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United States Military Health System beneficiaries with colon cancer are more likely to have improved survival outcomes vs the general population, with a particularly notable benefit in Black patients.

The phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 trial has demonstrated promising responses in patients with microsatellite instability–high/ mismatch repair deficient advanced endometrial carcinoma, and led to the FDA accepting a review of a new supplemental biologics license application for the drug.

A priority review to a biologics license application has been granted by the FDA for adjuvant pembrolizumab in certain populations of patients with renal cell carcinoma who have undergone surgery.

A study published in Lancet Oncology indicated that children with low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be able to safely omit pulse therapy after 1-year of treatment.

Results from the DESTINY-Breast03 trial identified that trastuzumab deruxtecan improved survival in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer compared with trastuzumab emtansine.

Polatuzumab vedotin in combination with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone helped patients to achieve a significantly improved progression-free survival over the standard of care for previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The use of metastasis-free survival as an end point for clinical trials in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer has been given finalized guidance by the FDA.

Early phase data indicate that elranatamab may be a safe and efficacious treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

Investigators identified that early changes in standardized uptake value corrected for lean body mass may be able to predict pathologic complete response to pertuzumab AND trastuzumab in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Patients with head and neck cancer who live in rural counties are 50% more likely to die from suicide compared with individuals residing in urban or metropolitan areas.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting to talk about multidisciplinary care with geriatrician oncologists and the use of age-based analyses for diagnosis and following up of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Sylvie Bonvalot, MD, PhD, at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting to talk about treatment options for high-grade or grade II sarcoma.

Trends towards missing key moments for end-of-life discussions when meeting with patients who have stage IV cancer can be overcome with existing strategies for successful EOL conversations.

The makers of eflapegrastim received a complete response letter from the FDA due to concerns over manufacturing.

Black veterans within the United States who could stand to highly benefit from definitive treatment were found to be less likely to undergo treatment than non-Black populations.

Pediatric and adolescent patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia experienced similar outcomes when treated with either calaspargase pegol or pegaspargase.

Pembrolizumab met its primary end point of prolonged recurrence-free survival in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 trial for patients with stage II resected high-risk melanoma.

Results of the phase 3 EMPOWER-Lung 3 trial support the use of cemiplimab in advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Based on results from the phase 3 COSMIC-311 trial, the FDA has accepted an application for cabozantinib use in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer with refractory disease following radioactive iodine therapy.

The cost of treating and managing breast cancer will rise two-and-a-half times by 2030 due to expected increases in young women being diagnosed with metastatic disease.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting to talk about results of the MyPathway study in HER2-positive advanced solid tumors treated with pertuzumab plus trastuzumab.

Oncologists can now use the International Esodata Study Group’s risk predictor model to identify patients with esophageal cancer who might be at a very high-risk of death following an esophagectomy.

Patients with EGFR wild-type non–small cell lung cancer experienced a survival benefit with the addition of plinabulin to docetaxel in the second- and third-line settings.

The mTOR inhibitor nab-sirolimus may be the first agent to receive FDA approval as therapy specifically for perivascular epithelioid cell tumors.

Women with gynecologic cancer who experience an improvement of social needs such as companionship and food insecurity could experience improved outcomes.

Tumor size and grade appeared to be associated with long-term survival in patients with estrogen receptor–positive/ERBB2-negative breast cancer who have undergone treatment with tamoxifen.

The accelerated approval status for romidepsin for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma has been withdrawn following the results of the confirmatory phase 3 Ro-CHOP trial.

Myriad Genetics’ RiskScore offers personalized polygenic breast cancer risk assessment to undiagnosed women of all ancestries.

Atezolizumab, which previously demonstrated positive results in the IMpower010 trial, was granted a priority review by the FDA for use in non–small cell lung cancer.

Three-year invasive disease-free survival was associated with the use of trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.