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

November 09, 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.

Treatment Opportunities Expand for HER2+ Breast Cancer With Brain Metastases

October 31, 2022

Suchita Pakkala, MD, discussed how treatments like tucatinib and fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki have widened the armamentarium for patients with brain metastases; the importance of enrolling these patients in clinical trials; and what future treatment sequencing might look like for this population.

Evolving Knowledge of BTK Inhibitors Continues to Shape Treatment Landscape in CLL

October 14, 2022

Jonathon B. Cohen MD, MS, discusses the management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with BTK inhibitors, updates in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, and how CAR T-cell therapy could improve patient outcomes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Expands Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment Landscape Across HER2-Expressing Subtypes

October 07, 2022

Jane Lowe Meisel, MD, discussed the emergence of HER2-low as a new category in breast cancer, outlining the significance of the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast04 trial and the unique qualities of trastuzumab deruxtecan in the HER2-positive and HER2-low populations.

Maintenance Rituximab Prolongs Time to Next Treatment, OS in MCL

August 17, 2022

Maintenance rituximab following first-line bendamustine plus rituximab or a combination of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone prolonged first-line treatment benefits and improved survival outcomes vs either induction regimen alone.

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