February 16th 2024
The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to tigilanol tiglate for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma.
Community Practice Connections™: What’s Next for Patients with Breast Cancer, and How Can We Effectively Optimize PARP-, HER2/3-, and TROP2-Targeted Regimens in Treatment Plans?
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Patient, Provider and Caregiver Connection™: Addressing Patient Concerns During the Treatment and Management of HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Oncology Consultations®: Next Generation SERDs—Key Data and Practical Takeaways for the Community Physician
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Medical Crossfire®: Leveraging Multidisciplinary Teams in Early–Stage Breast Cancer When the Goal is Cure
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® East
July 19-20, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: Real-World Applications of Novel Therapies Across TNBC and Addressing Disparities in Care
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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42nd Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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42nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
March 6 - 9, 2025
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Phase 1 Trial Exhibits Positive Interim Results in Chondrosarcoma
November 13th 2020Treatment with the investigation agent INBRX-109 induced responses and decreased the tumor burden in a cohort of patients with chondrosarcoma, according to interim efficacy and safety findings a phase 1 trial in patients with chondrosarcoma, Inhibrx, Inc announced in a press release.
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Trabectedin Plus Durvalumab Feasible for Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
September 21st 2020Preliminary activity was observed in an unselected group of patients with miscellaneous soft tissue sarcoma treated with trabectedin in combination with durvalumab in the phase 1b TRAMUNE trial. The results presented during the 2020 European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing this combination in soft tissue sarcoma.
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Pembrolizumab Extends Progression-Free Survival in Rare Sarcoma Subtypes
September 21st 2020Prolonged progression-free survival was observed with pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with selected rare sarcoma subtypes treated in the phase 2 AcSé basket study, according to a presentation during the 2020 European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress.
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Ewing Sarcoma May Benefit From Regorafenib Therapy
September 20th 2020As compared with placebo, regorafenib induced favorable progression-free survival rates at 24 weeks versus placebo in patients with Ewing sarcoma in the phase 2 REGOBONE study. Despite this, the trial failed to meet its primary end point of non-progression at 8 weeks, according to findings presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress 2020.
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Neoadjuvant Blockade Demonstrates Significant Clinical Activity in UPS
June 2nd 2020Christina L. Roland, MD, PhD, discusses the preliminary results of neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade—nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab—in patients with surgically resectable undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
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Patients With Pretreated Sarcoma May Derive Benefit From Various Immunotherapy Combinations
April 15th 2020Combination therapy strategies involving immune checkpoint inhibitors and a secondary agent have shown promise across sarcoma subtypes, according to analysis of clinical trial data that were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Sarcoma & GIST Symposium 2020, held in Milan, Italy.
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Cabozantinib May Be a New Therapeutic Option for Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma
April 3rd 2020Cabozantinib demonstrated antitumor activity as treatment of patients with advanced Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma, warranting further investigation for a potential new therapeutic option for this patient population, according to findings from phase II CABONE study.
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Genetic Profiling Suggests Rationale for Limited Response to Immunotherapy in Osteosarcoma
February 22nd 2020Treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors appears to elicit limited clinical activity in patients with osteosarcoma. In a study, investigators at MD Anderson Cancer Center found that certain factors like poor infiltration of the tumor by immune cells, low activity from available T cells, a lack of immune-stimulating neoantigens, and multiple immune-suppressing pathways may interfere with response to immunotherapy in these patients, according to a press release from the organization.<br />
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A Look Back at FDA News from January 2020
February 8th 2020In January 2020, the FDA approved new treatment options in gastrointestinal stromal tumors, bladder cancer, and epithelioid sarcoma. The FDA also granted several Priority Review Designations, orphan drug designations, and a Fast Track designation, as well as a Breakthrough Therapy designation.
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Immunotherapy Combination Induces Promising ORR in Patients With Advanced Sarcoma
February 5th 2020The combination of talimogene laherparepvec plus pembrolizumab led to a promising objective response rate in patients with advanced sarcoma who typically have limited treatment options, according to a phase II clinical trial published in <em>JAMA Oncology</em>.
