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For the first time, a drug combination (Padcev plus Keytruda) outperformed frontline chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

The combination of Lumakras and Vectibix led to better progression-free survival compared with standard of care in patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer harboring KRAS G12C mutations.

Adding Opdivo to a standard-of-care chemotherapy regimen in patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma improved progression-free and overall survival.

Welireg led to improved time to progression and objective response rates compared to Afinitor for patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, according to study findings.

Treatment with Retevmo, compared with Cabometyx or Caprelsa, improved progression-free survival and overall response rate in patients with advanced RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer who were multikinase inhibitor-naïve.

The treatment combination of Rybrevant plus chemotherapy offers better progression-free survival for patients with advanced EGFR exon 20 insertion-positive NSCLC.

Retevmo improved progression-free survival, compared with chemotherapy with or without Keytruda in patients with RET-fusion positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Patients with ALK-positive, early-stage non-small cell lung cancer obtained significant improvement in disease-free survival.

Treating patients with Tagrisso, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, plus chemotherapy reduced the progression risk of disease of the central nervous system in patients with EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Adding Keytruda to EBRT and chemotherapy, followed by brachytherapy, improved progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed, previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.

The phase 3 FLAMES trial showed a benefit of progression-free survival with senaparib compared to placebo in patients with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer.

Some patients with breast cancer who took Verzenio plus endocrine therapy two years after initial treatment demonstrated improved efficacy.

Patients with previously treated small cell lung cancer who received a 10-mg dose of tarlatamab had improved responses with no new safety signals.

Even with the increase of immunotherapy utilization to treat patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, more research is needed to determine in which order to administer it as later lines of therapy.

Therapies that target specific characteristics on kidney cancer cells are showing promise in the space, an expert explained.

With new treatments being explored, it’s an exciting time for patients with kidney cancer, an expert explained.

An expert explained what aspects of a patient’s disease cancer care teams use to determine the best treatment options for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with BAP1-mutated renal cell carcinoma who were treated with Lynparza obtained responses with favorable side effect profiles.

An expert gives an overview of up-and-coming treatments for patients with kidney cancer.

Long-term follow-up data showed that Lenvima plus Keytruda continued to show benefit in patients with metastatic kidney cancer.

Immunotherapy combinations tended to improve outcomes for patients with metastatic kidney cancer who go on to receive surgery.

Radiation is an emerging treatment modality in kidney cancer. Research shows that it is effective and helps patients maintain a good quality of life.

Keytruda after nephrectomy improved disease-free survival rates in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma regardless of disease risk or stage.

Responses to treatment with Lenvima plus Keytruda for advanced renal cell carcinoma were present regardless of PD-L1 status.

Patients with Medicaid or no insurance may have worse survival outcomes compared with Medicare or private insurance in those with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Immigrant and foreign-born cancer survivors experience several disparities that suggest barriers to care and “may portent worse health outcomes in cancer survivorship,” according to researchers.

Patients 60 years and older with gastrointestinal cancers who reported inadequate emotional support were more likely to have poorer physical and mental quality of life, although no effect was observed in overall survival.

Patients with cancer undergoing immunotherapy treatment did not have increased hospitalizations or serious side effects after getting the flu shot.