Between The Lines

Suzanne Fanning, DO, and Joshua Richter, MD, discuss clinical implications of a real-world study of ixazomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and Simon Chowdhury, MD, review final results from the TITAN study of apalutamide in patients with mCSPC and discuss the clinical implications of the findings.

Daniel Petrylak, MD and Donald Barry Boyd, MD, MS review a publication presenting use of avelumab maintenance in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in real-world practice and discuss their own experiences with the regimen.

Steven Finkelstein, MD, DABR, FACRO, and Louis J. Mazzarelli, MD, react to the article, “A Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison of 18F-Fluciclovine With 68Ga-PSMA-11 in Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer in PET/CT,” by Pernthaler B, et al.

Drs. Gupta and Brown discuss a recently published paper by Grivas et al. (2019) on the use of checkpoint inhibitors for maintenance therapy to prolong the benefits of frontline therapy while minimizing toxicity in solid tumors.

Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, and Frederico Albrecht, MD, consider when to refer to a clinical trial data and how to use real-world evidence when making treatment decisions for patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer based on a recent publication by Bassel Nazha, MD, MPH.

Key takeaways from a recent study of tipifarnib as treatment for recurrent and/or metastatic mHRAS head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Experts collaborate to share and reflect on data from an eNRGy1 global registry study, which analyzed therapy in NRG1 fusion–driven lung cancers.

Drs Liliana Bustamante and Richard Kim review “Detection of Molecular Residual Disease Using Personalized Circulating Tumor DNA Assay in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Resection of Metastases,” and consider how to apply the paper’s findings into clinical practice.