ESMO Congress 2025
Local consolidative therapy combined with osimertinib improves progression-free survival in metastatic EGFR-mutant NSCLC
Results from the NorthStar trial highlight the potential for integrating local therapy with targeted agents to extend disease control in this setting
Is less more for patients with genitourinary cancers?
Study results support alternative treatment regimens in prostate and urothelial tumours, showing similar efficacy to standard care while reducing treatment burden
Long-term phase III data reinforce the benefits of CDK4/6 inhibitors in early breast cancer
Follow-up data at 7 and 5 years from monarchE and NATALEE provide reassurance of the sustained benefits of adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors in improving survival and reducing relapse
Mixed outcomes with novel targeted therapies for HER2-positive upper GI cancers
While a HER2-targeted bispecific antibody showed extended survival in pre-treated gastric cancers, TKI–immunotherapy combinations failed to confer a survival benefit
ESMO confers a new award on pioneer female oncologist in Ecuador
Glenda Ramos Martínez receives the ESMO Oncologist of the Year Award, launched this year by the Society
International collaboration and a shared vision are key to improving cancer patients’ lives
The 2025 ESMO Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Prof. Rolf Stahel, reflects on the role of the oncology community to drive progress in cancer care
Optimising cancer care for individual patients is key to improving outcomes for all
An ESMO roadmap addresses how the new challenges in oncology can be transformed into opportunities for the benefits of oncology professionals and patients with cancer
Mentoring is key to address the gender gap in oncology
Receiving the 2025 ESMO Women for Oncology Award, Dr Natasha Leighl stresses the importance of passing along learnings, support and opportunities to others
How will computational and AI tools guide future anticancer strategies?
Growing evidence shows that AI models can predict a patient's disease trajectory and signal the need for early therapeutic intervention
The long road toward treatment personalisation for pancreatic and rectal cancers
The 2025 ESMO Awardee, Thierry Conroy, traces the major advances in the field while noting that several barriers to improving patient outcomes remain