Research in upper gastrointestinal cancers makes a leap forward
In the last few years, study findings have changed clinical practice and offered new opportunities of care to many patients
A multimodal liquid biopsy analysis shows promise in monitoring response to immunotherapy
A study shows that early kinetics in DNA methylation and fragment quantity in plasma can predict response to pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumours
How to predict long-term survival to assess eligibility for phase I trials?
Studies investigate the discriminatory capacity of existing prognostic scales and the factors associated with survival to help select patients who may benefit from participation in early phase trials
Transitioning liquid biopsies from research to practice in lung cancer
Addressing cost and affordability issues is now key to increasing the use of this approach in the clinical setting in Asia
Transforming cancer care through collaborative research
Successful partnerships between industry and academia has had a positive impact on cancer drug discovery and development in prostate cancer
Advanced pancreatic cancer: is triple chemotherapy into question?
Results presented at ESMO Congress 2023 open-up an interesting debate on the use of currently recommended treatment regimens
Therapies targeting the TIGIT and STING pathways hold therapeutic promise
Safety and efficacy data of some novel immunotherapy agents are encouraging, but more research is needed to identify biomarkers and the optimal treatment schedule
An ESMO study reveals that poor quality of real-world data from oncology studies is still an issue
Scarcity of prospective data was reported as well as a limited use of real-world evidence as definitive evidence to regulatory approval decisions of targeted therapies in Europe
The future of real-world research is now
ESMO is at the forefront of digital oncology, with some initiatives that support oncologists navigating the emerging opportunities in the field of real-world data research
The emerging role of ctDNA in breast cancer
Liquid biopsies hold great promise in precision medicine in breast cancer, as shown by the pioneering work of Prof. Nicholas Turner, recipient of the ESMO Award for Translational Research 2023