
An artificial intelligence-based model for detecting lymph node metastases appears to identify tumor micrometastases in bladder cancer that pathologists may miss while classifying patient results as negative.

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An artificial intelligence-based model for detecting lymph node metastases appears to identify tumor micrometastases in bladder cancer that pathologists may miss while classifying patient results as negative.

Combination treatment with IMX-110 and tislelizumab yields no dose-limiting toxicities thus far in the first cohort of patients with advanced/metastatic colorectal cancer in the phase 1b/2a IMMINENT-01 trial.

The FDA’s approval of the FoundationOne Liquid CDx assay may improve access to treatment with mobocertinib for patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

Based on findings from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial, investigators plan to submit a supplemental biologics license application for mirvetuximab soravtansine in folate receptor α–positive platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

According to the investigators of the INSITE trial, the potential benefit of pegulicianine fluorescence–guided surgery in breast cancer warrants investigation in future studies.

ERAS-801, which now has FDA fast track designation for glioblastoma with EGFR alterations, is currently under investigation as a monotherapy in the phase 1 THUNDERBBOLT-1 trial.

Patients in Canada who have advanced non–small cell lung cancer can now receive cemiplimab plus chemotherapy as a first-line treatment following Health Canada’s approval of the regimen.

THIO plus cemiplimab does not appear to yield any dose-limiting toxicities or significant treatment-related adverse effects in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

Enzalutamide with or without leuprolide also reduces the risk of prostate-specific antigen progression in those with non-metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer in the phase 3 EMBARK trial.

Liso-cel produces no new safety signals in relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma in the phase 1 TRANSCEND NHL 001 trial and the phase 2 TRANSCEND FL trial.

Data from the phase 3 COMMANDS trial support a supplemental biologics license application for an expanded indication for luspatercept-aamt for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome with anemia.

Data from the phase 3 NRG-RTOG 0631 may inform future research assessing spinal radiosurgery in the oligometastatic setting, according to an expert from Stony Brook University Medical Center.

The addition of short-term androgen deprivation to dose-escalated radiation therapy did not yield a significant difference in quality-of-life outcomes vs radiotherapy alone for those with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, according to an expert from Henry Ford Health Cancer.

Data from the phase 2 TITAN-TCC trial suggest that early non-responders with metastatic urothelial carcinoma with PD-L1–positive tumors benefit from nivolumab plus nivolumab/ipilimumab boosts.

The 31-gene expression profile test appears to allow for significant and independent risk stratification of those with stage I cutaneous melanoma.

Results from a phase 2 study support additional clinical trials assessing belzutifan-based regimens for patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The safety profile of adagrasib monotherapy in advanced solid tumors harboring KRAS G12C mutations appears manageable, according to an expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Toripalimab plus chemotherapy appears tolerable in patients with resectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer, according to an expert from Shanghai Lung Cancer Center.

Data from the phase 3 MAGNITUDE study support the European Commission’s approval of niraparib plus abiraterone acetate dual action tablets in BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Adding fulvestrant to alisertib does not appear to improve objective in patients with endocrine-resistant metastatic breast cancer in the phase 2 TBCRC041 trial.

The FDA extends the Prescription Drug User Fee Act date to July 24, 2023 for quizartinib in the management of newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD mutation–positive acute myeloid leukemia.

The safety profile of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in the phase 3 RATIONALE 305 trial appears to be manageable in the treatment of advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

OTL78 appears to help in identifying prostate tumors, surgical margins, residual disease in the resection bed, and nodal metastases during PSMA-targeted fluorescence-guided surgery in those with PSMA-positive prostate cancer.

In older patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, psychological distress at baseline was associated with worse quality of life outcomes.

Patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma can now receive polatuzumab vedotin-piiq plus rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone following the FDA’s approval of the regimen.

Despite an improvement in disease-free survival, patients 60 years or over with acute myeloid leukemia do not appear to have a survival benefit from allo-HCT during first complete remission compared with consolidation chemotherapy.

The addition of bevacizumab to FOLFIRI does not appear to improve overall survival over FOLFIRI alone in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Data from the phase 3 SUNLIGHT study support a supplemental new drug application for trifluridine/tipiracil with or without bevacizumab for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Investigators will assess botensilimab and balstilimab for non-microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer in a randomized phase 2 trial.

The FDA expresses openness towards having protocol discussions with investigators on initiating a second clinical study evaluating synthetic hypericin sodium for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.