Blood-Based Tumor Mutational Burden Does Not Predict Benefit of Atezolizumab for NSCLC
September 21st 2021According to results from the Blood First Assay Screening Trial, blood-based tumor mutational burden did not predict a benefit of atezolizumab over chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Combination Improves Survival in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
September 21st 2021Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy compared with the placebo plus chemotherapy demonstrated an improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Treatment With Adjuvant Atezolizumab Yields Improved Outcomes in Stage II-IIIA PD-L1–Positive NSCLC
September 20th 2021Patients with stage II to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer experienced an improvement in disease-free survival and time to locoregional and distant relapse after being treated with adjuvant atezolizumab.
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Shows Safe Antitumor Activity in Advanced NSCLC With Genomic Alterations
September 19th 2021The antibody drug conjugate, datopotamab deruxtecan, was safe in heavily pretreated patients who don’t have many treatment options after treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and platinum-based chemotherapy.
[vic]-Trastuzumab Duocarmazine Improved Survival For HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
September 19th 2021Treatment [vic]-trastuzumab duocarmazine improved progression-free survival for patients with pretreated, metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer when compared with physician’s choice chemotherapy.