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Median overall survival appears to be higher in patients who were previously treated with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma and who receive brexucabtagene autoleucel compared with standard therapy.

Despite the addition of a TIGIT inhibitor to a checkpoint inhibitor resulting in high levels of safety, there is no future for that combination alone, according to Ritu Salani, MD.

The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of April 5, 2024 for nivolumab plus chemotherapy in unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Implementing exercise programs into standard oncology care may help improve quality of life for patients with ovarian cancer.

Investigators will assess LP-284 as a treatment for those with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a phase 1 trial.

The addition of a TIGIT inhibitor to a checkpoint inhibitor showed numerical improvement but did not show statistical significance in patients with recurrent cervical cancer, according to Ritu Salani, MD.

Surgery after neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for renal cell carcinoma is safe even in challenging surgical cases, according to Jason Scovell, MD.

Treatment with blinatumomab or inotuzumab ozogamicin particularly confers higher total costs for patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The safety profile of venetoclax following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia appears to be comparable with other reports in clinical trials.

Govindarajan Narayanan, MD, speaks to the potential time-saving advantages of using the Epione robot for microwave ablation, cryoablation, and other surgical strategies in patients with liver cancer and other tumors.

If approved, UGN-102 may become the first non-surgical option for patients with low-grade intermediate-risk non–muscle invasive bladder cancer, says Sandip Prasad, MD.

Data from the phase 3 CS-003 study underscore the importance of long-term follow-up findings with novel therapies for high-grade non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer, says Stephen A. Boorjian MD.

African American and Hispanic patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma may be less likely to receive treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors than White patients, says Solomon Woldu, MD.

Patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma appear more likely to experience nodal downstaging.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma can now receive treatment with pirtobrutinib.

Cretostimogene grenadenorepvec’s efficacy compares favorably with the current nonsurgical standards of care in high-risk, Bacillus Calmette Guerin–unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Findings from a retrospective analysis indicate that treatment in non-academic cancer centers correlates with a decreased rate of immunotherapy use among patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The FDA accepts the supplemental biologics license application for enfortumab vedotin-ejfv and pembrolizumab in patients with urothelial cancer following supporting data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-A39 trial.

More than half of the patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the BOND-003 trial achieve a complete response at 6 months following treatment with cretostimogene grenadenorepvec.

Artificial intelligence models may be “seamlessly incorporated” into clinical workflow in the management of prostate cancer, says Eric Li, MD.

Surgery following treatment with checkpoint inhibitors yields no surgical complications in a cohort of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, according to Jason Scovell, MD, PhD.

Investigators note a trend towards improved overall survival with cadonilimab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab among those with cervical cancer in the phase 3 AK104-303 trial.

Realigning value-based models to increase reimbursement for hypofractionated radiotherapy in prostate cancer may minimize barriers to access among underserved communities.

Robust genetic testing guidelines in the prostate cancer space must be supported by strong clinical research before they can be properly implemented, says William J. Catalona, MD.

Investigators are assessing BI 764532 in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer and other neuroendocrine carcinoma as part of the phase 2 DAREON-5 study.

Treatment with tisotumab vedotin may be a standard of care in second- or third-line recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, says Brian Slomovitz, MD, MS, FACOG.

Six BCMA-directed, CD19-directed autologous CAR T-cell therapies are under investigation for the potential risk of T-cell malignancies.

The difference in adverse effect profiles between sorafenib and nirogacestat may make one treatment more appealing than the other for certain patients with desmoid tumors, says Brian Van Tine, MD, PhD.

Data from the phase 1b/3 IMscin001 trial support the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use’s positive opinion on subcutaneous atezolizumab in lung cancer and other disease types.

Data from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial support the FDA breakthrough therapy designation for epcoritamab-bysp in patients with previously treated relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.