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Data from a retrospective study suggests that stereotactic body radiotherapy may be a suitable alternative to surgical resection for patients with primary lung neuroendocrine tumors, according to an expert from Moffitt Cancer Center.

An expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute states that although giving opioids for minor procedures could lead to substance abuse issues, use of the drugs to manage end of life cancer pain should not be up for debate.

Nicole Peeke, LCSW, ACHP-SW, emphasizes the importance of an integrated oncology care plan and that mental health care should be incorporated as a standard of care.

Investigators identify an association between circulating tumor DNA in the blood plasma detected via the RaDaR assay and response to treatment with neoadjuvant immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

ONA-XR plus anastrozole yields preliminary clinical activity in a small population of patients with refractory, hormone receptor (HR)–positive, metastatic endometrial cancer.

An expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses data from a study investigating racial inequities in opioid access among patients of cancer near the end of life.

Findings from the phase 2 TELMA trial suggest that atezolizumab plus bevacizumab yields robust, long-lasting outcomes for patients with metastatic nonsquamous tumor mutational burden–high non–small cell lung cancer.

Findings from a randomized trial indicate that therapeutic education plus physical activity are safe, feasible, and potentially effective for patients with hematologic cancer.

A biologic license application for a biosimilar of denosumab is under review by the FDA for managing osteoporosis and treatment-induced bone loss in those with cancer.

An expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describes several key strategies for mitigating racial disparities in opioid access among patients with cancer near end of life.

Findings from a study indicate that measurable residual disease clearance is associated with favorable outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia following subsequent therapy before allogenic stem cell transplant.

The FDA gives orphan drug designation to BEA-17, an investigational small molecule degrader that may benefit those with a common and aggressive brain tumor.

A biologic license application that has been resubmitted to the FDA for remestemcel-L in pediatric graft-versus-host disease includes new long-term survival data from a phase 3 clinical trial.

According to findings from a phase 2 clinical study, futibatinib may achieve benefit in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 rearrangements.

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy appears to produce a significant improvement in progression-free survival among patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

During a live Tweet Chat, Hope S. Rugo, MD, and Paolo Tarantino, MD, reviewed a patient case and discussed current standard of care for those with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Expert oncologists review key updates regarding metastatic colorectal cancer from recent meetings and discuss their implications on real-world clinical practice.

An expert from Ochsner Health discusses the essential role positive lifestyle habits and regular screenings play in preventing cancer diagnoses.

Lack of access to adequate mental health care affects both patients and survivors of cancer who experience significant burdens, highlighting a need for normalization, according to a licensed clinical social worker.

“Being a patient advocate means not so much putting ourselves in the patient's shoes but asking the right questions to find out what those barriers to care are,” says an oncology survivorship navigator from Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine.

An expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses what the approval of sacituzumab govitecan means for patients with advanced hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Patients with pre-treated, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer can now receive treatment with sacituzumab govitecan following approval from the FDA.

An expert from Yale School of Medicine discusses how the approval of adjuvant pembrolizumab expands treatment to include patients with IB, II, III, and IIIA resected, early-stage, non–small cell lung cancer regardless of PD-L1 expression.

Data from the final analysis of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-966 trial indicate that pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy yields improvements in overall survival compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer.

Experts discuss the genetics of multiple myeloma, the prevalent testing paradigms in this space, and possibilities for the future.

Julianne Cooley, MS, spoke with CancerNetwork® about older patients with later stage cervical cancer who have lower survival rates compared with their younger counterparts.

Adjuvant osimertinib continues to prolong survival and improve outcomes among patients with resected, EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA gives orphan drug exclusivity to sodium phosphate injection for the prevention of cisplatin-related hearing loss in pediatric patients 1 month and older with localized, non-metastatic solid tumors.

Findings from a randomized clinical trial suggest that tele-cognitive behavioral therapy may help reduce body image distress among survivors of head and neck cancer.

Expert oncologists review the clinical data supporting the use of sacituzumab govitecan in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.