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Vorasidenib Is Potential First Targeted Therapy for Low-Grade Glioma

June 04, 2023

Treatment with the IDH1/2 inhibitor vorasidenib reduced the risk of progression or death by 61% compared with placebo for patients with grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma, according to findings from the phase 3, double-blind INDIGO trial.

Preoperative FOLFOX Is Noninferior to Preoperative Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

June 04, 2023

Neoadjuvant treatment with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin proved to be as effective as pelvic chemoradiation with fewer adverse effects in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who were eligible for sphincter-sparing surgery.

NALIRIFOX Elicits Statistically Significant Improvement in OS/PFS in Previously Untreated mPDAC

June 03, 2023

Liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin and oxaliplatin generated statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival and progression-free survival benefits compared with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in treatment-naïve patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

mRNA Vaccine Autogene Cevumeran Plus Atezolizumab and Chemotherapy Displays Early Efficacy in PDAC

May 12, 2023

Adjuvant treatment with the individualized RNA neoantigen vaccine autogene cevumeran in combination with atezolizumab and chemotherapy induced notable T-cell activity that could be correlated with delayed recurrence in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Dr Jhaveri on RLY-2608 in PIK3CA-Mutant Advanced Breast Cancer

April 27, 2023

Komal Jhaveri, MD, FACP, discusses findings from the dose-escalation portion of the first-in-human phase 1 ReDiscover trial (NCT05216432) of the PI3Kα inhibitor RLY-2608 in patients with PIK3CA-mutant advanced breast cancer.

TIGIT Remains a Tempting Target for Immunotherapy Combinations, Despite Setbacks

April 13, 2023

Despite a high-profile clinical disappointment, the TIGIT immune checkpoint remains an important target for anticancer therapy, with research programs testing novel agents moving forward in non–small cell lung cancer and a range of other tumor types.

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