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“Impactful” Data Presentations Raise Hope in the Breast Cancer FieldPaolo Tarantino, MD discusses updated breast cancer trial findings presented at ESMO 2024 supporting the use of agents such as T-DXd and ribociclib.
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Ronnie Shapira-Frommer, MD, Discusses Multidisciplinary Care to Treat Gynecologic MalignanciesCancerNetwork® spoke with Ronnie Shapira-Frommer, MD, during the Society of Gynecological Oncology 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer about her thoughts on the effect of the conference content across multidisciplinary specialties.
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Treatment of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer With Kidney Failure and ComorbiditiesIn this edition of Clinical Quandaries Eder A. Arango Bravo, MD, and colleagues present a 63 year old woman who has cervical cancer with kidney failure and additional comorbidities.
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Circulating Tumor DNA as a Predictive Biomarker for Clinical Outcomes With Margetuximab and Pembrolizumab in Pretreated HER2-Positive Gastric/ Gastroesophageal AdenocarcinomaDaniel V. T. Catenacci, MD, and colleagues present findings from a study of circulating tumor DNA as a predictive biomarker for gastric and gastroesophageal cancer.
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Phyllis Morgan on Health Disparities in Patients At Risk for Developing Colorectal CancerPhyllis Morgan, PhD, sat down with CancerNetwork® to discuss health disparities during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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Data Support Liso-cel as an ‘Important’ Therapy in Relapsed/Refractory CLLTreatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel in the TRANSCEND CLL 004 study raises no new safety concerns in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, says Tatyana Feldman, MD.
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Diagnosing and Treating Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm in a Resource-Limited SettingA recent clinical quandary focused on the diagnosis and treatment of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm in a resource-limited setting.
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Unmet Needs and Future Directions for Enhancing Bispecific Therapy Care Transitions in Multiple MyelomaPanelists discuss how addressing unmet needs and future directions for enhancing bispecific therapy care transitions in multiple myeloma requires focusing on standardized protocols, technology integration, personalized patient support, and continuous education for both patients and healthcare providers across academic and community settings.
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Guidelines for Palliative Treatment of Spinal Metastases: Choosing Between Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Conventional FractionationABSTRACT Symptomatic spinal metastasis is a frequent complication of cancer that had been treated, until relatively recently, with primitive techniques to modest radiation dose levels, with a baseline assumption of limited survival and poor patient performance in that setting. In the era of targeted and personalized therapies, many patients are living longer and more functionally and are able to manage their disease on the model of chronic illness. Given these developments, an attractive option is the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to deliver high biologically effective doses of radiation conformally to maximize the palliative gains of treatment. However, randomized data to guide practice are scarce. We review the extant literature and present an algorithmic approach to selecting patients with metastatic disease for palliative spinal SBRT favoring the results of available randomized studies and remaining within the safety constraints supported by evidence from randomized trials.
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Value of Geriatric Assessment in Patients With Genitourinary CarcinomaThis work from Quirin Zangl, MD, and colleagues to evaluate comprehensive geriatric assessment tools to better guide patients with urogenital carcinomas perioperatively and, consequently, to intensify or reduce hospital resource use.
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Expert Commentary on the Product Profile of Enfortumab Vedotin Plus PembrolizumabKirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC, gives his perspective on the approval of enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab for patients with urothelial carcinoma.
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Unmet Needs and Future Perspectives in the Treatment of CLLThe panel shares some final thoughts on unmet needs and the future of CLL treatment.
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Thomas Marron, MD, PhD, on the Value of Neoantigen Vaccines and Future ResearchMarron spoke about the value that neoantigen vaccines can provide by studying T-cell responses and the characteristics of lymphoid response to antigens.
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How to Treat Metastatic Malignant Triton Tumor in an AdolescentA systematic review of reported clinical cases and treatment strategies was performed to better understand the prognostic factors and to develop the best possible treatment option for a 16-year-old patient diagnosed with a malignant triton tumor in the lower extremity with distant metastases in the lungs.
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Psycho-Oncology and the Relevance of a Biopsychosocial Screening ProgramRoutine biopsychosocial screening of a patient with metastatic renal cell cancer at the Centro de Câncer de Brasília improved symptom management and shrunk costs for both the patient and her caregivers.
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Continued Success of Venetoclax in t(11;14) Multiple Myeloma Despite Negative TrialsThe June Hot Topics focuses on the challenges venetoclax regimens have faced in multiple myeloma trials.
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Neoadjuvant TAR-200 Combo Shows Responses in Muscle-Invasive Bladder CancerData from the SunRISe-4 trial demonstrate the benefit of adding TAR-200 to checkpoint inhibition among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
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Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor With Humoral Hypercalcemia and High Tumor PD-L1 ScoreAbstract: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms. They can be functioning tumors with secretion of a variety of peptide hormones, or nonfunctioning tumors with metastases to the liver at the time of diagnosis. Well-differentiated tumors tend to be slow-growing and characterized by low tumor mutational burden (TMB) and lower propensity to express PD-L1. Hypercalcemia due to malignancy can occur in about 20% to 30% of patients with cancer. The secretion of parathyroid hormone–related protein (PTH-rP) is among the causes of malignant hypercalcemia and has seldom been associated with hypercalcemia of NETs. Although the therapeutic landscape for neuroendocrine neoplasms has evolved substantially over the past decade, the role of immunotherapy has not yet been completely explored in this group of patients. We present a rare case of a metastatic pancreatic NET with high TMB, high PD-L1 tumor proportion score, and high PTH-rP–related hypercalcemia.
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HER2-Targeted Therapy in Upper GI CancerSam Klempner, MD, provides insight on HER2-targeted therapy for patients with upper GI cancer, and the Oncology Brothers recap the entire discussion.
