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Nelson J. Chao, MD, MBA, and his colleagues discussed the use of ruxolitinib as treatment for patients with graft-vs-host disease.

Clinicians should not dismiss the concerns of younger patients who suspect they may have breast cancer, especially amid an increase in early-onset disease according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Brian I. Rini, MD, led a panel where he and his colleagues discussed the results of the CLEAR trial and its implications in renal cell carcinoma.

Adding TPST-1120 to atezolizumab and bevacizumab appears to improve progression-free survival compared with atezolizumab and bevacizumab alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Data from the phase 2 SAMCO-PRODIGE 54 trial may support the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors over standard second-line therapy in mismatch repair–deficient and/or microsatellite instability–high metastatic colorectal cancer.

Accommodating supportive therapies such as fertility and hair follicle preservation may help increase trial recruitment among younger patients with breast cancer, according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Investigators report that bendamustine/rituximab debulking appears to decrease tumor lysis syndrome risk in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Data from a phase 1 study support the orphan drug designation for SLS009 as a treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

A young woman presents with painless lumps to the emergency department and is later diagnosed with clear cell carcinoma.

Patients diagnosed with BRAF V600E–mutant, metastatic non–small cell lung cancer are now able to undergo treatment with combination encorafenib and binimetinib.

LSAM-PTX plus standard of care appears efficacious in a small population of patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

The FDA companion diagnostic designation for FoundationOne CDx may improve access to treatment with selpercatinib in select patients with solid tumors harboring a RET gene fusion.

CAR-HEMATOTOX scores may enable risk stratification of patients with mantle cell lymphoma prior to treatment with brexucabtagene autoleucel.

Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, discussed why the need for multidisciplinary care is so pertinent, and how it must continue even after treatment ends.

Over half of all patients with small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer treated with BXCL701 and pembrolizumab were alive at 1 year in a phase 2 trial.

Elevated white blood cell counts also appear to correlate with shorter overall survival in patients receiving standard induction chemotherapy plus cytarabine for acute myeloid leukemia.

Investigators plan to share data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-671 trial assessing perioperative pembrolizumab in resectable non–small cell lung cancer with international regulatory health authorities.

A biologic license application supplement resubmission for the pegfilgrastim-cbqv on-body injector follows the resolution of inspection findings highlighted in a complete response letter from the FDA.

Rates of obesity appear to correlate with increasing incidence of cancer in young populations, according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Investigators of a phase 2 study suggest that relacorilant may add to a ‘sparse’ field of effective treatment options for patients with platinum-resistant or refractory ovarian cancer.

Investigators anticipate sharing final data from the phase 2 TELLOMAK trial assessing lacutamab among patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Investigators report that MRI by itself seems to be an inadequate tool for determining pathologic complete response in rectal adenocarcinoma during total neoadjuvant therapy.

Investigators will continue to assess overall survival in patients treated with pembrolizumab for localized muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma as part of the phase 3 AMBASSADOR trial.

While the majority of patients with breast cancer are women, men need to be considered when designing clinical trials.

Findings suggest that sensitive circulating tumor DNA analysis may be a valuable tool for guiding neoadjuvant treatment decision-making in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.

Data from a study highlight that the breast cancer makes up the highest number of early-onset disease cases compared with other cancer types from 2010 to 2019, although overall cancer morality appears to have decreased.

Paolo Tarantino, MD, discusses how drug prices within the United States are affecting the treatment of breast cancer.

Patients receiving ibrutinib plus venetoclax for chronic lymphocytic leukemia appear to experience improved overall survival at 46 months compared with those receiving chlorambucil plus obinutuzumab in the phase 3 GLOW study.

Complete responses in patients with pretreated relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma treated with glofitamab appear to be early and enduring.

In this September edition of Snap Recap, we share our highlights from Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, news in the breast cancer space, and the latest FDA updates.