Courtney Flaherty

Courtney Flaherty joined OncLive as an assistant editor in October 2022. Leveraging an educational background in the life sciences and prior experience conducting interviews in a university setting, she plays a key role in shaping social media strategy, covering live conferences, and producing multimedia content for both print and digital platforms. Email: cflaherty@onclive.com

Articles

Pembrolizumab/Cabozantinib Combo Shows Promising Clinical Benefit in Recurrent Metastatic HNSCC

November 9th 2022

Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP, expanded on efficacy data from a phase 2 trial investigating pembrolizumab plus cabozantinib in patients with recurrent metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and current challenges and safety concerns in selecting patients for evaluation.

CAR T-Cell Therapies Improve Treatment Landscape in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

November 8th 2022

The increasing integration of CAR T-cell therapies into the treatment paradigm for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma addresses several unmet needs and improves outcomes for this historically limited patient population.

KEYNOTE-189 Analysis Supports Pembrolizumab/Chemo as a Frontline Standard in Metastatic NSCLC

November 4th 2022

Five-year follow-up data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-189 trial further confirms the use of first-line pembrolizumab in combination with pemetrexed and platinum improves long-term survival outcomes for patients with treatment-naïve, metastatic, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

MOUNTAINEER Data Confirm Clinical Benefit of Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab in HER2+ mCRC

October 28th 2022

Additional analyses of the phase 2 MOUNTAINEER trial further support the early administration of tucatinib in combination with trastuzumab as an optimal treatment strategy for patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer.

IMC-F106C Shows Potential as T-cell Receptor–Driven Therapy in Melanoma

October 27th 2022

Omid Hamid, MD, highlights the importance of evaluating PRAME×CD3 Immune-mobilizing T cell receptor against cancer for melanoma treatment, the key benefits provided to patients through improved disease control and circulating tumor DNA reduction, and the safety profile of the therapy.

Early Data Underscore the Potential of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Advanced Resectable CSCC

October 26th 2022

Neil D. Gross, MD, FACS, discusses the current deficits in the treatment of patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in the curative setting and avenues for continued research generated by the primary analysis of the phase 2 trial examining neoadjuvant cemiplimab in this population.

SOLO-1 Data Support Use of Olaparib Maintenance to Achieve Long-Term Remission in BRCA+ Advanced Ovarian Cancer

October 20th 2022

Paul A. DiSilvestro, MD, discussed the pivotal SOLO-1 trial of maintenance olaparib in patients with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer, updated survival data with the agent in this population, and the next steps for future research.