Kyle Doherty

Patients with metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer experienced a clinically meaningful survival benefit when treated with pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy.

Patients with multiple myeloma who received subcutaneous daratumumab experienced reduced clinic times compared with those who received the agent intravenously.

Patients with prostate cancer experienced prostate cancer-specific mortality at a low rate regardless of assigned treatment.

Patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma experienced improved progression-free survival with idecabtagene vicleucel. Notably, cytokine release syndrome rates were high with this treatment.

Pediatric cancer survivors who received anthracycline-based chemotherapy may derive long-term cardio-protection from dexrazoxane.

Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma continued to displayed a survival benefit with pembrolizumab at a 4-year follow-up.

Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology seeks to inform best practices in establishing smoking cessation programs across cancer care centers.

The FDA has approved updated labeling for capecitabine under Project Renewal, an Oncology Center of Excellence initiative aimed at updating labeling information for certain older oncology drugs.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan both significantly improved overall survival and yielded progression-free survival that was 4 times greater than trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Trastuzumab and pertuzumab with a chemotherapy regimen of fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel increased response, and high-grade toxicity, in patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Disease-free survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer did not differ between treatment with everolimus or placebo.

Margetuximab did not deliver a significant survival benefit in patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer compared with trastuzumab.

During the 40th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, Eirwen M. Miller, MD, evaluated the safety and efficacy profiles of different PARP inhibitor therapies for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Dexamethasone sparing in cisplatin-based chemotherapy did not impair global health status, although it did worsen nausea and appetite loss.

The expansion of screening criteria is an important step in decreasing lung cancer screening disparities in high-risk populations. Efforts to expand community outreach, overcome logistical barriers, and facilitate screening adherence must still be made, experts say.

An updated safety and efficacy analysis of the ongoing CLL14 trial showed that venetoclax plus obinutuzumab continues to be an effective treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and coexisting conditions.

Regardless of other identified driver genomic alterations, patients with heavily pretreated, advanced, non–small cell lung cancer achieved encouraging responses with patritumab deruxtecan.

Patient-reported outcome collections continue to yield more effective and personalized treatments for patients with cancer.

Current ASCO guidelines recommend that providers discuss the possibility of infertility with their patients as soon as possible before treatment begins.

Pacritinib helps relieve physical function-related symptoms in adult patients with myelofibrosis and moderate or severe thrombocytopenia.

The PARP inhibitor, niraparib, in conjunction with the VEGF inhibitor, bevacizumab, resulted in encouraging responses from patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Investigators hope that the novel obecabtagene autoleucel, a second-generation CAR T-cell therapy may fill an unmet need by representing a durable treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A Yale Cancer Center expert offers a quick glance at the metastatic urothelial cancer treatment landscape.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel improved the quality of life in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma receiving the agent as a second-line therapy.

A presentation at the 2021 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting shared updated findings on the efficacy of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced endometrial cancer.

Patients with cancer should receive the entire COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible, according to an expert at the 39th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium.

A phase 2 trial presented at the 2021 ESMO Annual Congress showed that Balstilimab plus Zalifrelimab induced superior response rates, duration of responses, and overall survival in patients with recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.

More data are needed regarding the duration of response associated with this combination to make it a “mainstream” treatment option for patients, according to an expert from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.