Is molecular profiling for gynaecological cancers worth the cost?
In this era of precision medicine, affordable profiling is essential
Managing ovarian cancer in the PARP inhibitor era
The role of PARP inhibitors features in a number of sessions at the ESMO Gynaecological Cancers Congress 2022
Interim analysis shows that the safety of sacituzumab govitecan is in line with expectations
In the SASCIA trial, sacituzumab govitecan was associated with a higher incidence of adverse events and dose delays than treatment of physician’s choice in patients with HER2-negative breast cancer at high risk of relapse, but dose reductions occurred with a similar frequency in both arms
Combining PARP1 inhibition with an ATR inhibitor does not improve outcomes in pre-treated metastatic TNBC
Results from the VIOLETTE trial also suggest that mutation status may influence response to each agent
Is molecular profiling useful in the management of breast cancer?
The value of genomic testing is being increasingly demonstrated and will evolve over time
Encouraging safety data for the use of durvalumab after sequential chemotherapy in stage III unresectable NSCLC
Findings from the PACIFIC-6 trial echo the benefits seen with durvalumab after concomitant chemoradiotherapy, representing a potential alternative for vulnerable and older patients
Results for two new third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors do not suggest advantages over osimertinib
Alternatives to osimertinib for first-line treatment of EGFR-mutated NSCLC are explored among Asian populations
Atezolizumab shows little heterogeneity in efficacy in high PD-L1 expressers with stage II–IIIA NSCLC
Results from the subgroup analysis of the IMpower010 study also report some patterns of relapse that are in contrast with previously presented findings
Encouraging results with savolitinib in NSCLC with MET exon14 skipping mutations
Overall survival data are in line with those from other MET tyrosine kinase inhibitors and show promise in a tumour subtype with poor prognosis
How long should we give immunotherapy for?
The length of immunotherapy course for metastatic lung cancer was arbitrarily set at 2 years in clinical trials, but definitive studies investigating the optimum duration against the risk-benefit profile are lacking