Addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy improves progression-free survival in anal canal
The PODIUM-303 study shows practice-changing results for patients with unresectable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal
Long-term survival benefits reported with neoadjuvant immunotherapy combinations in stage III melanoma
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy combinations were associated with high long-term survival rates and were superior to adjuvant nivolumab in patients with resectable melanoma, according to a phase III study and analysis of pooled studies
Taxane- and anthracycline-sparing regimens show promise in high-risk, early-stage breast cancer
High rates of pathological complete response were reported with neoadjuvant datopotamab deruxtecan plus durvalumab in patients with specific subtypes of breast cancer and at high risk of recurrence
First-line immunotherapy combination improves overall survival in HER2-positive metastatic G/GEJ adenocarcinoma
Final analysis of the KEYNOTE-811 trial reports positive findings when adding pembrolizumab to trastuzumab and chemotherapy in treatment-naïve patients
Further support for durvalumab consolidation as a new standard of care in limited-stage SCLC
Subgroup analyses from the ADRIATIC study support previous practice-changing findings
Choose the right treatment, at the right dose – a way to create a financially-sustainable cancer care?
Using treatments only where clear benefit has been demonstrated and modulating doses based on evidence are potentially effective strategies to reduce the rising costs of oncology
Melanoma research continues to lead the way in new immunotherapies
For recipient of the ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award, Prof. John Haanen, melanoma research has provided him with a career full of innovation, but there is always more to explore
Do young patients benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors?
First evidence for the efficacy of anti-PD-1 agents in children, adolescents and young adults with melanoma prompts the call for a change in cancer care for this population
Eftilagimod alpha plus pembrolizumab shows promise in HNSCC with negative PD-1 expression
In the Cohort B of the TACTI-003 study, the combination therapy led to clinically meaningful response rates in patients with recurrent or metastatic disease
Doublet immunotherapy consolidates its role in hepatocellular carcinoma
Benefits reported for the combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab further expand alternative therapeutic options for patients with unresected advanced disease