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Alectinib improves disease-free survival in patients with ALK-positive non–small-cell lung cancer.

Central nervous system progression was reduced with osimertinib plus chemotherapy for patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer plus CNS metastases.

Shannon N. Westin, MD, MPH, FACOG, presented results showing a progression-free survival response with combination durvalumab plus olaparib in newly diagnosed advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Neoadjuvant nivolumab combination followed by surgery and adjuvant nivolumab show an improvement in event-free survival for patients with previously untreated resectable stage II to IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

Results presented at 2023 ESMO showed a prolonged survival benefit in patients receiving adjuvant cemiplimab for stage II-IV cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Belzutifan plus cabozantinib showed continued anti-tumor activity in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Results from an updated analysis of the DESTINY-Breast04 trial indicate an efficacy improvement when trastuzumab deruxtecan monotherapy is used for patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer.

Central nervous system progression-free survival appears to be longer with trastuzumab deruxtecan than with comparator treatment in those with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and brain metastases.

Atezolizumab plus platinum chemotherapy showed significant improvement in progression-free survival for patients with frontline advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma.

The phase 2 TROPiCS-03 trial helped elicit responses and disease control in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer who received second-line sacituzumab govitecan.

Sacituzumab govitecan showed anti-tumor activity in patients with pretreated metastatic or locally recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer did not see an improvement in efficacy when given atezolizumab plus chemotherapy and niraparib.

The phase 3 KEYNOTE-756 trial yielded an increased pathological complete response for those with high-risk, early-stage, estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer receiving pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab plus endocrine therapy.

Results from the phase 1/2 STARTRK-NG and phase 2 TAPISTRY trials led to the approval of entrectinib for patients who are 1 month or older with solid tumors.

Pembrolizumab combination yielded an improved progression-free survival benefit vs placebo in patients with newly diagnosed, previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.

Results from the phase 2 PERLA trial showed an improved objective response and overall survival in treatment with dostarlimab plus chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naïve, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Pembrolizumab appears to improve overall survival vs placebo when added to trastuzumab and chemotherapy among patients with metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Resolving disparities within the blood cancer space is a matter of “access to excellent healthcare,” according to Usama Gergis, MD, MBA.

Findings from the ENZA-p study provide evidence for enhanced anti-cancer effects with 177Lu-PSMA-617 plus enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Event-free survival benefits with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial appear to be consistent in triple-negative breast cancer across subgroups based on nodal status, tumor size, and PD-L1 status.

Data from the phase 2 KRYSTAL-7 study support a phase 3 trial assessing concurrent adagrasib plus pembrolizumab compared with pembrolizumab alone in treatment-naïve KRAS G12C-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Findings from a secondary data analysis suggest a need for further research to determine risk factors that place younger patients who are Puerto Rican at a high risk of endometrial cancer.

Tarlatamab may represent a new immunotherapeutic approach for patients with small cell lung cancer, according to the investigators of the phase 2 DeLLphi-301 trial.

Adding durvalumab to standard-of-care chemotherapy appears to improve downstaging in patients with resectable gastric cancer and gastroesophageal junction cancer in the phase 3 MATTERHORN study.

Results from the phase 3 FLAMES trial show an improved progression-free survival benefit with senaparib monotherapy vs placebo across all pre-specified patient subgroups with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer.

Five-year data from the monarchE trial support adding adjuvant abemaciclib to endocrine therapy for patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

UT Southwestern and Mayo Clinic debated over current treatment options in chronic myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma.

Data from a phase 1a/1b trial support additional research on dual TIGIT/PD-L1 inhibition in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Fred Hutch and City of Hope "Face Off" regarding presentations focusing on multiple myeloma and chronic myeloid leukemia.

Data from the phase 3 ECHELON-1 trial support the European Commission’s approval of brentuximab vedotin plus chemotherapy as a treatment for those with CD30-positive stage III Hodgkin lymphoma.