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In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Chunhui Han, PhD, discussed the use of Ga 68 PSMA-11 for the imaging of metastatic sites in patients with prostate cancer.

Daratumumab plus VRd is a more effective frontline treatment option for patients who cannot undergo immediate transplant, offering a promising approach to deeper disease response.

Maintenance therapy with daratumumab and lenalidomide led to higher MRD-negative conversion rates compared to lenalidomide alone in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients following transplant.

Isa-KRd showed deep responses, high MRD negativity rates, and manageable safety in patients with newly diagnosed, transplant-eligible multiple myeloma, as per interim analysis of the IFM2020-02 MIDAS study.

In TRIMM-2, an overall response rate of 82% was seen amon patients given talquetamab plus daratumumab and pomalidomide in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Binod Dhakal, MD, MS, discusses some of the challenges often seen in the myeloma space, particularly those with lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma.

A new drug combination, talquetamab and teclistamab, shows promising results in treating patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma, with high response rates and durable responses.

Saad Z. Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, FASCO, discusses the phase 3 CEPHEUS trial of daratumumab with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Nancy Lin, MD, discusses the efficacy of T-DXd for brain metastases as seen in DESTINYBreast-12 compared with other agents.

Sun Gwe Ahn, MD, discusses an exploratory analysis of the HERA trial at the 2024 ESMO Congress.

NKT2152, a novel oral HIF-2α inhibitor, showed promising results in treating advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, with an objective response rate of 20% in all-comers and 26.3% in the dose-escalation population.

Careful management by a team of specialists is needed to balance disease control and fetal health in patients with CML who are pregnant or trying to become prengant.

The ELECTRA trial found that the combination of elacestrant and abemaciclib was well-tolerated and showed promising clinical activity in patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who had previously received endocrine therapy and another CDK4/6 inhibitor.

Combination therapies in CLL are generating excitement with ongoing trials that could expand standard practice for the future.

CheckMate-9ER post hoc analysis suggests certain sugar molecules on blood proteins may predict how well niovlumab and cabozantinib in kidney cancer treatment works.

The GigaPath AI model was highlighted for its advanced capabilities in predicting cancer mutations and tumor mutation burden, including those in lung cancer and other malignancies.

Discover they major updates in oncology from the 2024 ESMO Congress, including featured breakthroughs from the leading experts.

The combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab showed promising results in treating recurrent endometrial carcinoma, demonstrating significant antitumor activity and improved survival rates compared to standard therapy.

Targeted therapy, as determined by genomic profiling, outperformed standard of care in patients with pretreated metastatic cancers.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery and postoperative radiation therapy could improve organ preservation in patients with T3 and T4a nasal and paranasal sinus squamous cell carcinoma.

A phase 2 trial of ipilimumab plus nivolumab has met its primary end point of 12-month overall survival rate in non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Fianlimab combined with cemiplimab demonstrated persistent and significant clinical activity in patients with advanced melanoma, regardless of LAG-3 or PD-L1 expression.

Andrea Necchi, MD, discusses how the findings from SunRISe-4 impact other data from the SunRISe group of clinical trials.

Stephen M. Ansell, MD, PhD, discusses the key takeaways from his session at 2024 Society of Hematologic Oncology Annual Meeting in the advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma space.

In a first-in-human trial, AMG 193, a drug targeting a specific mutation in tumors, showed promising results in reducing tumor size and spread in various cancers, with an acceptable safety profile.

Inavolisib showed promise in treating patients with PIK3CA-mutated solid tumors, demonstrating favorable safety and disease control.

The PIONeeR trial, evaluating combinations of immunotherapy drugs for advanced NSCLC, identified durvalumab plus ceralasertib as a promising treatment option, demonstrating long-term clinical benefit in some patients.

Non-operative management showed promising results for patients with mismatch repair proficient locally advanced rectal cancer, preserving organs without compromising survival.

The ARANOTE trial confirmed radiographical PFS benefit to adding darolutamide to androgen deprivation therapy without docetaxel in the metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer setting.

The RAPSON trial found that receiving radium-223 prior to docetaxel in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer improved quality of life and tolerability compared to the reverse sequence, without affecting progression-free survival or overall survival.