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Checkpoint Inhibition Makes Way Into NCCN Urothelial Cancer Guidelines in Maintenance and Second-Line Setting

March 20, 2021

Immunotherapy is now incorporated into National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines as maintenance therapy and in a sequencing strategy for the treatment of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma and in the setting of superficial UC-carcinoma in situ with prior intravesical therapy.

Heymach Homes in On Emerging Agents in EGFR Exon 20–Mutant NSCLC

March 04, 2021

John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, discusses the incidence of EGFR exon 20 insertions in lung cancer, diagnostic challenges of identifying EGFR exon 20 insertions, and data from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer with mobocertinib and amivantamab in this patient subset.

Investigators Aim Novel T-Cell Therapy at Solid Tumor Target

February 23, 2021

ADP-A2M4CD8, a novel T-cell therapy, is being investigated in a range of tumor types that express MAGEA4, an antigen expressed in solid tumors that investigators say represents a promising target for cellular immunotherapy.

Zanidatamab Shows Durable Antitumor Activity in HER2-Expressing Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma

February 15, 2021

February 15, 2021 - Zanidatamab demonstrated promising antitumor activity with favorable tolerability in patients with HER2-expressing gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma that has progressed following previous therapies, including HER2-targeted agents.