
Research evaluated whether initiating breast cancer screening at age 30 may be preferable to current guidelines among survivors of childhood cancer with a history of chest irradiation.

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Research evaluated whether initiating breast cancer screening at age 30 may be preferable to current guidelines among survivors of childhood cancer with a history of chest irradiation.

The results of the first randomized clinical trial evaluating the link between a low-fat diet and breast cancer incidence and mortality were presented at ASCO 2019.

A subanalysis of the PROCEED trial showed a surprisingly high survival advantage for a particular race of men receiving immunotherapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

An interim analysis of the CheckMate 920 phase IIIb/IV trial evaluated nivolumab plus ipilimumab in advanced renal cell carcinoma patients with brain metastases.

Researchers tested simultaneous vs delayed rituximab with cladribine in patients with hairy cell leukemia.

The phase II IMmotion150 study evaluated disease- and treatment-related symptoms in RCC patients receiving atezolizumab alone or in combination with bevacizumab vs sunitinib.

Findings from a planned subanalysis of IMmotion151 looked at combination atezolizumab and bevacizumab in patients with RCC and sarcomatoid histology.

The study of sequential treatment of pazopanib followed by nivolumab in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma looked at benefit-risk profile and survival.

The RELAY trial compared the combination of ramucirumab plus erlotinib vs erlotinib alone in patients with metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer.

A retrospective study finds that use of checkpoint inhibitors is associated with similar survival outcomes among patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer, regardless of a history of autoimmune disorders.

Researchers tested the addition of a pemetrexed-carboplatin chemotherapy regimen to gefitinib for patients with EGFR-mutant advanced non–small-cell lung cancer.

The addition of pemetrexed to bevacizumab maintenance therapy after induction therapy for chemo-naive patients with advanced lung cancer did not meet the primary endpoint in a phase III trial.

Five-year follow-up of the phase III COMPLEMENT 1 study focused on the efficacy with respect to overall and progression-free survival.

A pilot study evaluated cytoreductive surgery combined with immune checkpoint therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The study investigators evaluated the survival benefit of pazopanib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients with no evidence of disease after metastasectomy.

Progression-free survival was compared for the VEGF TKI tivozanib vs sorafenib across multiple subgroups of refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Data were presented at ASCO 2019 on the link between current and former smoking on treatment outcomes in AML in treatment-naive patients.

A phase I study of a CAR T-cell therapy showed success in refining cell dosing and adverse event management protocols in patients with relapsed/refractory ALL.

Researchers studied the Fc-enhanced, humanized anti-CD19 antibody MOR208 combined with lenalidomide in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

The MAGNIFY phase IIIb trial looked at the efficacy and safety of lenalidomide combined with rituximab in relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Researchers evaluated the effect of trilaciclib to a topotecan regimen in reducing chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression in newly diagnosed extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.

The authors compared metformin combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with unresected stage IIIA/B non–small-cell lung cancer.

Results from an interim efficacy analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial focusing on a programmed death ligand 1 inhibitor were presented at ASCO 2019.

Researchers compared the percentage of non-viable tumor and tissue resident memory tumor infiltrating lymphocytes for nivolumab plus ipilimumab vs nivolumab alone.

The study evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant treatment with pemetrexed/cisplatin vs vinorelbine/cisplatin in patients with non-squamous NSCLC.

Investigators studied a combination of pertuzumab and trastuzumab in patients with metastatic, HER2-positive colorectal cancer.

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