Axicabtagene ciloleucel may prolong survival and improve outcomes vs standard-of-care therapy in older patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Data from the phase 3 FRESCO and FRESCO-2 trials support the new drug application for fruquintinib as a treatment for patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Luspatercept may lead to a paradigm shift in the treatment of patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome, according to an expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Medicaid expansion may help overcome inequities in access to care for pancreatic and gastric cancers, with notable benefit in Black patients, according to an expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

A positive R0 resection rate helped to confirm the noninferiority of minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy compared with open distal pancreatectomy in those with resectable pancreatic cancer.

18F-Fluorestradiol is currently the only imaging agent approved by the FDA for assessing estrogen receptor–positive lesion status to better guide treatment decision-making.

Data from a phase 3 study indicate that weight loss intervention with a telephone-based program appears to be effective across all subgroups of breast cancer survivors.

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab yields a survival benefit in PD-L1 positive patients with cervical cancer in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-826 trial.

Sustained improvements in leukemia outcomes in low- and middle-income countries are feasible with cross border programs, according to an expert from the University of California, San Diego.

Voruciclib plus venetoclax appears to yield no dose-limiting toxicities in a small population of patients with acute myeloid leukemia, according to early findings from a phase 1 study.

Patients with nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer experiencing clinical benefit with sitravatinib plus nivolumab in the phase 3 SAPPHIRE trial are eligible to remain on treatment.

Findings from a study suggest that anti-frameshift peptide antibodies may also predict incidence of immune-related adverse effects in patients with lung cancer following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Claudin 18.2–targeting antibody-drug conjugate ATG-022 is under assessment as part of the phase 1 CLINCH study in patients with advanced or metastatic solid malignancies.

Supporting data for the supplemental new drug application for toripalimab plus chemotherapy in recurrent metastatic triple-negative breast cancer come from the phase 3 TORCHLIGHT study.

Manufacturers plan to halt further development of milademetan for liposarcoma following the publication of topline results from the phase 3 MANTRA trial.

Investigators plan to initiate a phase 2 study evaluating AFM13 plus AB-101 in patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma in the first half of 2024.

Plans have been made to file a new drug application in China for roxadustat as a treatment for chemotherapy-induced anemia in those with non-myeloid malignancies.

Mitazalimab is currently under investigation in combination with chemotherapy as a treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the phase 2 OPTIMIZE-1 trial.

Asciminib does not appear to interfere with the general life activities of patients with resistant/intolerant chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia in the phase 3 ASCEMBL trial.

The FDA also accepts a premarket approval application for the Lumicell Direct Visualization System in the breast cancer space.

Hospitalization rates appear to be comparable between patients receiving trastuzumab deruxtecan and trastuzumab emtansine for HER2-positive breast cancer in the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast03 study.

Investigators say that they do not have any safety concerns regarding GEN-001 and avelumab in patients with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Adult patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis can now receive avapritinib following the FDA’s approval of the agent.

Findings from a retrospective analysis highlight no significant differences in metastasis-free survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who received radical cystectomy vs trimodality therapy.

Santosh Rao, MD, discusses ongoing and potential future research efforts aiming to maximize the benefits that patients with kidney cancer may derive from integrative oncology treatment techniques.