Microsatellite Instability Serves as a Predictive Biomarker of Response to Pembrolizumab
January 26th 2020Joseph Chao, MD, discusses the importance of assessing the microsatellite instability (MSI) status in patients with advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer based on findings from a comparative analysis of KEYNOTE-059, KEYNOTE-061, and KEYNOTE-062.
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Adjuvant Durvalumab Strategy in Locally Advanced Esophageal GEJ Adenocarcinoma
January 24th 2020Hirva Mamdani, MD, explains the rationale for conducting a safety and efficacy study of durvalumab in patients following multimodality therapy for locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
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Anti-CD20 Agent Yields High Responses in Follicular Lymphoma
January 22nd 2020Rajat Bannerji, MD, PhD, discusses the safety and efficacy results of REGN1979 in the follicular lymphoma cohort enrolled in the phase I study of patients with relapsed/refractory B-Cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who were previously treated with an anti-CD20 agent.
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Niraparib Maintenance Improves PFS in Frontline Ovarian Cancer
January 20th 2020Antonio Gonzalez Martín, MD, discusses the results from the phase III PRIMA study, which evaluated the PARP inhibitor niraparib versus placebo as a frontline treatment of patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer who responded to platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Evaluating Next Steps for Entrectinib in ROS1-Positive NSCLC
January 18th 2020Robert C. Doebele, MD, PhD, shares his thoughts on what the next steps are for entrectinib in patients with <em>ROS1</em>-positive non–small cell lung cancer. In August of 2019, the FDA granted approval to this agent as treatment of patients with metastatic NSCLC who are <em>ROS1</em>-positive.
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New Options for Overcoming Resistance to Anti-VEGF Therapy in HCC
January 16th 2020Wasif M. Saif, MD, deputy physician in chief at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and a professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, shares his expert opinion on the importance of the phase III IMbrave150 trial, which evaluated a targeted therapy combination in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.<br />
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Exploring Novel Ibrutinib Combinations in Clinical Trials for CLL
January 16th 2020Jennifer A. Woymach, MD, provides background information on the AO41702 study, which evaluates targeted therapy ibrutinib or ibrutinib plus rituximab in elderly patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.<br />
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Gilteritinib Relapse Leads to Loss of FLT3-TKD Mutation in Patient With AML
January 11th 2020Adam Fisch, MD, PhD, a clinical fellow in molecular genetic pathology at the Brigham’s Women’s Hospital, discusses the key points from a patient case he presented at the 2019 Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting and Expo, in which the patient with acute myeloid leukemia harboring a FLT3-TKD mutation lost the mutation following relapse on gilteritinib.
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