Oncoloytic viruses are an emerging class of cancer therapeutics that may provide a new strategy against malignant tumors.
Francis P. Worden, MD, discusses a real-world study evaluating lenvatinib for the treatment of patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.
Craig A. Portell, MD, discusses the current standard of care for patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma and how sequencing therapies changed the landscape of mantle cell lymphoma treatment.
Kenneth Shain, MD, PhD, discusses why he recommends most patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma be referred for evaluation to receive chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
Barbara Buttin, MD, discusses the PAOLA-1 clinical trial and it impact on the first-line treatment of ovarian cancer.
Annelise Wilhite, MD, explains what current treatment options look like for patients with vulvar/vaginal melanoma.
Yelena Ginzburg, MD, discusses a long-term goal of the use of rusfertide in patients with chronic polycythemia vera.
Oncologists share some final thoughts on lutetium-PSMA-617 and novel agents to look out for in prostate cancer treatment.
Stephanie Lee, MD, discusses a study investigating belumosudil for chronic graft-vs-host disease.
Ticiana Leal, MD, discusses how emerging targeted therapies for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) are showing promising objective clinical outcomes that may surpass those of second-line treatments such as topotecan and CAV regimens, particularly highlighting the need to evaluate specific compounds based on platinum-sensitive vs platinum-resistant disease profiles and the potential role of TIGIT inhibitors in future treatment lines.
Chakra Chaulagain, MD, discusses findings from a comprehensive examination of National Cancer Database data from 2004 to 2020 regarding the utilization of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma.
An expert reviews the ongoing ARIEL4 phase III trial and explains what the future of ovarian cancer treatment looks like.
Joshua K. Sabari, MD, describes the mechanism of action of lurbinectedin as a synthetic alkaloid that binds to guanine residues in the minor groove of DNA, forming adducts that disrupt DNA repair mechanisms and promote apoptosis in cancer cells, noting that its action contrasts with traditional alkylating agents by specifically interfering with DNA-protein interactions and transcription processes.
Michael Chuong, MD, discusses the study design of a trial evaluating radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Ashok Muthukrishnan, MD, MS, addresses the recent FDA approval of lutetium 177Lu vipivotide tetraxetan and looks to the potential of radioimmunotheranostics on the horizon.
May 6, 2024, is Melanoma Monday. In this article, Niroshana Anandasabapathy, MD, PhD, explores how advancements in detection and treatment are improving the fight against melanoma.
Alice S. Mims, MD, MSCR, discusses new regimens for treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia, including anti-CD47 immunotherapy, IDH inhibitors, and menin inhibitors.
Neel Bhatt, MBBS, MPH, discusses a study exploring long-term quality of life outcomes of patients who underwent stem cell transplantation for aplastic anemia.
Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO, discusses the types of patients who should be tested for biomarkers in the anal cancer space.
Focusing on the future of CLL/SLL treatment, Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, discusses promising therapies in the pipeline.
Andrew J. Armstrong, MD, ScM, discusses the methods behind a study that established a digital pathology biomarker for the benefit of androgen deprivation therapy in localized high-risk prostate cancer.
Zev A. Wainberg, MD, discusses the pressing relevance of the outcomes of the NAPOLI 3 trial, which were presented at the 2023 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Peter Hillmen, MBChB, PhD, discussed the case of 61-year-old patient with diffuse infiltration by chronic leukocytic leukemia.
Melhem Solh, MD, discusses the future for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia that harbors a TP53 gene mutation, and gives his own recommendations to community oncologists who are treating patients with this disease.
Allogeneic HCT has shown promise as definitive treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory AML.
A lack of understanding about renal cell carcinoma (RCC), clinical trials, and the diseases psychosocial impact may exist in patients living with the illness and their families.
Adding relatlimab to nivolumab and chemotherapy improved clinical benefit in patients with stage IV non–small cell lung cancer compared to nivolumab and chemotherapy alone.
Sergio A. Giralt, MD, discusses what the most commonly used conditioning regimens for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome undergoing transplants are.
Peter Schmid, MD, PhD, discusses the background, methods, and design of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial.