The PrEvCan – Cancer Prevention Across Europe – campaign, initiated by the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) and supported by ESMO, aims to reduce the burden of cancer by promoting a different way we can decrease cancer risk each month. This August, the PrEvCan campaign focuses on raising awareness about the connection between human papillomavirus […]

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and obesity are both linked with an increased risk of developing cancer, in this study researchers at Imperial College London investigated whether diabetes had an impact on patient outcomes when treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. touchONCOLOGY were delighted to speak with Dr Alessio Cortellini (Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, […]

The PALLAS trial assessed the efficacy of adding palbociclib to adjuvant endocrine therapy in patients with stage II-III breast cancer. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Angela DeMichele (Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA) to discuss the PALLAS trial and how it compares to the other CDK4/6 inhibitor adjuvant trials, […]

Lenalidomide is a standard of care in multiple myeloma. But with the prevalence of the lenalidomide-refractory population increasing, the CARTITUDE-4 trial aimed to assess ciltacabtagene autoleucel for this patient population. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Binod Dhakal (Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA) to discuss the mechanism of action of ciltacabtagene […]

The treatment paradigm for patients with multiple myeloma is very complex. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Binod Dhakal (Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA) to break down the treatment paradigm in multiple myeloma, discussing how to handle different patient cases. The abstract entitled ‘First phase 3 results from CARTITUDE-4: Cilta-cel versus […]

ZUMA-23 (NCT05605899) is an on-going phase 3 study investigating axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) CAR T cell therapy as a first-line therapy in patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma. touchONCOLOGY caught up with Dr Jason Westin (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA) to discuss what previous clinical trials have taught us about […]

Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) is an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy approved to treat patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. We caught up with Dr Jason Westin (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA) to discuss the current treatment paradigm for large B-cell lymphoma, the limitations of current […]

The SOLISTICE phase III study aimed to assess trifluridine/tipiracil+bevacizumab in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Thierry André (Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France) to discuss the rationale for the use of trifluridine/tipiracil+bevacizumab in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer, the secondary endpoint of overall survival and the key […]

Each year, the EHA Board presents the José Carreras Award to honour leaders in haematological research. touchONCOLOGY caught up with Prof Robin Foà (Sapienza University, Rome, Italy) to discuss his receipt of the José Carreras Award and the key take-home messages of his award presentation, which focused on Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia research. The presentation […]