As we all return back to practice after the busy and buzzing ESMO Congress 2021, myriad clinical questions have been addressed and debated, with many even solved. But, there is still much work to be done if we are to collectively deliver on the promise of precision medicine in oncology, and in so doing, continue to improve outcomes for our patients.
Findings from international registries improve knowledge on how to manage cancer care in the pandemic era
Initial delays to antibody production are followed by similar levels of vaccine efficacy after a second vaccine dose
Findings from the third ESMO Resilience Task Force survey highlight the detrimental effect of long working hours and changes to clinical routine on future career plans
Practice-changing results were also presented in bronchopulmonary and non-pancreatic NETs with somatostatin analogues and VEGFR inhibitors
Latest findings on the use of single-agent and combination immunotherapy are not conclusive, despite being promising
Projections by the European Commission – Joint Research Centre from Ispra, Italy, estimate a 21.4% increase in cancer cases in 20 years’ time
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare and fatal disease with very little improvement in survival in recent years, mirroring very limited therapeutic advances. After a long-awaited time, improvement in patient survival was achieved with the introduction of nivolumab plus ipilimumab in the first-line setting, as demonstrated in the CheckMate 743 trial.
Findings from several studies highlight the increasing utility of this approach to identify druggable genetic alterations
Most, but not all, patients on chemotherapy or immunotherapy for solid tumours had an adequate immune response after two doses of mRNA-1273 vaccination, with no new safety concerns
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