August 2008 Oncology News International

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy also appears to produce a higher overall response rate compared with chemotherapy alone among those with squamous non–small cell lung cancer in the phase 3 CheckMate 9LA trial.

Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD, CRNP-C, AOCNP, FAAN, discusses how nursling-led palliative care may improve advanced cancer care planning uptake based on a secondary analysis of the CONNECT study.

Zotaifin plus abemaciclib and fulvestrant appears to produce no dose-limiting toxicities among patients with estrogen receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer in a phase 1/2 study.

Rakhshanda Rahman, MD, FRCS, FACS, emphasizes the importance of educating patients and physicians on the potential risks and benefits of new approaches and technologies involved in the de-escalation of breast cancer treatment.

Patients who receive nivolumab plus chemotherapy for non–small cell lung cancer may experience sustained improvement in time to death or distant metastasis, according to an expert from McGill University Health Center.

Nirogacestat also appears to improve progression-free survival compared with placebo among those with desmoid tumors in the phase 3 DeFi trial.