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Lymphedema is a common adverse effect and may negatively impact a patient’s body image.

Patient-reported symptoms following surgery appear to improve with the use of perioperative telemonitoring, says Kelly M. Mahuron, MD.

Lymphedema is an adverse effect associated with breast cancer treatment, and patients should be monitored for these symptoms.

Treatment options in the refractory setting must improve for patients with resected colorectal cancer peritoneal metastasis, says Muhammad Talha Waheed, MD.

Data from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial support the full FDA approval of mirvetuximab soravtansine for those with folate receptor alpha–positive platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

The phase 3 IMpassion030 trial did not find a survival benefit when atezolizumab was added to chemotherapy after surgery for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Treatment with osimertinib plus chemotherapy also shows a consistent survival benefit across prespecified NSCLC subgroups in the phase 3 FLAURA2 trial.

The phase 3 KEYLYNK-006 trial did not meet the primary end points of progression-free and overall survival in patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Cancer vaccines are a “cross-cutting approach” that may be applicable across several cancer types, according to Catherine J. Wu, MD.

Data from the phase 3 KarMMa-3 trial support the approval of idecabtagene vicleucel for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma in the European Union.

The safety of nivolumab plus ipilimumab among those with hepatocellular carcinoma in the CheckMate-9DW trial appears to be comparable with prior reports.

Although immature, overall survival data from the KEYNOTE-868 trial may support the use of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with endometrial cancer.

Study authors note that access to multidisciplinary teams and transportation programs may help mitigate hematopoietic cell transplantation outcome disparities.

Dostarlimab plus chemotherapy appears to yield favorable overall survival in patients with mismatch repair proficient endometrial cancer.

Findings from a phase 2 trial highlight an acceptable adverse effect profile and renal function with stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in primary renal cell cancer.

Findings suggest investigating an individualized monitoring period for stable patients with hematologic cancers to decrease financial and geographic barriers to CAR T-cell therapy.

Nab-Sirolimus appears to produce responses in patients with perivascular epithelioid sarcoma regardless of TSC1/TSC2 mutation status.

Ex vivo generation of CD3-positive, CD56-positive Natural Killer-Like (NKT) with CRX100 was successful in all 7 patients with ovarian cancer in a phase 1 trial.

The regulatory agency sets a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of August 13, 2024, for denileukin diftitox in relapsed/refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Data from the phase 3 PhALLCON trial support the FDA accelerated approval of ponatinib plus chemotherapy in adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Data from the DUO-E trial support potential new durvalumab-based treatment options for patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Data from the phase 3 LEAP-001 study support lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab as an active combination for endometrial cancer.

mRNA may be a potential modality for developing cancer-based vaccines, according to Catherine J. Wu, MD.

Some patients with large B-cell lymphoma may have to travel a great distance for an initial evaluation for CAR T-cell therapy.

Brian Slomovitz, MD, MS, FACOG discusses the use of new antibody drug conjugates for treating patients with various gynecologic cancers.

The use of ChatGPT may help to improve genetic counseling for patients with gynecologic cancer.

Analyzing the KRAS mutation across various cancer types may be a worthwhile target when using a cancer vaccine or immunotherapy, says Catherine J. Wu, MD.

Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, and Richard T. Lee, MD discuss how integrative oncology techniques such as acupuncture have impacted patient quality of life at their practice.

SEER data showed that Black patients endometrioid endometrial carcinoma had higher 5-year cancer-related death rates compared with their White counterparts.

Education is essential to referring oncologists manage toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy for patients with large B-cell lymphoma.