Study shows noninferior overall survival with active surveillance compared with surgery in some oesophageal cancers
Findings from the SANO trial also reported clinically complete responses after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Study data show a significant benefit of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in HR-positive early breast cancer for the first time
Efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors in this setting reflects that reported in triple-negative breast cancer and is confirmed by long-term data presented at the ESMO Congress
First-line pembrolizumab combination significantly improves PFS in HER2-positive metastatic G/GEJ adenocarcinoma
Adding immunotherapy to standard of care shows benefit compared with placebo and is confirmed to be practice-changing for this patient population
Are we over-treating patients with locally advanced rectal cancer?
Recently presented results suggest that a subset of patients with early stage rectal cancer could skip pre-operative radiotherapy, thus raising some questions about the standard of care
TIL therapy – an opportunity for a few centres?
Regulatory, practical and economic challenges are associated with implementing this personalised treatment on a larger scale, thus currently limiting its availability and accessibility to patients
Liquid biopsy in colorectal cancer – the time has come?
Recent findings from studies confirm the promises of ctDNA in this setting, but unanswered questions still remain about timing and methodology
Cancer Research
On the horizon of translational research
Tumour agnostic targeted agents and ‘smarter’ dynamic designs are two major areas of interest leading to more patient-centric approaches in cancer care
“Green” prescribing may limit the environmental impact of oncology
Tools and targeted communication are needed to guide clinical practice and help healthcare professionals make sustainable choices
Early-phase data from targeting HER3 with ADC are encouraging
Some studies presented suggest preliminary activity of patritumab–deruxtecan in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative disease and triple-negative breast cancer
Extended safety information and PROs data support key trial results in metastatic breast cancer
Data presentations from DESTINY-Breast04, DESTINY-Breast02 and EMERALD trials confirm the value of trastuzumab deruxtecan and elacestrant in this setting, despite moderate drop-out rates for PROs