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Zanidatamab combined with chemotherapy demonstrated promising antitumor activity and safety in the first-line treatment of HER2-positive mCRC, with a high response rate and manageable adverse effects.

In a phase 2 trial, datopotamab deruxtecan plus durvalumab achieved a 50% overall pathologic complete response rate in patients with high-risk HER2-negative breast cancer.

Adding relatlimab to nivolumab and chemotherapy improved clinical benefit in patients with stage IV non–small cell lung cancer compared to nivolumab and chemotherapy alone.

Zipalertinib appeared safe and effective in the treatment of heavily pretreated patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who progressed on or after amivantamab.

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy followed by targeted therapy led to excellent survival outcomes in patients with hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-positive early breast cancer.

In a 10-year analysis of the ShortHER trial, high tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes were associated with improved survival in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab.

While the phase 3 ENGOT-en11/GOG-3053/KEYNOTE-B21 trial missed its end point of disease-free survival, benefits were still observed in the dMMR subgroup.

Pembrolizumab combined with chemoradiotherapy followed by pembrolizumab monotherapy significantly improved survival compared to chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.

The novel ROS1 inhibitor zidesamtinib demonstrated promising early activity in heavily pretreated patients with advanced ROS1-fusion-positive non–small cell lung cancer, including in those treated with other next-generation TKIs.

A study found that reducing the dose of pembrolizumab in patients with advanced stage non–small cell lung cancer did not significantly affect overall survival compared to the standard dose.

The combination of belrestotug and dostarlimab significantly improved response rates in patients with previously untreated non–small cell lung cancer when compared to dostarlimab alone.

Findings from the DESTINY-Gastric03 study support the further exploration of the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced HER2+ gastric, esophageal, and GEJ cancers.

Meredith McKean, MD, discusses a longer-term follow-up study investigating fianlimab and cemiplimab immunotherapy in advanced melanoma.

The study found that lenvatinib continued to demonstrate improved efficacy in patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.

When added to tivozanib, nivolumab did not lead to improved clinical outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

A statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and objective response rate was seen with belzutifan treatment in patients with previously treated patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The addition of BMS-986012 to nivolumab and chemotherapy showed promising signals of improved overall survival in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer compared to nivolumab and chemotherapy alone.

Shirish M. Gadgeel, MD, discusses research that he is particularly excited to see presented at the 2024 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress.

The ADRIATIC trial found that consolidation therapy with durvalumab improved progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer, regardless of prior prophylactic cranial irradiation or concurrent chemoradiotherapy use.

Data from the phase 2 PECATI trial support the use of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab as a potential standard treatment for patients with advanced B3-thymoma and thymic carcinoma.

The BR.31 trial found that adjuvant durvalumab did not improve disease-free survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, regardless of PD-L1 expression.

Findings from a real-world study showed that zanubrutinib was associated with lower rates of treatment switching and patients receiving subsequent therapy compared with acalabrutinib and ibrutinib in patients with CLL or SLL.

The addition of brentuximab vedotin to lenalidomide and rituximab significantly improved survival and response vs lenalidomide/rituximab alone in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL.

In this preview, we highlight the key late-breaking abstracts to be presented at the 2024 ESMO Congress across various tumor types that may impact clinical practice.

Targeted Oncology co-hosts Kristie L. Kahl and Andrew Svonavec highlight abstracts for community oncologists to look out for at the upcoming ESMO Congress in Barcelona, with some additional tidbits to round out the main event.

Firmonertinib showed efficacy and safety in patients with EGFR PACC-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Golcadomide plus R-CHOP was well tolerated and demonstrated high metabolic response rates that were durable in patients with previously untreated a-BCL.

Subcutaneous and intravenous forms of rituximab showed similar efficacy in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.