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August 05, 2022

Amrita Krishnan, MD, discusses emerging data on bispecific antibodies, the exploration of the antibody-drug conjugate belantamab mafodotin, and the challenges of delivering CAR T-cell therapy in the right setting to the appropriate patients with multiple myeloma.

August 01, 2022

In the opinion of this commentator, one of the more exciting developments in clinical investigation over the past several years is the increasing recognition of the importance of real-world data and its role for physicians, regulators, policy makers, patients, and society.

July 25, 2022

A combination comprised of selinexor (Xpovio) and ruxolitinib (Jakafi) induced rapid spleen responses at week 12 and showcased a manageable toxicity profile in patients with treatment-naïve myelofibrosis.

July 20, 2022

Single-agent mosunetuzumab produced a complete response rate that was greater than what has been observed with historical controls in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma who had received at least 2 prior lines of therapy, meeting the primary end point of the expansion portion of the phase 1/2 GO29781 trial.

July 18, 2022

Peer-reviewed articles continue to challenge the recognition of progression-free survival as an acceptable primary end point in randomized cancer trials or insist on labeling this objectively measured outcome as nothing more than a potential surrogate for effects representing actual clinically meaningful results.

July 13, 2022

Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, discusses the importance of trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

June 30, 2022

From evaluating clinical outcomes to determining payment for services, measurements are important in health care.

June 28, 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.

June 22, 2022

Amrita Krishnan, MD, discusses the effectiveness of teclistamab in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

June 19, 2022

Maurie Markman, MD, offers expert insights on the hurdles facing community oncologists, the uptake of biomarkers in the clinic, and an overview of what to look forward to in his area of expertise: gynecologic oncology.

June 16, 2022

Single-agent navitoclax achieved a manageable safety profile compared with navitoclax plus ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis. However, efficacy results, specifically at 24 weeks of treatment, favored the combination over navitoclax monotherapy.

June 14, 2022

Teclistamab was found to have improved effectiveness in terms of progression-free survival, time to next treatment, and overall survival vs real-world physician’s choice of therapy in patients with triple-class exposed relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

June 04, 2022

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

June 04, 2022

Cabozantinib plus atezolizumab demonstrated promising clinical activity and a suitable safety profile as first-line therapy in patients with cisplatin- eligible and -ineligible, inoperable locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer and as second- or later-line therapy in those who received a prior immune checkpoint inhibitor, according to findings from the phase 1b COSMIC-021 trial.

May 19, 2022

Erminia Massarelli, MD, PhD, MS, discusses advances in front-line immunotherapy in non–small cell lung cancer.

May 17, 2022

Despite numerous well-designed and conducted randomized trials, a definitive answer to the role of specific disease management remains unclear, particularly in the discussions of the optimal role for the regional delivery of cytotoxic chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer.

May 16, 2022

Dr Pal walks us through research presented at the 2022 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, including data from the TIVO-3 trial (NCT02627963) and findings from the NeoAvAx trial (NCT03341845) exploring avelumab plus axitinib for patients with high-risk, nonmetastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

May 12, 2022

Edward Kim, MD, MBA, discussed the facets of each presentation from the meeting, featuring other emerging targeted therapies in NSCLC, biomarker testing in the space, frontline immunotherapy in NSCLC, and the current management of small cell lung cancer.

April 19, 2022

Afsaneh Barzi, MD, PhD, discusses the combination of regorafenib and pembrolizumab in patients with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer.

April 01, 2022

Medical oncologists Dr. Ajaz Khan, Dr. Ryan Engel, and Dr. Nitika Sharma are the latest board-certified, fellowship-trained physicians who have chosen to practice medicine at Cancer Treatment Centers of America®.