Ashling Wahner

Associate Editor, OncLive

Ashling Wahner joined MJH Life Sciences in 2022. She produces OncLive's podcast, OncLive On Air, and helps ensure timely publication of news content and announcements from the FDA approval pipeline. She also attends conferences live and virtually to conduct video interviews and produce written coverage. Email: awahner@mjhlifesciences.com

Articles

New Findings in Breast Cancer Trials Call for Restructuring of Disease Subtypes

July 6th 2022

Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, including the evolution of treatment options for HER2-low breast cancer, emerging antibody-drug conjugates in triple-negative disease, and the viability of HER3 as an emerging target in breast cancer

Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy Elicits Strong Survival Benefit in Esophageal Cancer

June 30th 2022

The combination of tislelizumab and chemotherapy demonstrated a superior overall survival benefit compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with metastatic or unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Liso-cel Approval Provides Earlier, Expanded Access to CAR T-cell Therapy in Second-line LBCL

June 29th 2022

Second-line lisocabtagene maraleucel provides an earlier CAR T-cell treatment option that improves survival outcomes and produces a manageable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, including those who are older and have comorbidities.

Teclistamab Elicits Survival Benefit vs Real-World Treatment in Multiple Myeloma

June 28th 2022

Teclistamab demonstrated superiority over physician’s choice of therapy for overall survival, progression-free survival, and time to next treatment in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Obe-cel CAR T-cell Therapy Demonstrates Promising Safety Profile in Relapsed/Refractory B- ALL

June 28th 2022

Daniel DeAngelo MD, PhD, discusses the data seen with obecabtagene autoleucel as a novel treatment in the CAR T-cell arena, emphasizes unmet needs in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and highlights important next steps in the study of obe-cel.

Successful Treatment Options Expand to Earlier Lines in RCC and Urothelial Cancer

June 23rd 2022

Tian Zhang, MD, discusses the benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration, how to select the best agents for each patient, and how treatments such as radiation in RCC and bladder-sparing chemoradiation in urothelial cancer fit into the overall treatment paradigms for these diseases.

Crenolanib Plus Chemotherapy Provides Long-Term Survival Benefit in FLT3-Mutant AML

June 23rd 2022

Eunice Wang, MD, discusses the long-term results of a phase 2 trial investigating crenolanib plus chemotherapy in adult patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemia.

Disparities in Research Funding Exacerbate Cancer Incidence and Mortality

June 21st 2022

Suneel Kamath, MD, discusses the findings from research he conducted evaluating the effect of financial and racial disparities on cancer incidence and mortality.

Ibrutinib Plus Bendamustine and Rituximab Prolongs PFS Benefit in Newly Diagnosed MCL

June 21st 2022

Michael Wang, MD, discusses the innovative design of the SHINE trial, notes the importance of developing improved treatments for older patient populations, and highlights significant progression-free survival and safety data from the study.

Fedratinib with GI Prophylaxis Has Tolerable Safety Profile in Myelofibrosis After Prior Ruxolitinib

June 17th 2022

Fedratinib was shown to be generally well tolerated in older patients with myelofibrosis who had received at least 3 months of prior ruxolitinib, according to findings from the phase 3b FREEDOM trial.

Individualized Care Informs Treatment Modality Choices in Pelvic and Sacral Ewing Carcinoma

June 17th 2022

R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses the similar benefits offered by radiation and surgery, improved surgical techniques, concerns with morbidity with each approach, and the next steps surgeons and radiation therapists can take to increase patient survival in nonmetastatic pelvic and sacral Ewing carcinoma.

Hormone Therapies, ADCs Elicit Long-Term Survival Benefits Across Breast Cancer Subtypes

June 17th 2022

Novel combinations with CDK4/6 inhibitors, antibody-drug conjugates, and oral selective estrogen receptor degraders are rapidly changing the treatment paradigm in hormone receptor–positive and HER2-positive breast cancer.

Immunotherapy Combinations Contribute to Efficacy and Safety Advances in Genitourinary Cancer Treatment

June 16th 2022

New treatment strategies with immunotherapeutic agents are challenging standards of care and prolonging survival in first and later lines of metastatic urothelial carcinoma, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Parsaclisib Plus Ruxolitinib Demonstrates Splenic Volume Reduction in Myelofibrosis Irrespective of Platelet Count

June 13th 2022

Add-on parsaclisib and ruxolitinib elicited promising spleen volume reduction in patients with myelofibrosis who experienced suboptimal response to ruxolitinib alone, regardless of baseline platelet count, according to findings from a subgroup analysis of a phase 2 study.

Epcoritamab Plus R-DHAX/C Demonstrates High Response Rates and Manageable Safety in DLBCL

June 10th 2022

Epcoritamab plus rituximab, dexamethasone, cytarabine, and oxaliplatin or carboplatin displayed encouraging responses in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant, according to preliminary results from arm 4 of the phase 1b/2 EPCORE NHL-2 trial.

Novel Chemoimmunotherapy Combinations Build on Established Treatment Standards in Lung Cancer

June 9th 2022

Lawrence E. Feldman, MD, discusses shifting standards of care in small cell lung cancer, plus the implications of the phase 3 LEAP-006 and LEAP-008 trials in non–small cell lung cancer.

Afatinib Efficacy and Safety to Be Investigated in Metastatic Solid Tumors With NRG1 Fusions

June 7th 2022

Afatinib may prove effective and tolerable in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors with NRG1 gene fusions, according to the rationale for a prospective real-world outcomes study that was presented as a trial in progress at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Nivolumab Plus Relatlimab Demonstrates Sustained PFS Benefit in Advanced Melanoma

June 6th 2022

Fixed-dose nivolumab plus relatlimab elicited continued progression-free survival benefit vs nivolumab alone in patients with treatment-naïve, unresectable or metastatic melanoma, according to updated results from the phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial.

Magrolimab Plus Azacitidine Elicits Manageable Anemia in HR-MDS

June 4th 2022

Magrolimab plus azacitidine, at priming and maintenance doses, enables manageable anemia in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia, according to results from a prospective phase 1 study (NCT03248479).

Venetoclax Plus Rituximab Continues to Demonstrate Survival and MRD Benefits in CLL

June 3rd 2022

Fixed-duration venetoclax plus rituximab has shown sustained progression-free survival, overall survival, and minimal residual disease benefits vs bendamustine plus rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, regardless of high-risk biomarkers.