Silas Inman

Silas Inman, Senior Vice President, Content, joined MJH Life Sciences™ in early 2011 as one of the company's first web editors. In this position, he built OncLive.com from a fledgling web platform to a leading source of oncology news for community oncologists via in-depth reporting of breaking news from major medical conferences and the launch of OncLive® TV.

Throughout his tenure at MJH, Silas has been accountable for several organic launches of highly successful brands, including Targeted Oncology™ and NeurologyLive®, and for quickly transforming acquisitions into high-functioning business units. Prior to joining MJH, Silas, who attended Eastern Michigan University, was an EMT, frontend web developer, and social media/SEO expert. Follow him on Twitter @SilasInman or email him at sinman@mjhlifesciences.com

Articles

Radiotherapy Unnecessary for Some Luminal A Breast Cancers

June 7th 2022

Radiotherapy can safely be omitted from treatment plans following breast conserving surgery without jeopardizing recurrence rates for patients aged 55 years and older who have low-grade, T1N0, luminal A breast cancer with a Ki67 expression of 13.25% or less, according to findings from the LUMINA study.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Is New Standard of Care for HER2-Low MBC

June 5th 2022

Treatment with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki doubled progression-free survival and reduced the risk of death by 36% compared with physician's choice of chemotherapy for patients with HER2-low, hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

CT041 CAR T-cell Therapy Elicits Manageable Toxicity and Durable Response in Gastric/GEJ Cancer

June 5th 2022

CT041, a Claudin18.2–specific CAR T-cell therapy, demonstrated a manageable safety profile in patients with previously treated, CLDN18.2-positive advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer, with a majority of patients achieving partial response or stable disease.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Remains Safe and Effective Option for Metastatic Breast Cancer

June 4th 2022

Updated data from a safety analysis of the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast03 study confirmed the tolerability of trastuzumab deruxtecan among patients with with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic breast cancer.

ctDNA Demonstrates Efficacy as Treatment-Decision Tool for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Colon Cancers

June 4th 2022

Guided approaches leveraging circulating tumor DNA status can reduce the number of patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy without the risk of lowering recurrence-free survival rates for some patients with stage II colon cancer.

Glofitamab Demonstrates Durable Response in Heavily Pretreated Large B-Cell Lymphoma

June 4th 2022

Glofitamab elicited an objective response rate of 51.6% when administered for a fixed duration among patients with patients with heavily pretreated, highly refractory large B-cell lymphoma, regardless of prior CAR T-cell therapy exposure, according to findings from a phase 2 expansion study.

Adjuvant Everolimus Displays RFS Benefit in Very High-Risk RCC

June 4th 2022

Adjuvant everolimus significantly improved recurrence-free survival when compared with placebo in patients with very high-risk renal cell carcinoma.

Sugemalimab Shows Promise for Natural Killer/T-cell Lymphoma

June 3rd 2022

Treatment with the anti–PD-L1 IgG4 antibody sugemalimab resulted in a response for nearly half of patients and a complete response in one-third of patients with relapsed or refractory extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma.

CAR NK Cell Therapies Show Preliminary Safety and Efficacy in AML, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

April 25th 2022

The novel allogeneic CAR-engineered natural killer cell therapies, NKX101 and NKX01, showcased early signs of safety and efficacy when utilized in the treatment of heavily pretreated patients with acute myeloid leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Biomarkers Allow for Tailoring TNBC Treatments

March 5th 2022

Several factors aid treatment selection for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, with upfront PD-L1 and BRCA testing being the most critical biomarkers to examine.

Brain Metastases Are Now More Treatable in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

March 5th 2022

The treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer can now be tailored based on the presence of active central nervous system disease, due to substantial advances made in the past few years into small molecule inhibitors and macromolecule biologics.

Real-World Data Describe Eribulin Efficacy After Novel Agents for MBC

March 4th 2022

Treatment with eribulin elicited an estimated 2-year overall survival rate of 53.6% for patients with metastatic breast cancer previously treated with atezolizumab or sacituzumab govitecan, according to real-world findings.

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to CYNK-101 for HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancers

February 15th 2022

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the off-the-shelf natural killer cell therapy CYNK-101 as a potential treatment for patients with advanced HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to CYNK-101 for HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancers

January 18th 2022

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to CYNK-101 in combination with standard frontline chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and pembrolizumab for patients with advanced HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Real-World Evidence Supports Axi-Cel in Previously Excluded LBCL Populations

December 13th 2021

Axicabtagene ciloleucel demonstrated favorable efficacy in elderly patients and those with other comorbidities with large B-cell lymphoma; however, adverse events were more common in some of these populations and ECOG performance status ≥2 was associated with worse outcomes and more adverse events, according to a large real-world study presented at the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting.

Daratumumab/IRd Quadruplet Is Safe and Effective as Induction, Consolidation for Standard-Risk Myeloma

December 12th 2021

Extended induction and consolidation therapy with daratumumab plus ixazomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone led to deepening rates of minimal residual disease for patients with standard-risk, transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Tafasitamab/Lenalidomide Improves OS Over Other Options in Retrospective Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL

December 11th 2021

The combination of tafasitamab and lenalidomide prolonged median overall survival compared with other standard options for autologous stem cell transplant-ineligible patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Less-Toxic Ixazomib/Daratumumab Combo Attempted for Intermediate-Fit, Non-Transplant Eligible Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

December 11th 2021

The combination of ixazomib, daratumumab, and low-dose dexamethasone elicited an objective response rate of 71% in non-transplant eligible, intermediate-fit patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Pamrevlumab May Address Unmet Need for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

February 17th 2021

February 17, 2021 – Pamrevlumab, a first-in-class inhibitor of connective tissue growth factor activity, is being evaluated in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) in a phase 3 trial for patients with unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, a population in need of new options.

Gottlieb Addresses Coronavirus, Innovation in Keynote Address

March 8th 2020

The novel coronavirus spreading across the world represents a distinct challenge for all physicians, especially oncologists who commonly treat patients who have compromised immune systems.