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Frontline treatment with tebentafusp significantly improved overall survival in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma, according to data from the phase 3 IMCgp100-202 trial.

The MD Anderson expert discussed the main takeaway from the data published during the virtual AACR Annual Meeting, while looking forward to what comes next with these genetic drivers.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle mitigated the genetic risk for lethal prostate cancer in men with high genetic risk.

The CheckMate-816 trial is the first positive phase 3 trial demonstrating a significant improvement in pathologic response with neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy in resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

The phase 3 SOC-1 trial found an association between secondary cytoreduction followed by chemotherapy and prolonged progression-free survival when compared with chemotherapy alone for patients with relapsed ovarian cancer.

CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy brexucabtagene autoleucel will be considered by FDA for indication in adults with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

ERC-USA announced that the FDA recommended the early termination of a phase 2 clinical trial of ERC1671 to treat patients with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma and pursue a randomized confirmatory phase 3 trial.

An analysis of real-world outcomes in a cohort of patients treated in mostly community settings showed that palbociclib plus letrozole improved both progression-free and overall survival in women with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

CancerNetwork spoke with Eric Jonasch, MD, about the NCCN’s recommendation and how thee multidisciplinary approach will play a role.

Even though the safety profile remained tolerable, treatment with lenalidomide plus R-CHOP did not improve progression-free survival compared with placebo plus R-CHOP for patients with activated B-cell-like subtype of DLBCL.

Docetaxel in combination with cisplatin and cetuximab did not significantly improve overall survival compared with platinum chemotherapy plus fluorouracil and cetuximab but maintained a favorable safety profile.

Merck announced an interim analysis of pembrolizumab to treat RCC, finding a clinically significant improvement in disease-free survival when compared with placebo.

The addition of nivolumab to either chemotherapy or ipilimumab improved overall survival among patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, according to data from the phase 3 CheckMate-648 trial.

A second-generation human adenovirus 5 immunotherapy vaccine has activity in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who are not responding to other available therapies.

Following last year’s accelerated approval designation, the FDA granted regular approval to sacituzumab govitecan to treat patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Screening patients for molecular response using the Guardant360 assay provides an early signal of antitumor activity for pembrolizumab-based treatment of non–small cell lung cancer.

Early safety data from the RELARC trial showed complete mesocolic excision doesn’t increase intraoperative and postoperative complications of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy compared with D2 dissection when done by an experienced surgeon.

The FDA recently granted approval to a new dosing regimen for cetuximab to treat patients with KRAS wild-type, EGFR-expressing colorectal cancer or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

CancerNetwork® reports on updates in prevention and earlier diagnosis of colorectal, breast, and other cancers.

CancerNetwork® spoke with Ronnie Shapira-Frommer, MD, during the Society of Gynecological Oncology 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer about patients with vulvar cancer who were treated with pembrolizumab monotherapy.

A presentation from the AACR Virtual Meeting: COVID-19 and Cancer detailed a literature review of natural therapeutics and remedies to combat the SARS CoV-2 virus.

Data that led to the approval of umbralisib in patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma— including follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma—indicates favorable activity of the therapy versus other available PI3K inhibitors.

In a dose-finding trial, TPX-0046 elicited responses in patients with non–small cell lung cancer and medullary thyroid cancer who were naïve to prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors and whose tumors harbored alterations in RET.

A study conducted across 20 medical centers and hospitals in China concluded that treatment timing, total intravenous anesthesia, and flow cytometry were associated with a reduced risk of central nervous system relapse for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A higher mutational load detected by whole-genome sequencing in patients with multiple myeloma precursor conditions was likely predictive of subsequent disease progression.

Data from the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that entrectinib resulted in high-level clinical benefit for patients with ROS1 fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, regardless of CNS metastases status.

Take a look back at some of the important news and notes from last week in the world of oncology, featuring articles about breast cancer, prostate cancer, and more.

The next-generation cryoablation technology ProSense was granted breakthrough device designation to treat certain patients with T1 breast tumors.

With more than 5 years of follow-up, results from the SOLO2 trial of olaparib maintenance in relapsed, high-grade serous or endometrioid ovarian cancer, including primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer, were reported and showed superiority of the agent over placebo.

CancerNetwork® spoke with Ronnie Shapira-Frommer, MD, during the Society of Gynecological Oncology 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer about patients with vulvar cancer who were responders to pembrolizumab monotherapy.