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HER2-Directed CAR T-Cell Therapy Appears Active in Phase I Trial for Advanced Sarcoma
February 2nd 2020In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Shoba A. Navai, MD, discussed the evolving role of CAR T-cell therapy in solid tumors, including sarcomas and how the efficacy and safety compare with CAR T cells in this space compared with hematologic malignancies.
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Tazemetostat for Patients With Epithelioid Sarcoma
January 24th 2020Accelerated approval has been granted by the FDA to the methyltransferase inhibitor tazemetostat for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma in adult and adolescent patients who are not eligible for complete resection.<br />
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FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to LSD1 Inhibitor SP-2577 for Ewing Sarcoma
December 17th 2019SP-2577, a potent reversible LSD1 inhibitor, has been granted Fast Track Designation by the FDA for the treatment of relapsed/refractory patients with Ewing sarcoma, Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developers of the drug, announced in a press release.
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FDA Grants Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation to ADP-A2M4 for Synovial Sarcoma
December 4th 2019The FDA has granted a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation to ADP-A2M4 for the treatment of patients with synovial sarcoma, according to a press release from Adaptimmune Therapeutics, developers of the agent.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Selumetinib for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Pediatric Patients
November 14th 2019A New Drug Application has been accepted and granted priority review by the FDA to the investigational agent selumetinib for the treatment of patients ≥3 years old with neurofibromatosis type 1 and symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas, according to a press release from AstraZeneca and Merck.
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Avapritinib NDA Being Split in Two, PDGFRA+ GIST Indication Continuing Review
October 28th 2019The FDA plans to split up the submitted New Drug Application for avapritinib into 2 separate NDAs in the treatment of 2 different populations of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors, according to a press release from Blueprint Medicines.
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Cobimetinib Granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Histiocytic Neoplasms
October 4th 2019The FDA has granted cobimetinib, a MEK inhibitor, with a breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of adult patients with histiocytic neoplasms who do not harbor a <em>BRAF</em> V600 mutation.
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to Nirogacestat for Desmoid Tumors
September 4th 2019The FDA has granted nirogacestat, an investigational gamma-secretase inhibitor, with a breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of adult patients with progressive, unresectable, recurrent or refractory desmoid tumors or deep fibromatosis.
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Ripretinib Demonstrates Benefit in Patients With Previously Treated GIST
August 13th 2019Ripretinib demonstrated a significantly improved progression-free survival compared with placebo in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors being treated in the fourth-line setting or beyond, according to topline results from the phase III INVICTUS trial. An NDA for ripretinib is planned for the first quarter of 2020.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Avapritinib in PDGFRA+ and Fourth-Line GIST
August 7th 2019The FDA has granted a priority review to a New Drug Application for avapritinib as a treatment for adult patients with <em>PDGFRA</em> exon 18–mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumors, regardless of prior therapy, and in the fourth-line setting for GIST.
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Tazemetostat Receives FDA Priority Review for Metastatic or Locally Advanced Epithelioid Sarcoma
July 25th 2019A new drug application for tazemetostat, an EZH2 inhibitor, has been granted a priority review by the FDA for the treatment of patients with metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma not eligible for curative surgery based on data from the epithelioid sarcoma cohort of a phase II trial.
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VEGFR Targeted Therapies and Combinations Emerge for the Treatment of Sarcomas
July 2nd 2019Based on the ongoing and positive data observed with VEGFR targeted therapies, novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors and those already approved for other disease indications may become available to patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas.
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Tazemetostat Submitted for FDA Approval in Epithelioid Sarcoma
May 31st 2019A new drug application for tazemetostat was submitted to the FDA for the treatment of patients with epithelioid sarcoma who are not eligible for curative surgery, according to Epizyme, the manufacturer of the EZH2 inhibitor.
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