Between the Lines

Shilpa Gupta, MD, and Vinit Makkar, MD, discuss the treatment patterns and disease management of locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma, with a focus on data from the US physician-based PARADIGM study.

Michael R. Bishop, MD, and Bruce B. Bank, MD, review results from the ELEVATE-RR noninferiority trial on acalabrutinib versus ibrutinib in CLL, and discuss the clinical implications of the findings.

Stacy A. Cohen, MD, and Mark Lewis, MD review results from the GALAXY study on circulating tumor DNA dynamics in CRC that were recently presented at ASCO GI 2022, and discuss the clinical implications of the findings.

Expert perspectives on recent updates in the use of proteasome inhibitors for patients with multiple myeloma.

A panel of oncologists reviews a publication by Motzer et al. (2021) on data from the CLEAR trial studying lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab or everolimus for advanced renal cell carcinoma treatment and discuss the clinical implications of the results.

Expert oncologists review safety/efficacy data behind mobocertinib, a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Suzanne Fanning, DO, and Joshua Richter, MD, discuss clinical implications of a real-world study of ixazomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and Simon Chowdhury, MD, review final results from the TITAN study of apalutamide in patients with mCSPC and discuss the clinical implications of the findings.

Experts discuss use of ponatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia and optimal dosing.

Daniel Petrylak, MD and Donald Barry Boyd, MD, MS review a publication presenting use of avelumab maintenance in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in real-world practice and discuss their own experiences with the regimen.

Steven Finkelstein, MD, DABR, FACRO, and Louis J. Mazzarelli, MD, react to the article, “A Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison of 18F-Fluciclovine With 68Ga-PSMA-11 in Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer in PET/CT,” by Pernthaler B, et al.

Drs. Gupta and Brown discuss a recently published paper by Grivas et al. (2019) on the use of checkpoint inhibitors for maintenance therapy to prolong the benefits of frontline therapy while minimizing toxicity in solid tumors.

Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, and Frederico Albrecht, MD, consider when to refer to a clinical trial data and how to use real-world evidence when making treatment decisions for patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer based on a recent publication by Bassel Nazha, MD, MPH.

Key takeaways from a recent study of tipifarnib as treatment for recurrent and/or metastatic mHRAS head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Experts collaborate to share and reflect on data from an eNRGy1 global registry study, which analyzed therapy in NRG1 fusion–driven lung cancers.

Drs Liliana Bustamante and Richard Kim review “Detection of Molecular Residual Disease Using Personalized Circulating Tumor DNA Assay in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Resection of Metastases,” and consider how to apply the paper’s findings into clinical practice.

Brian Helfand, MD, PhD, and Steven Finkelstein, MD, FACRO, provide insight on the results and clinical implications of the EMPIRE-1 trial in prostate cancer.

In this program, George Ansstas, MD, and Firas B. Badin, MD, discuss a recently published paper on ctDNA for analysis of immunotherapy efficacy in individual patients with solid tumor malignancies.

In this program, D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, and Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, discuss a recently published paper on the anti-HER3 monoclonal antibody seribantumab in the treatment of tumor samples with oncogenic NRG1 fusions.

In this journal club-like program, Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, and Steven E. Vogl, MD, discuss a recently published paper about third-line treatments for HER2-positive breast cancer and provide insight about its implications for clinical practice.