
Investigators found that imatinib maintenance therapy for 6 years reduced the risk of recurrence in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

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Investigators found that imatinib maintenance therapy for 6 years reduced the risk of recurrence in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

CheckMate-8HW assessed the efficacy of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with MSI-H/dMMR metastatic colorectal cancer.

Findings support the use of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT in the preoperative workflow of intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer.

T-DXd given at 2 dose levels continued to show anti-tumor activity in patients with HER2-overexpressing non–small cell lung cancer.

D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, spoke about how the approval of alectinib is the beginning of multiple other approvals for patients with ALK-positive NSCLC.

Those who have been previously treated for KRAS G12C–mutated advanced NSCLC may benefit from treatment with glecirasib.

Using FOLFIRI as a doublet with durvalumab or a triplet with durvalumab and tremelimumab yielded positive safety in gastric/GEJ cancers.

Amivantamab/chemotherapy has been recommended for approval by the CHMP in advanced non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

Tisotumab vedotin-tftv may now be given to patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, according to the FDA.

Patients with overexpressing breast and gastric cancers may now receive trastuzumab-strf, which has been approved by the FDA.

One of the most important roles of a nurse coordinator is transmitting patient and caregiver information during the CAR T-cell treatment process.

Patients enrolled across the CARTITUDE trials who experienced cranial nerve palsy after treatment with cilta-cel were generally male.

Those with high-risk biochemical recurrent non-metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer can now receive enzalutamide in the European Union.

The FDA approval of the single-agent, oral pan-RAF inhibitor tovorafenib is based on efficacy results from the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial.

Data from 2 NETTER trials support lutetium Lu 177 dotatate's approval in somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Nogapendekin alfa-inbakicept is now approved for the treatment of patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

The FDA has approved alectinib for the adjuvant treatment of patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer with tumors that are least 4 cm or node positive, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

Pembrolizumab also demonstrated a disease-free survival benefit vs placebo for patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

An increased TIL count in the breast tissue was associated with improved distant recurrence-free survival in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Patients who are predisposed to medullary thyroid cancer should be advised against the use of GLP1 agents.

The phase 3 TOPAZ-1 trial of durvalumab plus chemotherapy showed a significant benefit vs chemotherapy alone for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer.

Additional data and results from the phase 3 STARGLO trial of glofitamab for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma will be presented at an upcoming medical meeting.

Pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma were less likely to have severe COVID-19 infection.

Minimal residual disease can now be considered an end point in trials leading to accelerated approvals by the FDA for multiple myeloma.

LYT-200 is currently being investigated for those with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.

The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers looked at time intervals to see where delays occurred throughout the process for those with breast cancer.

Toripalimab plus axitinib is now an approved regimen in China for patients with medium- to high-risk unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The liquid biopsy combining miRNA and CA19-9 had the best validation rates for detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

The PREEMPT trial analyzed samples from 27,010 average-risk adults to determine the specificity of detecting colorectal cancer.

Data from a phase 3b trial support a supplemental new drug application in China for savolitinib in previously treated non–small cell lung cancer with MET exon 14 alterations.