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An expert from Stanford Medicine that the goal behind a study characterizing circulating tumor DNA and its predictive value is to eventually replace blood marrow exams with a blood draw for those with multiple myeloma.

Experts discuss updates in HR+ breast cancer, with a focus on treatment options before and after progression and emerging data.

Data from the phase 2b KEYNOTE-942 trial support the FDA’s breakthrough therapy designation for adjuvant mRNA-4157-P201 plus pembrolizumab as treatment for high-risk resected melanoma.

A qualitative, interview-based analysis identified 7 distinct roles played by hematologists relating to shared decision making for patients with advanced lymphoma or leukemia.

Evidence from a matched pair comparison with a concurrent control cohort suggests that panobinostat plus gemcitabine, busulfan, and melphalan improves progression-free survival in those with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, especially after first transplant.

The FDA and European Medicines Agency accept applications for elranatamab for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Breast cancer experts discuss the latest research into the treatment of HER2+ metastatic breast cancer with brain metastases and how new data may affect decision-making in 3 patient cases.

The FDA gives a positive recommendation following a Type C Meeting for the development of the OSE2101 cancer vaccine in advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

A favorable Glasgow prognostic score appears to correlate with improved overall survival and progression-free survival following treatment with atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide for small cell lung cancer.

An expert from the University of California, Los Angeles suggests that the NALIRIFOX may be a beneficial treatment for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

An ongoing exploratory biomarker analysis of the CheckMate 9ER trial set out to identify predictive biomarkers or a composite model of response of nivolumab/cabozantinib efficacy in advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Results from cohort A of the HCRN GU16-260 trial showed treatment-free survival was enhanced in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received nivolumab monotherapy plus salvage nivolumab and ipilimumab maintenance.

Expert hematologist-oncologists review the clinical data on the long-term use of tagraxofusp and share their real-world experiences.

A retrospective study clarifies how the implementation of avelumab maintenance looks in real-world practice, according to an expert from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

First-line maintenance with avelumab in locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma yields efficacy that appears consistent between clinical and real-world settings.

89Zr-DFO-girentuximab improves sensitivity and specificity in identifying clear cell kidney cancer compared with any metric to date, according to an expert from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Prior exposure to recent bendamustine and having tumor-intrinsic features were associated with inferior efficacy outcomes following treatment with brexucabtagene autoleucel in relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

The FDA states that the refusal to file letter for SGX301 in early-stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma was because the new drug application was insufficient for permit substantive review.

Experts from Emory Winship Cancer Institute discuss how the FDA approval of sacituzumab govitecan will impact the treatment of breast cancer.

Patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma with a clear-cell component who receive first-line cabozatinib after checkpoint inhibitor combination therapy appear to have early responses.

Updated results from the phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial continue to support nivolumab plus cabozantinib as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who receive NALIRIFOX tend to have more gastrointestinal toxicity while nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine results in more cytopenias, according to an expert from University of California, Los Angeles.

When combined with nivolumab and ipilimumab, cabozantinib appears to improve outcomes over placebo for patients with advanced, intermediate-risk renal cell cancer, and showed some efficacy among the poor-risk population.

Results from the phase 3 IMvigor130 trial reveal a trend towards overall survival improvement when atezolizumab plus chemotherapy was given to patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma vs placebo.

An exploratory analysis indicates that overall survival did not improve with the use of single-agent atezolizumab in untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.

Pembrolizumab appears to achieve antitumor activity in terms of disease-free survival in patients with Bacillus calmette-guerin–unresponsive, papillary high–risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Extended follow-up findings further support the use of nivolumab as a standard of care in high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma following radical resection.

Rucaparib yields improved efficacy compared with docetaxel plus androgen receptor pathway inhibitors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring BRCA mutations.

Data from the phase 2 TROPHY-U-01 trial support further evaluation of sacituzumab govitecan in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, according to the lead investigator.

Investigators observe low rates of treatment discontinuation and adverse effects with radium-223 as treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastases.