November 2013

A new biomarker panel taken 12 weeks after initiating treatment with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone can predict prognosis at 2 years in men with mCRPC, a recent analysis of the phase III COU-AA-30 pivotal trial demonstrated.

Trebananib added to paclitaxel significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer compared with placebo plus paclitaxel in the large international TRINOVA- 1 trial.

A post-hoc analysis of the VELOUR trial demonstrated additional improvements in both overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in favor of aflibercept plus FOLFIRI in patients with mCRC.

Between 2007 and 2011, a collaboration among clinical oncologists, pathologists, and industry scientists led to the identification of a new molecularly defined subset of NSCLC, followed by the finding that crizotinib, then under development as a MET inhibitor, was an inhibitor of ALK.

Many important issues will be addressed in the presentations at the 36th San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), held annually in San Antonio, Texas, this year December 10-14.