Blood-Based Biomarkers May Predict Disease Response in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
September 11th 2022At ESMO 2022, peripheral blood samples taken from patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma treated on the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial showed there may be a potential to predict disease response to avelumab.
Enzalutamide Plus Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisolone Not Recommended for mHSPC
September 11th 2022Despite the combination of enzalutamide plus abiraterone acetate and prednisolone (AAP) falling short in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, although androgen deprivation therapy plus AAP resulted in a clinically meaningful overall survival benefit.
Efficacy of Naporafenib in NRAS-Mutant Unresectable/Metastatic Melanoma Presented at 2022 ESMO
September 10th 2022Results of a phase 2 trial show favorable efficacy and tolerable safety of naporafenib in combination with rineterkib, trametinib, or ribociclib in previously treated, unresectable or metastatic melanoma.
Clinical Benefit of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Sustained in Metastatic Gastric/GEJ Cancer
September 10th 2022Long-term follow-up of the phase 2 DESTINY-Gastric02 study revealed fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki continues to show promise in locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Study Finds Particulate Matter May Drive EGFR-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
September 10th 2022Findings provided rationale to limit air pollution and highlighted the need for molecularly targeted lung cancer prevention due to particulate matter being revealed as a mechanistic driver for EGFR-positive NSCLC.