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The FDA has granted approval to cemiplimab-rwlc, for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression, as determined by an FDA-approved test. Patients must either have metastatic or locally advanced tumors that are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation, and the tumors must not have EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 aberrations.

Data from patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel showed that post-chimeric antigen receptor T outcomes may not correlate with responsiveness observed with treatment received immediately prior.

Final analysis results from the phase 3 IMpower110 trial show the benefit of atezolizumab over chemotherapy in a non–small cell lung cancer subgroup.

Omidubicel was faster than standard myeloablative umbilical cord blood transplantation and correlated with promising clinical benefit, according to phase 3 data.

Adjuvant imatinib has demonstrated significant improvement in relapse-free survival over a 2-year period and a mild trend toward long-term improvement in failure-free survival as treatment of patients with high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors, according to 9.1-year follow-up results from a randomized phase 3 study.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is urging state governments to prioritize patients with cancer in the coronavirus disease vaccine distribution.

In patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors who have received 3 or more prior therapies, there remain unmet needs to overcome resistance to the standard-of-care, imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and prolong the 6.3-month+ progression-free survival achieved with the FDA-approved TKI ripretinib.

Patients with BRCA-mutated high-risk HER2-negative early breast cancer demonstrated a superior invasive disease-free survival when compared with placebo in the phase 3 OlympiA trial.

Preliminary data showing the neoadjuvant use of cabozantinib and nivolumab to be feasible for borderline resectable patients with hepatocellular carcinoma that can lead to potentially curative resection.

The FDA has granted a Breakthrough Therapy Designation to tebentafusp for the treatment of HLA-A*02:01-positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma .

Men appear to be more likely than women to have invasive gastrointestinal stromal tumors originating in the stomach and small intestines. For treatment, an expert says that combined surgery and systemic therapy demonstrates the best outcomes.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Carla Casulo, MD, discussed the modern management of patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma. She also explained how ongoing research may shape the future of the field.

High rates of sustained MRD negativity were achieved with daratumumab-containing combinations compared with the standard-of-care combinations, according to an exploratory analysis of 2 ongoing clinical trials.

The submission of 2 Biologic License Applications for enfortumab vedotin-ejfv have been made to the FDA for consideration as treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have been previously treated with a PD-1/L1 inhibitor and who are ineligible for cisplatin.

The final patient with glioblastoma multiforme has been enrolled in the ongoing phase 2 clinical trial of VAL-083, which is evaluating the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of the agent in patients who have been pre-treated with temozolomide prior to disease recurrence.

Tulio E. Rodriguez, MD, weighs the various treatment options available for a patient with multiple myeloma.

Constantine Tam, MD, discuses the outcomes of the phase 3 Sympatico Study, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) plus venetoclax (Venclexta) for the treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma compared to monotherapy.

n patients with resectable, stage II-IIIB non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor EGFR mutations, neoadjuvant osimertinib will be administered as a single agent or in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy alone in the NeoADAURA trial

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective event, Kathleen Moore, MD, discussed the combination of bevacizumab and olaparib as treatment of ovarian cancer.

Ruxolitinib is one of only 2 treatments for MF that significantly improved the survival of patients. Still oncologists see opportunity to prolong survival in these patients even more.

The FDA has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application for zanubrutinib for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

The FDA has accepted a Biologic License Application for Vicineum as a treatment option for patients with high-risk, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer, and granted it Priority Review,.

The immunotherapy combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab has improved survival and response rates compared with sunitinib, in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid histology, including those with intermediate and poor-risk features.

The FDA accepted a new drug application for sotorasib and granted it a priority review for the treatment of patients with KRAS G12C–mutant locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer following at least 1 prior systemic treatment.

Usama Gergis, MD, MBA, reviewed that difference in acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease and the treatment available for each

Early antitumor activity was seen with cord blood–derived natural killer immunotherapy in combination with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to early results from a phase 2 trial.

Expression or mutations in SAMHD1 does not appear to be linked with failure-free survival or complete remission rates in patients with mantle cell lymphoma who are treated with high-dose cytarabine-based chemotherapy.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Nizar M. Tannir, MD talked about how the introduction of nivolumab plus ipilimumab to the front-line setting of sRCC impacts the treatment paradigm.

The team of oncologic professionals at New Jersey’s only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rutgers Cancer Institute, has been expanded to include a new chief of gynecologic oncology.

Localized metastatic lesions were detected with a high correct localization rate (CLR) and positive predictive value (PPV) with the investigational prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)–targeted PET imaging agent 18F-DCFPyL.