Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD, on a Novel Regimen for Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer With HRR Alterations
2025 ASCO Annual Meeting
Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD, of the Cancer Institute, University College London, presents findings from the phase III AMPLITUDE trial, which looked at the combination of niraparib and abiraterone acetate plus prednisone for patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer with alterations in homologous recombination repair (HRR) genes (Abstract LBA5006).
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Alicia Latham, MD, MS, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the feasibility of using Pap-derived ctDNA for the detection of sporadic and Lynch syndrome–associated endometrial cancer (Abstract 10503).
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William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, reviews the final analysis of phase II CAPTIVATE study demonstrating the long-term efficacy and safety of ibrutinib plus venetoclax for previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), including in patients with high-risk genomic features. The 5.5-year progression-free survival and overall survival rates were 66% and 97%, respectively (Abstract 7036).
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South Florida has a unique demographic, characterized by a large Hispanic population with ancestries from the Caribbean and Central and South America. Arelis Esther Martir-Negron, MD, of Miami Cancer Institute, presents data from a retrospective analysis that sought to determine the frequency and spectrum of BRCA pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in this population (Abstract 10579).
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Andrew J. Armstrong, MD, MS, of Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Duke University School of Medicine, discusses the 5-year overall survival analysis of the ARCHES trial, which investigated enzalutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (Abstract 5005).
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Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FASCO, FACP, Chief Executive Officer of ASCO, discusses ASCO Guidelines Assistant, an AI-based collaboration between ASCO and Google Cloud which draws from ASCO’s evidence-based, published clinical practice guidelines, offering clinicians ready access to timely, trustworthy information.
