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The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma following a platinum-based chemotherapy.

A phase III study exploring the combination of olaparib and paclitaxel missed its primary endpoint of improvement in overall survival compared with paclitaxel and placebo for patients with advanced gastric cancer.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to nivolumab for patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma following relapse or progression after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and post-transplantation brentuximab vedotin.

The FDA has granted a genetically modified version of the poliovirus known as PVS-RIPO a breakthrough therapy designation as a potential therapy for patients with advanced glioblastoma multiforme.

Immunohistochemistry can effectively be used for the identification of ROS1 gene alterations to ascertain eligibility for the targeted therapy crizotinib for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

The combination of lenvatinib (Lenvima) and everolimus (Afinitor) has been approved by the FDA as a treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following prior antiangiogeneic therapy.

Hedgehog inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment paradigm for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma, says Desiree Ratner, MD.

Diagnosing patients with significant prostate cancer may become much easier due to a new MRI technology, according to Herbert Lepor, MD.

Evolution in the field of identifying biomarkers to properly treat patients has seen massive strides within the past 2 years, says Oliver Sartor, MD.

Nivolumab (Opdivo) produced exceptional responses in patients with renal cell carcinoma, which may pave the way for further treatment breakthroughs, according to Mark Ball, MD.

The role of APRIL/BCMA in multiple myeloma and the targeted agent BION-1301 is discussed by Kenneth Anderson, MD, PhD.

Michael E. Williams, MD, discusses emerging regimens on the horizon in mantle cell lymphoma, the potential of BCL-2 inhibition, and whether chemotherapy can be removed entirely from the treatment landscape.

Targeted Healthcare Communications, the nation’s leading digital and print media enterprise focused on targeted cancer therapies, has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) that centers on driving awareness and providing engaging content focused on cancer immunotherapy.

The FDA has updated the label for ibrutinib to include new overall survival data, an indication for the BTK inhibitor in combination with bendamustine/rituximab, and a new indication for patients with small lymphocytic lymphoma with a 17p deletion.

Toni Ribas, MD, discusses the significance of the CheckMate-069 data and where the field of immunotherapy in melanoma is headed.

Clovis has stopped clinical development of rociletinib, its once promising EGFR inhibitor for the treatment of patients with EGFR T790M-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the first-line approval of bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with erlotinib (Tarceva) for patients with advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

Second-line treatment with regorafenib improved overall survival compared with best supportive care for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma following progression on sorafenib.

The FDA has granted an biologics license application for olaratumab a priority review for use in combination with doxorubicin as a treatment of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who are not good candidates for radiotherapy or surgery.

The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application that would extend the indication for blinatumomab to include the treatment of pediatric and adolescent patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Mature data from both the phase I and phase II portions of the AURA study paints a bright, hopeful future for the use of third-generation TKI osimertinib (AZD9291) in patients with EGFR T790M-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

Precision oncology should play a vital role in the shift toward value-based medicine by helping to deliver more effective therapies with more manageable pricing profiles.

A number of novel therapies are currently being explored as second-line treatments for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, including a host of targeted therapies and various immune checkpoint inhibitors.

The FDA has approved cabozantinib as a treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have received prior antiangiogenic therapy.

The all-oral triplet of ixazomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone improved progression-free survival by 5.9 months compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Given the numerous available treatment options, the most important issue in frontline colorectal cancer (CRC) care is clarifying the goals of therapy, according to Wells Messersmith, MD.

Intraperitoneal (IP) therapy was not superior to intravenous (IV) treatment when used in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin) as a regimen for patients with advanced ovarian cancer, according to phase III findings from the GOG-252 study.

Nivolumab (Opdivo) has been granted a breakthrough therapy by the FDA as a treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) following a platinum-based therapy.

The phase III PALOMA-2 trial has shown a significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) for the frontline combination of palbociclib (Ibrance) and letrozole compared letrozole alone for patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Novel therapy with indoximod, an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway inhibitor, in combination with standard chemotherapy, yielded a response rate of 42% as first-line therapy for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma