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Pyrotinib combined with apecitabine demonstrated promising activity in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer that have brain metastases, according to findings from the prospective phase 2 PERMEATE study.

Significantly longer event-free survival was not demonstrated with tisagenlecleucel in the second-line setting when compared to standard-of-care second-line therapy in patients with refractory or early relapsed aggressive B-cell lymphoma.

Fast track designation has been granted to 7HP349, in combination with a CTLA-4 inhibitor for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic malignant melanoma following treatment failure with a PD-1 inhibitor.

Srdan Verstovsek, MD, discussed the ways in which ropeginterferon and rusfertide can reduce thromboembolic events in polycythemia vera.

Updated data from the ongoing phase 1b/2 trial of batiraxcept in combination with cabozantinib shows favorable outcomes in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, David Siegel, MD, explained the many changes seen in pediatric cancer mortality and survival over the past 40 years.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Ryan Sugarman, MD, discussed the CheckMate 649 trial and Q-TWiST results to provide a further understanding of survival and quality of life benefit of nivolumab plus chemo versus chemo alone.

Tailored treatment available to patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer based on the presence of active central nervous system disease.

A team-oriented approach based on guideline-directed therapies should be used by clinicians to address patients experiencing cardiotoxicity as a result of their breast cancer, according Jean-Bernard Durand, MD.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Lori Leslie discussed the CAR T-cell product, brexucabtagene autoleucel, and its influence on both MCL and indolent lymphomas.

Elacestrant demonstrates statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival for patients with ER–positive, HER2-negative mBC who previously received CDK4/6 inhibition.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Ronald Paquette, MD, discussed MDS and what factors may impact the success of a patient’s treatment when undergoing transplant.

The FDA issued 3 final guidances to industry regarding cancer clinical trials that parallel the goals of President Biden's 2016 Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Findings show DKN-01, tislelizumab, and capecitabine/oxaliplatin (CAPOX) combination to be well tolerated and have encouraging clinical activity as frontline treatment of patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Here's a look back at all the FDA happenings from February 2022.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Sophia Kamran, MD, discussed the effectiveness of trimodality therapy as well as other novel therapeutics in patients with bladder cancer.

The MARIPOSA study seeks to assess efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of the combination of amivantamab-vmjw and lazertinib in locally advanced, or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Annelise Wilhite, MD, discussed the findings of a clinical investigation of survival in patients with vulvar/vaginal melanomas.

The FDA has approved FoundationOne CDx as a companion diagnostic to pembrolizumab for patients with microsatellite instability high solid tumors.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, explained how adagrasib works to target KRAS mutations as well as its importance.

BOS172738 shows promising results in the treatment of RET gene altered medullary thyroid cancer and non–small cell lung cancer, according to a phase 1 study.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Vitaly Margulis, MD, discussed the function and findings of metabolomics in renal cell carcinoma.

Srdan Verstovsek, MD, discussed maintaining hematocrit levels in patients with polycythemia vera as well as research on the use of rusfertide.

A phase 2 trial sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of anlotinib and sintilimab in patients with recurrent advanced endometrial cancer.

The FDA has accepted a new drug application for adagrasib for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring KRAS G12C mutation.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Bridget Koontz, MD, United States chief medical officer and deputy global chief medical officer at GenesisCare, discusses 18F-DCFPyL and how the well-tolerated agent can change the way prostate cancer patients are treated

CT103A is a BCMA-targeted genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy that is able to identify and eliminate malignant and normal cells expressing BCMA in R/R Myeloma.

Treatment with multiple nucleic acid immunotherapy agents is being evaluated in phase 1/2 clinical trials.

An application for FDA approval has been submitted for poziotinib as a potential treatment for patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Neal Shore discusses the findings of ARAMIS which looked at darolutamide in men with high-risk non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and its primary end point of metastasis-free survival.