Liver transplantation plus chemotherapy prolongs survival in patients with definitively unresectable colorectal liver metastases
In the TRANSMET trial, a 5-year overall survival benefit was observed in a highly selected patient population
Concomitant immunotherapy plus chemoradiotherapy does not improve outcomes in advanced lung cancer
A study reports no significant survival benefits with the concurrent treatment with durvalumab in patients with unresectable stage III NSCLC
Most women report poor sexual health after a diagnosis of breast cancer
However, patients’ sexual concerns are often unaddressed in oncology, a study suggests
Long-term data confirm a survival benefit with adjuvant anthracycline-taxane-based chemotherapy in early breast cancer
Updated analysis of the ABC trials favors anthracycline-based regimens in terms of IDFS and RFI, but no OS, when compared to taxane-based chemotherapy
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not improve survival in pancreatic cancer
In the NORPACT-1 study, adjuvant FOLFORINOX shows no additional benefit compared to upfront surgery in patients with resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
A study reveals new insights into resistance mechanisms to hormonal therapy in breast cancer
ESR1 variants show to be predictive of response to fulvestrant and novel mutations have been identified
Most combinations of cancer drugs have additive, but not synergistic efficacy
A study describes an additivity model that can be used to predict the likelihood of success or failure of combination therapies in phase III trials
Antibody–drug conjugates improve outcomes for patients with inoperable or metastatic breast cancer
Promising results reported for datopotamab deruxtecan and trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-non-amplified breast cancer
177Lu-PSMA-617 improves rPFS in taxane-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
However, lack of OS benefit limits the clinical impact of the findings from the PSMAfore trial
Invasive breast cancer: can surgery be eliminated after neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy?
Phase II data report a pathologic complete response in patients who received radiotherapy after neoadjuvant therapy without surgery, when selected by image-guided vacuum-assisted core biopsy