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Dr Frank Sinicrope presented results from the ATOMIC trial at #ASCO25, showing that adding atezolizumab to adjuvant FOLFOX halved the risk of recurrence or death in stage III dMMR colon cancer. With no major safety concerns, the findings support chemo-immunotherapy as a new standard of care for this patient group.
At #ASCO25, key neuro-oncology presentations explored focused ultrasound to enhance drug delivery, the benefits of maximal surgical resection in IDH-mutant gliomas, and final CATNON data supporting adjuvant temozolomide. Other highlights included improved cognitive outcomes with stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases and early results from a novel gamma delta T cell therapy.
At #ASCO25, Professor Dickon Hayne presented results from the ANZUP 1301 trial showing that adding mitomycin C to BCG may offer a well-tolerated, effective option for high-risk NMIBC. The combination reduced BCG use by 40% – a significant finding amid global shortages – with encouraging efficacy and safety signals.
Head and neck cancer (HNC), with over 946,000 new cases and 482,000 deaths in 2022, is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally.1Â Specifically, in the USA, the number of estimated new cases in 2024 was 74,000.2Â Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (...
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer worldwide and in the USA, with its incidence varying depending on geographic and socioeconomic factors.1–3 According to data from the Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence (GLOBACAN) database, ...
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous haematologic cancer associated with clonal expansion of myeloid blasts in the bloodstream, bone marrow and other tissues. AML is associated with blasts expressing various complex molecular and cytogenetic alterations, which play an important ...
touchONCOLOGY presents the top new clinical trial findings that are generating a buzz among prostate cancer experts. Here’s the latest from one of the leading global conferences in GU oncology: the 2025 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (February 26–28, 2025, San Francisco, CA, ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review for its New Drug Application (NDA) for zongertinib (BI 1810631), a treatment for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) characterized by HER2 (ERBB2) mutations who have undergone prior ...
Despite being considered a rare type of malignancy, constituting only 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers, the incidence of biliary tract cancers (BTCs) has been increasing worldwide in recent years, with about 20,000 new cases annually only in the USA.1–3 These cancers arise ...
Highlights Immunotherapy, especially combinatory immunotherapy, has shown promise with prolonged survival for patients with advanced mesothelioma in the first-line setting (see the sections on ‘Systemic treatment and immunotherapy debut’ and ‘Randomized immunotherapy trials of mesothelioma’). Histology-based therapy is important to ...
Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) represents the most formidable stage of prostate cancer (PCa) and is responsible for the majority of PCa-related mortalities. This advanced form of the disease typically evolves from less aggressive stages.1 PCa is broadly categorized into ...
Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most commonly diagnosed cancer and is the sixth leading cause of cancer death worldwide.1,2Â Worldwide, around 604,100 new instances of oesophageal cancer were recorded in 2020, leading to approximately 544,100 deaths. This translates to a standardized incidence rate ...
Rat sarcoma virus (RAS) proteins are a family of prototypical oncogenes frequently mutated in human cancers. Mutations in the RAS gene account for 19% of all pathogenic alterations and are the subject of extensive research in molecular and clinical oncology.1 The ...
Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) is a novel oral formulation of two drugs with promising results in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).1Â Trifluridine is a thymidine-based nucleoside analogue that, after intracellular phosphorylation, gets incorporated into DNA, causing DNA dysfunction.2Â ...
The NIAGARA trial evaluated the combination of durvalumab (D) with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by radical cystectomy (RC) and adjuvant durvalumab in cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). A total of 1063 patients were randomized to either receive durvalumab + NAC + ...
The ATHENA trial evaluated the effectiveness of rucaparib (RUCA) monotherapy (MONO) and rucaparib combined with nivolumab (NIVO) (COMBO) in patients with advanced high-grade ovarian cancer (AHGOC). In the MONO arm, rucaparib showed sustained progression-free survival (PFS) of 20.2 months after first-line ...
At this year’s European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) emerged as a central topic of discussion. The conference featured a wealth of innovative research, with numerous abstracts presenting advances in the management of chronic and refractory GVHD, offering new hope for patients facing this challenging complication. Here we explore some of the most exciting abstracts presented.
The ESMO GI 2024 meeting, held this year in Munich, Germany, brought together researchers and clinicians from around the world to discuss recent developments in gastrointestinal malignancies.
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