerrina Ruiter, MD, PhD, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, discusses data from the Beamion LUNG-1 trial, which is evaluating zongertinib—an irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor that selectively inhibits HER2 while sparing EGFR—in patients with HER2-mutant advanced or metastatic non–small cell...
