Telehealth and Treatment Selection: Highlights From an Expert Panel on Multiple Myeloma
June 20th 2023A Satellite Sessions program panel at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discusses topics in multiple myeloma including the selection of triplet vs quadruplet treatment regimens and optimizing outcomes in the maintenance setting.
Oncology On-The-Go Podcast: ASCO 2023 Recap
June 19th 2023Experts from University of California, Los Angeles Health and Mayo Clinic discuss key data presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in the gynecologic and gastrointestinal cancer spaces and how they may impact patient care.
FDA Pauses Upifitamab Rilsodotin Trials in Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer
June 19th 2023Following safety reports of bleeding events after treatment with upifitamab rilsodotin among patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer, the FDA places a partial clinical hold on enrollment for the UP-NEXT and UPGRADE-A trials.
Researchers Seek More Treatment Options for Gastrointestinal Cancer
June 18th 2023“We’re starting to see a lot of benefits with targeted therapies [and] immunotherapies. Unfortunately, these [benefits] remain limited to a small subset of patients across GI [gastrointestinal] [malignant tumors]. One of the biggest challenges is how to expand those benefits to the majority of patients.”
Palliative Care in HSCT Correlates With Longer Survival in Hematologic Cancers
June 14th 2023A retrospective analysis of more than 17,000 patients with hematologic malignancies identified a difference in median survival between patients who received palliative care in addition to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and those who didn’t.
FDA Approves FoundationOne LiquidCDx for Encorafenib Combo in mCRC
June 12th 2023The FDA’s approval of the FoundationOne Liquid CDx as a companion diagnostic may improve access to treatment with encorafenib plus cetuximab for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer harboring a BRAF V600E alteration.