Conor Killmurray is an editor for Targeted Oncology and Peers and Perspectives in Oncology.
New ASCO Guideline Recommends Integrative Interventions to Manage Cancer Pain
September 25th 2022Pain is a clinical challenge for many oncology patients and clinicians, and there's a growing body of evidence showing that integrative therapies can be useful in pain management, according to Heather Greenlee, ND, PhD.
T-Cell Redirection Therapy Shows Promise As Salvage Therapy in R/R Multiple Myeloma
September 15th 2022In a retrospective analysis of 115 patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who progressed after therapy on a bispecific antibody, researchers found that the myeloma patients can be salvaged with sequential T-cell redirection therapy.
Frontline Tislelizumab Shows Non-Inferior OS vs Sorafenib in Unresectable HCC
September 11th 2022At the 2022 ESMO Congress, results from the final analysis of the RATIONALE-301 study showed that tislelizumab monotherapy continued to have clinically meaningful anti-tumor activity vs sorafenib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
As Backlog of Delayed Cancer Screenings are Addressed, Inequities in Care Persist
August 10th 2022In an interview with Targeted OncologyTM, Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, FASCO, discusses the impact of delayed cancer screenings in potential patients and how the COVID-19 pandemic has increased existing inequities in cancer care.
Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Shows Promising Responses in Advanced Classical Kaposi Sarcoma
August 9th 2022Results from a phase 2 study revealed nivolumab plus ipilimumab to demonstrate promising clinical activity and manageable safety signals in previously treated patients with classical Kaposi sarcoma who had disease progression.
CG0070 Provides Durable Responses in Certain Patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
June 21st 2022In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Roger Li, MD, discussed the use of the CG0070 in combination with pembrolizumab and nivolumab for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer who are unresponsive to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin.
Post hoc Analysis of CLEAR Trial Shows Comparable OS Regardless of Subsequent Therapy in aRCC
June 15th 2022Results from the phase 3 CLEAR trial showed lenvatinib plus everolimus to have a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and objective response rate compared with those given sunitinib.
ESMO Makes New Guidelines for Classifying Research Into De-Intensification of Cancer Treatments
May 23rd 2022The European Society of Medical Oncology has announced the development of a new evidence-based classification framework to guide research and interpretation of data on the de-intensification of cancer treatments.