How to bridge the gap between academia and industry
Shared interests, mutual gain, flexibility and trust are key to building win–win partnerships in drug development.
CheckMate 743 reinforces the role of immunotherapy in first-line mesothelioma
Nearly 1 in 4 patients with pleural malignancy continue to benefit from nivolumab plus ipilimumab at 3 years
From empiric testing to rational design: two decades of progress in phase I trials
Ensuring equitable access to innovative treatments is now the major challenge in oncology, says Prof. Alex Adjei
Translating research ideas into patient benefits
Investigations are time-consuming and expensive, so greater public funding is needed, according to Prof. George Coukos
Milestone in hereditary breast cancer: PARP inhibition benefits women with early-stage disease
Exciting new data show that adjuvant targeted agent olaparib after chemotherapy can cut the risk of BRCA-mutated breast cancer returning or spreading in women
Momentous achievements in oncology treatment: where will the wave of innovation take cancer care?
Efficacy of targeted therapies has enabled unprecedented survival gains in the last few years, but Prof. Jean-Charles Soria believes overcoming drug resistance is likely to be a local battle fought in the tumour microenvironment
CAR-T cell therapy in solid tumours: will we ever replicate the success rates achieved in blood cancers?
Despite early promises, advances are needed in targeting tumour-specific epitopes, overcoming the tumour microenvironment, and automating CAR-T production, explains Prof. Ulrike Köhl
Breast cancer treatment should be tailored to the tumour biology – not to its hormone-receptor status alone
New insights into breast cancer immunology and genomics support further segmentation of patient subgroups and treatment approaches, says Prof. Sherene Loi
The “holy grail” of lung cancer research: bring the immune system into every tumour
With multiple new therapies available, Prof. Johan Vansteenkiste says the search is on for biomarkers to better match patients to treatments