The field of mastocytosis is witnessing a paradigm shift with precision medicine in the form of mutant KIT inhibitors.
Steven M. Albelda, MD, discusses what he expects the future of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell use in solid tumors to look like.
Pavlos Msaouel, MD, PhD, discusses how the treatments and outcomes differ between patients with the rarer disease of renal medullary carcinoma than the more common renal cell carcinoma.
Although there is tremendous excitement about boundaries of science stretching beyond human imagination, realizing the real-world impact of scientific advancement on the health outcomes of patients provides a reality check on how far we still must go.
Smruthy Sivakumar, PhD, discusses a large-scale analysis of comprehensive genomic profiling utilization and ancestral characterization of the genomic landscape in patients with advanced prostate cancer.
Mitchell E. Horwitz, MD, discusses the next steps for research following the FDA approval of omidubicel.
Regarding safety, the investigators did not observe any grade 3 or 4 adverse events during the study.
Salvatore Siena, MD, discusses the efficacy of the phase 2 DESTINY-CRC01 trial of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-expressing metastatic colorectal cancer who have progressed on 2 or more treatments in this setting.
Mark Markowski, MD, PhD, discusses the results of a phase 1b/2 study examining treatment with sabizabulin in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Stem cell treatments offer hope for a variety of conditions. However, access to these potentially life-altering procedures is often hampered by social factors such as socioeconomic status, race, cultural background, and geographic location.
Dennis J. Slamon, MD, discusses the rationale of the phase 3 NATALEE trial and ribociclib for the treatment of patients with HR+/HER2- early breast cancer.
Brooke Peters, PharmD, BCOP, offers a closing reflection on the transition from inpatient to outpatient treatment of bispecific antibodies.
Mounzer Agha, MD, discusses the phase 2 CARTITUDE-2 trial looking at ciltacabtagene autoleucel in patients with multiple myeloma.
Se-Hoon Lee, MD, an oncologist at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea, discusses his focus of research in the lung cancer space, including the phase 1 CHRYSALIS study of amivantamab and lazertinib in patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.
Technology plays a pivotal role in enhancing precision medicine within cancer care.
Coronavirus disease 2019 has disrupted oncologic care across the spectrum of cancer screening, diagnosis, and management.
Margaret E. Gatti-Mays, MD, MPH, FACP, evaluates the evolution of immunotherapy in cases of breast cancer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD, discusses when a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor would be preferred over a BCL-2 inhibitor as first-line therapy for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The potential benefit of avelumab in the subgroup of patients with high PD-L1 expression in JAVELIN HEAD AND NECK 100 provides a basis for further investigation and suggests a potential role for immune checkpoint inhibitors for locally advanced HNSCC.
Hagen F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCP, medical oncologist, medical director of the Virginia Mason Cancer Institute and current chair of the NCI Rectal-Anal Cancer Task Force, discusses the treatment and screening decision making process for patients with prostate cancer.
David L. Bartlett, MD, discusses some of the most recent developments that have been seen in genomic testing for patients with cancer in recent years.
Stephen Schuster, MD, discusses findings from follow-up of the phase 2 ELARA study presented at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting.
Theodore W. Laetsch, MD, discusses various trials examining larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion positive thyroid cancer.
There is currently 1 FDA-approved antibody-drug conjugate available for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, and several more potentially coming down the pike.
Murugesan Manoharan, MD, FRACS, offers observations about prostate cancer care at Miami Cancer Institute.
Christopher Pleyer, MD, discusses the phase 2 study of ibrutinib and short-course fludarabine in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.