
Data from the phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-121 trial led to the approval of selpercatinib in pediatric RET-mutant thyroid cancer.

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Data from the phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-121 trial led to the approval of selpercatinib in pediatric RET-mutant thyroid cancer.

Patients with BRCA-mutated breast cancer can safely undergo assisted reproductive techniques, according to an ESMO study.

Metformin, a type 2 diabetes drug, was found to reduce myeloproliferative neoplasm development.

Fumiko Chino, MD, discusses how recent findings of talcum powder use were linked to ovarian cancer.

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab has shown a response benefit when given at an increased dose for those with metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

The NEOpredict-Lung trial met its primary end point with nivolumab plus relatlimab for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

Neil M. Iyengar, MD, spoke about the importance of exercise oncology and how it may play a role in positive treatment outcomes for breast cancer.

The phase 2 DELLphi-301 trial showed durable response rates when tarlatamab was used to treat extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Results of the Sister Study cohort found an increased risk of ovarian cancer when enrolled patients used genital talcum powder throughout young adulthood.

The CheckMate 358 trial assessed various doses of nivolumab with or without ipilimumab for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Although the sample size for this trial was small, data still highlight a potential benefit with nivolumab in dMMR uterine and ovarian cancers.

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.