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In patients with HR-positive breast cancer who recently gave birth, breastfeeding is OK during a break from receiving hormone therapy.

Patients with metastatic disease whose cancers were tested and treated for specific mutations tended to have better outcomes than those given the standard of care.

At the 2024 ESMO Congress, an expert explained how Nubeqa may reduce fatigue-related side effects in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer saw improvements in progression-free survival and overall survival with Imfinzi versus placebo.

Imfinzi and chemotherapy before surgery, followed by Imfinzi after surgery, generated survival benefits in cisplatin-eligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Enhertu also improved the time to deterioration for pain and other factors in patients with HR-positive, HER2-low and -ultralow metastatic breast cancer.

Treatment with Cyramza plus Lonsurf did not improve overall survival compared with Lonsurf alone in heavily pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Patients with early breast cancer treated with presurgical endocrine therapy or chemotherapy plus Herceptin and Perjeta followed by response-guided chemotherapy experienced “exceptionally excellent” survival outcomes.

Hypofractionated radiation was noninferior to normofractionated radiation in patients with early breast cancer regarding lymphedema risk.

Treatment with the antibody-drug conjugate TORL-1-23 was safe and tolerable in heavily pretreated, CLDN6-positive advanced solid tumors, including platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Adding Zynyz to carboplatin and paclitaxel prolonged survival without progression in chemotherapy-naive recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.

High TILs may predict which patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer may have a reduced risk for disease relapse or death with Herceptin treatment.

Patients with intermediate-stage liver cancer may benefit from receiving a Lenvima-Keytruda combination with transarterial chemoembolization.

Patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer saw significant benefits from the combination of Xofigo and Xtandi.

Patients with previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer experienced improved survival when treated with Keytruda plus chemoradiotherapy.

Study findings were mixed regarding the postsurgical combination of Keytruda and chemotherapy with or without radiation among patients with high-risk endometrial cancer.

Rybrevant plus chemotherapy improved overall survival versus chemo alone in EGFR-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer after disease progression.

Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer benefitted from treatment with Enhertu regardless of brain metastasis.

Among patients with previously treated advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) Welireg continued to show some benefits, though not to overall survival.

Patients with NSCLC did not see a disease-free survival benefit with Imfinzi after surgery compared with taking a placebo.

Several drug classes, including immunotherapy, antibody-drug conjugates and PARP inhibitors have helped improve outcomes for gynecologic cancers.

As part of the CURE® Educated Patient® Gynecologic Cancers Summit, an expert explained the basics of biomarkers and the questions they raise.

Patients can benefit from clinical trials in gynecologic cancers, and knowing that they can advocate for themselves for potential consideration for study enrollment.

Rybrevant plus Lazcluze, compared with Tagrisso, showed a trend towards favorable overall survival in EGFR-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Surgery for gynecologic cancers is a common form of treatment, but each surgical approach has its advantages and disadvantages for patients.

After being diagnosed with a type of gynecologic cancer, it is essential for patients to understand the molecular makeup of their disease.

Patients with multiple myeloma now have several available treatment options, so it’s important to have answers to some of the frequently asked questions.

Two breast oncologists responded to frequently asked questions about metastatic breast cancer.