Latest Conference Articles

Ian Judson, MD, medical oncologist, The Royal Marsden Hospital, discusses the future role of olaratumab in the treatment of patients with sarcoma.

Adjuvant chemotherapy was found to decrease the rates of local recurrence in some subtypes of extremity soft tissue sarcoma; however, the use of adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy did not impact overall survival. 

Linda T. Vahdat, MD, PhD, ‎Breast Cancer Research Program Leader at Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, discusses the current progress being made with glembatumumab vedotin in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and what the future holds for this agent.

&nbsp;<br /> Local recurrence is associated with very poor prognosis in patients with Ewing sarcoma. Researchers are seeking to identify the factors associated with local recurrence in patients undergoing multimodal treatment.

The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer has risen dramatically in recent years, improving quality of life for patients and reducing morbidity, but challenges remain for oncologists looking to deploy this treatment approach in clinical practice.

When it comes to adverse events and duration of response, next-generation BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia compare favorably with ibrutinib.

Immune checkpoint inhibitor development is progressing as treatments for patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, with a number of studies currently assessing new combination strategies.

David Thomas, FRACP, PhD, director and division head, Genomic Cancer Medicine, Cancer Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, discusses the genomic features of sarcoma and how they factor into the treatment landscape of this disease.

Ruben A. Mesa, MD, chair, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, deputy director, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) and who the recommendations will transition over the next year. Mesa spoke on the topic during an interview at the 34th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium&trade;, held November 9-11, 2016 in New York City.

Studies testing immune checkpoint inhibitors in combination with other agents for the treatment of both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma are garnering attention among researchers.

The availability of several new treatments has dramatically transformed the treatment paradigm for multiple myeloma in the past few years.

Alessandro Gronchi, MD, discusses the impact of olaratumab and other emerging agents for the treatment of sarcoma, as well as what to expect at this year&rsquo;s CTOS meeting.

Alessandro Gronchi, MD, president, Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS), discusses some of the exciting data that will be presented at the 21st annual CTOS meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.

The key to inducing durable responses with immunotherapy in multiple myeloma may depend on the effective use of combination strategies, particularly for the use of monoclonal antibodies.

Jasgit Sachdev, MD, clinical associate professor at Translational Genomics Research Institute, discusses a recent study of novel antibody-drug conjugate targeting protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) in ovarian cancer.

Study results that examined patient-reported outcomes and quality of life measures demonstrate that hypofractionated radiotherapy (H-RT) is a viable, safe, and value-added alternative to patients with low-risk prostate cancer.

Puneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD, radiation oncologist, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, discusses the two potential roles immunotherapy could play in the treatment of NSCLC.

Patients with low-risk meningioma had a 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) that modestly exceeded expectations after gross total resection followed by observation, results of a cooperative group trial showed.

Ann H. Klopp, MD, PhD, discusses the results of a recent trial comparing standard radiation to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in endometrial and cervical cancer, and what impact these results will have.

Lars Bastholt, MD, clinical oncologist, Odense University Hospital, discusses the role of lenvatinib in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Adding a Toll-like receptor 8 agonist (TLR8) to standard care for patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) failed to improve progression-free survival (PFS).

A streamlined, oncologist-led <em>BRCA</em> testing program showed potential for reducing time and improving acceptance of testing and counseling for patients with ovarian cancer.

In a recent study, abemaciclib demonstrated clinical activity both alone and in combinations in women with HR+ metastatic breast cancer.

The rate of complete resection at interval debulking in advanced ovarian cancer increased significantly over reference values with the addition of bevacizumab (Avastin) to neoadjuvant to platinum-based chemotherapy.

For patients who are likely to experience contiguous recurrence of glioblastoma, a new computer simulation using tumor treating fields (TTF) and employing a personalized transducer array, delivered electric field (EF) intensities that exceeded therapeutic intensities in 3 different tumor locations.

Results from a phase II study from Korea demonstrated high rates of tumor local control, overall survival (OS), and grade 1/2 gastrointestinal and hepatic toxicities in patients who received stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after incomplete transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).

A strategy to stimulate an immune response in radiation-damaged tumor cells resulted in preliminary evidence of activity&mdash;including longer survival&mdash;in a small clinical trial of patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Patients with head and neck cancer whose disease is associated with <em>KRAS</em> variant had significantly better progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) when treated with the monoclonal antibody cetuximab (Erbitux), according to findings of a retrospective analysis of a randomized trial.

Antonio Llombart-Cussac, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, chairman, Medical Oncology Service, University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova in Valencia, Spain, discusses the MERIBEL study during an interview at the 2016 ESMO Congress.

Melanie Royce, MD, details recent studies into&nbsp;hormone receptor-positive (HR+) and HER2-advanced breast cancer treatment.