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Treatment with nab-Sirolimus demonstrated promising response rates in patients with gynecologic PEComa, according to a subgroup analysis of the phase 2 AMPECT study.

A phase 2 study has begun enrolling patients with 0 to 1 prior lines of therapy to receive the mTOR inhibitor nab-Sirolimus plus letrozole for advanced or recurrent endometrioid carcinoma.

In locally advanced cervical cancer, the combination of neoadjuvant tislelizumab plus chemotherapy was demonstrated to be safe with encouraging antitumor activity.

Patient reported health-related quality of life outcomes from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial strengthen the case for mirvetuximab soravtansine as a new standard of care for patients with folate receptor-alpha positive ovarian cancer resistant to platinum chemotherapy.

Olaparib plus cediranib did not improve survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with platinum-resistant or -refractory epithelial ovarian cancer.

An unprecendented survival benefit was demonstrated with dostarlimab plus in patients with microsatellite instability-high primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Findings from the KEYNOTE-868 trial demonstrated a positive survival outcome with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy across endometrial cancer subgroups.

Rates of cervical cancer across the United States vary due to social determinants of health.

Pedro Barata, MD, MSc, discussed the importance of the NRG Oncology Semiannual Meeting and the forum it provides for oncologists to collaborate and optimize cancer treatment.

Stephanie Lee, MD, discusses a study investigating belumosudil for chronic graft-vs-host disease.

Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, MACP, FASCO, discusses the limitations of using prostate-specific antigen levels alone to guide prostate cancer treatment.

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO, highlights a key difference between oral androgen receptor inhibitor drugs and therapeutic radionuclides for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO, discusses that patients with advanced prostate cancer benefit from a multidisciplinary care team.

Balancing cost and efficiency remains at the crux of autologous stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma treatment.

Hedyeh Ebrahimi, MD, discussed a novel approach to targeting metastatic renal cell carcinoma through a microbiome-mediated pathway.

Kayla Giannetti, MSN, APRN-CNP, discusses a study presented at the 2024 Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Tandem Meetings investigating the link between patient frailty and stem cell transplants.

Alice Bertaina, MD, discussed combining T-allo10 gene therapy with stem cell transplants for the treatment of pediatric and young adult patients with hematologic malignancies.

Valentina Ardila, MD, discusses findings from a study investigating the role of obesity in patients undergoing stem cell transplants.

Alice Bertaina, MD, discusses combining of T-allo10, a donor-derived cell product, with haploidentical stem cell transplants for the treatment of pediatric and young adult patients with hematologic malignancies.

Peterson discusses the investigation of ruxolitinib in the second line for patients with acute graft-vs-host disease following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

The latest developments across the fields of stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy were presented at the 2024 Tandem Meetings in San Antonio, Texas, from February 21-24, 2024.

Orca-T demonstrated survival rates vs post-transplant cyclophosphamide in patients with hematologic malignancies receiving myeloablative conditioning, according to findings from a retrospective analysis.

Promising survival data for Orca-T was also matched in a population of patients with hematologic malignancies aged 55 years and older.

The combination of belumosudil plus ruxolitinib demonstrated response and tolerability in patients with steroid-refractory or steroid-dependent chronic graft-vs-host disease.

Lisocabtagene maraleucel given as a single administration led to rapid responses in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

A retrospective study of real-world patients showed that immune engager therapies had the best response and progression-free survival rates in patients with multiple myeloma who had a relapse after idecabtagene vicleucel treatment.

Findings from an analysis of the REACH2 study, presented at the 2024 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings, showed that concomitant treatment with azoles does not impact the safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib for patients with acute graft-vs-host-disease.

In early lines of therapy for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, patients receiving cilta-cel demonstrated deep and enduring responses, with overall response rates of 95% and 100% in 2 cohorts.

A retrospective study of insurance claims showed patients received ruxolitinib mainly in the second or third line for chronic graft-vs-host disease, with dose adjustment used and no difference shown in time to discontinuation between adult and pediatric patients.

Ruxolitinib cream resulted in positive safety and efficacy findings among a small cohort of patients with cutaneous graft-vs-host disease vs placebo.