Hayley Virgil is a senior editor with CancerNetwork. When she isn't traveling to conferences and championing health equity in the oncology space, she can be found hiking, foraging wild plants, gardening, sewing ballgowns, practicing embroidery, or playing video games.
FDA Gives Priority Review to Olaparib and Abiraterone for mCRPC Regardless of HRR Status
August 16th 2022Based on data showing that patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer may achieve benefit following treatment with olaparib plus abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone regardless of homologous recombination repair mutational status, the FDA gave the combination priority review.
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo Demonstrates Superiority Vs Chemo Alone in Resectable Stage IIIA/B NSCLC
August 8th 2022Data from the phase 2 NADIM II trial appear to reinforce the superiority of nivolumab and chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone after the regimen significantly improved overall survival progression-free survival, and pathologic complete response in patients with stage IIIA/B non–small cell lung cancer, according to investigators.
Neoadjuvant mFOLFIRINOX Alone Yields Favorable Survival in Borderline Resectable PDAC
July 28th 2022Patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma experienced favorable overall survival following treatment with mFOLFIRINOX alone, with additional hypofractionated radiotherapy showing little benefit.
EMA Gives Positive CHMP Opinion for Teclistamab Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma Indication
July 27th 2022Patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma appear to benefit from treatment with teclistamab, which was given a positive opinion by the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.
Pembrolizumab, CRT Combo Misses EFS End Point in Unresected Locally Advanced HNSCC
July 22nd 2022The phase 3 KEYNOTE-412 trial assessing pembrolizumab and consolidation chemoradiotherapy plus maintenance pembrolizumab in unresected locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma missed its primary end point of event-free survival improvement vs matched placebo.
Carfilzomib Appears Safe, Efficacious in Japanese Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
July 20th 2022Post-marketing surveillance data further confirmed carfilzomib to be a well-tolerated and promising option among patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, although investigators emphasize the importance of watching for cardiac comorbidities.