Risk Of Distant Recurrence Of ER-Positive Breast Cancer In Premenopausal Women According To 70-Gene Risk Signature

Long-term 20-year follow-up of premenopausal patients with oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer and stratification by the 70-gene Risk Signature suggested that patients at high risk of distant disease recurrence derive significant benefit from goserelin, while patients at low risk have greater benefit with tamoxifen. These findings were presented at the ESMO Read more…

ICER Publishes Final Evidence Report and Policy Recommendations on Therapies for Multiple Myeloma

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) today released a Final Evidence Report assessing the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of three new treatments targeting the B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) for heavily pre-treated patients with triple class refractory multiple myeloma (TCRMM) who have cycled through numerous previous lines of therapy: idecabtagene Read more…

Datopotamab Deruxtecan Late-Breaking Data at ESMO Breast Shows Promising Preliminary Response and Disease Control in Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer

New data from Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd), a TROP2 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC), showed preliminary response and disease control in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) with disease progression following standard treatment. These preliminary data from the TNBC Read more…

A Break from Chemo: PARP Inhibitor Shrinks Tumors in Pancreatic Cancer Patients with Mutations

More than two-thirds of pancreatic cancer patients harboring genetic mutations saw their tumor stop growing or shrink substantially after being switched from intensive chemotherapy to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib as a maintenance therapy, researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania reported online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read more…

Positive Phase 3 Libtayo® (cemiplimab) results in advanced cervical cancer presented at ESMO Virtual Plenary

In this Phase 3 trial, Libtayo demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival in women with advanced cervical cancer after progression on chemotherapy, reducing the risk of death by 31% compared to chemotherapy in the overall population,” said Krishnansu S. Tewari, M.D., Professor and Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University Read more…

Merck Announces Phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 Trial Met Dual Primary Endpoint of Event-Free Survival (EFS) in Patients With High-Risk Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced positive results from the pivotal neoadjuvant/adjuvant Phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial investigating KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with chemotherapy as pre-operative (neoadjuvant) treatment and then continuing as a single agent (adjuvant) treatment after Read more…