
New AQUILA data show PFS improvement in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who were treated with subcutaneous daratumumab vs active monitoring.
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New AQUILA data show PFS improvement in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who were treated with subcutaneous daratumumab vs active monitoring.

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COCOON skin care led to fewer or milder dermatologic symptoms with amivantamab/lazertinib vs standard care in patients with EGFR+ advanced NSCLC.

Adding immunotherapy to chemo may boost pCR and downstaging rates in the neoadjuvant setting for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

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The phase 2b SURVIVE trial of SurVaxM in newly diagnosed glioblastoma will continue as planned following an interim review by an independent safety board.

Black and Hispanic pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma had significantly lower 5-year survival rates in induction and/or consolidation trials.

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Final data from the phase 3 ALCYONE trial support frontline use of daratumumab-based therapy for patients with transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

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Updated MAIA trial results reinforce the frontline benefit of daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone in transplant-ineligible NDMM.

A phase 2 trial found that pembrolizumab plus pemetrexed met its objective response rate primary end point.

The addition of trastuzumab and pertuzumab to chemotherapy was associated with increased toxicity in patients with HER2-positive gastric cancers enrolled in the INNOVATION trial.

Significant improvements in skin toxicity were observed by week 6 in all patients treated with HT-001 in the phase 2a CLEER-001 trial.

The addition of lenvatinib/pembrolizumab to TACE showed a numerical improvement in PFS, but longer follow-up is necessary to confirm this finding.

“This benefit in local recurrence translates into a later difference in distant recurrence and breast cancer [mortality], but it’s only apparent with long follow-up,” according to the study author.

Mirdametinib led to confirmed responses and meaningful pain and health-related quality of life improvements in both children and adults with neurofibromatosis type 1-associated PNs.


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Surveyed individuals who identified as a racial or ethnic minority reported difficulties discussing cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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