In this clinical quandary, investigators determine how to best treat patients with opsoclonus-myoclonus–associated neuroblastoma with bone marrow metastases.
Panelists discuss how the frontline treatment of pancreatic cancer typically involves chemotherapy regimens such as FOLFIRINOX (leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin) or gemcitabine-based therapies, with decisions guided by tumor characteristics, patient performance status, and treatment goals, aiming to improve survival outcomes and quality of life in newly diagnosed patients.
A Q&A session with the expert panel.
Experts discuss other therapies or clinical trials that might be explored after trastuzumab deruxtecan, particularly for patients with HER2-positive microsatellite-stable (MSS) adenocarcinoma and progression on multiple lines of therapy.
Marshall Posner, MD, detailed the potential for personalized mRNA vaccines to treat patients with various different tumors and what information is still needed.
Investigators are currently evaluating mosunetuzumab in relapsed disease or comparing it with rituximab in treatment-naïve follicular lymphoma.
Overall survival data with blinatumomab in the phase 3 E1910 study may be an “important development” in CD19-positive B-ALL.
Alison M. Schram, MD, spoke about key findings from the phase 2 eNRGy trial assessing zenocutuzumab in patients with NRG1 fusion–positive advanced solid tumors.
A 47-year-old woman with a history of drug-resistant epilepsy during childhood presented to the emergency department with sudden dyspnea and chest pain. Upon admission, her oxygen saturation was 88%.
Yancey Warren, Jr, MD, MAT, and colleagues investigate the use of integrative oncology services among young women with breast cancer.
Following the review of a case of a patient with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, the panel provides expert perspectives on adverse event management practices.
Veronica B. Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, and colleagues discuss how to care for patients with cancer and serious mental illness.
Phase 2/3 Study of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Predictive Biomarker in Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage IIA Colon Cancer (COBRA): a first-in-kind trial seeks to provide level 1 evidence in evaluating the role of ctDNA as a guide for clinicians in the decision to administer adjuvant chemotherapy to patients with stage IIA colon cancer (NRG GI-005) (NCT04068103).
The use of palliative care in ovarian cancer resulted in a decrease in overall readmissions and index hospitalization costs.
Shilong Wu, MD, and co-authors discuss how patients with thymoma are affected by prior cancer history.