European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) | Conference

Patients with locally advanced/metastatic non–clear cell renal cell carcinoma experienced promising preliminary antitumor activity following treatment with pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in the first line.

Results from the phase 3 KEYLYNK-010 study showed that treatment with pembrolizumab and olaparib did not result in a statistically significant improvement in survival despite yielding higher responses compared with novel hormonal agents in patients with previously treated prostate cancer.

The 24-month follow-up of the phase 1/2 CheckMate 358 trial found nivolumab with or without ipilimumab yielded clinically meaningful, long-lasting responses in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Results from a post-hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 TROPiCS-02 study indicated that sacituzumab govitecan improved efficacy outcomes vs physician’s choice of treatment in HER2-low and HER2 immunohistochemistry 0, hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

PARP inhibitors like rucaparib should be considered to treat all kinds of patients, including those who have deleterious mutations and HIV, according to Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC.

PARP inhibitors such as rucaparib appear to garner the most benefit in the early maintenance setting in patients with ovarian cancer who have less advanced disease and less heterogeneity, according to Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC.

Abiraterone and olaparib continued to demonstrate a positive trend in overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to Fred Saad, MD, FRCS, though he stated that longer follow-up is needed to confirm the benefit.

Based on findings from a real-world retrospective analysis, Stacey A. Cohen, MD, discussed the prognostic value of post-surgical minimal residual disease detection in patients with stage I to III colorectal cancer.

Findings from a phase 2 clinical study indicated that neoadjuvant pegylated liposomal doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab demonstrated promising efficacy and safety in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Final data from the phase 2 ATLEP trial showed high response rates with a combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab in patients with anaplastic and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer.