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Treatment with an all-oral regimen led to three-year overall survival and relapse-free survival rates of 97% in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia, a subset of acute myeloid leukemia.

Opdivo and non–anthracycline containing chemotherapy before surgery produced promising pathologic complete response rates regardless of whether Opdivo was administered before or during treatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with stage 1 to 2B triple-negative breast cancer.

Preliminary study results examining the bispecific antibody, CDK4/6 inhibitor and hormone therapy combination in patients with advanced breast cancer were presented at SABCS.

Results from the ADAPTcycle trial found that endocrine therapy plus ovarian suppression can generate high response rates in patients with HR-positive, early breast cancer, regardless of age.

A recent phase 3 APTneo Michelangelo trial added Tecentriq to neoadjuvant Herceptin plus Perjeta and chemotherapy which did not lead to a statistically significant improvement in pathologic complete response in patients with HER2-positive operable breast cancer.

Kadcyla outperformed Herceptin regarding overall- and invasive disease-free survival in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer that still had remaining invasive disease after undergoing neoadjuvant therapy.

Patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutant advanced breast cancer experienced improvements in progression-free survival when being treated with Orserdu, study results showed.

Findings were presented at the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium from a study investigating real-world patients who received Enhertu for advanced breast cancer.

A triple-negative breast cancer survivor discussed disparities she faced when undergoing cancer care.

The introduction of Tukysa to Kadcyla emtansine significantly improved progression-free survival versus placebo plus Kadcyla in patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Race demonstrated differences in overall survival outcomes, but not for three-year recurrence-free survival in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, according to data.

The combination of Keytruda to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by Keytruda in combination with endocrine therapy improved pathologic response rates for patients with early-stage, high-risk, estrogen receptor (ER)–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Research is underway on the immune-stimulating antibody conjugate BDC-1001’s effectiveness against HER2-positive cancers when combined with Perjeta, according to data presented at SABCS.

Patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer tended to have longer health-related quality of life and improved outcomes with Truqap plus Faslodex, research showed.

The use of artificial intelligence to detect sentinel lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer may be able to save time and reduce costs as compared with immunohistochemistry.

Patients with HR-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, including elderly patients, derived a progression-free and overall survival benefit with Kisqali plus endocrine therapy compared with placebo plus endocrine therapy.

If metastatic breast cancer no longer responds to a given therapy, finding out what targetable mutations a patient has may guide the next steps for treatment, an expert said.

A treatment combination that includes Velcade and Rituxan helps improve responses and the safety profile in marginal zone lymphoma, according to a phase 2 trial.

Datopotamab deruxtecan elicited encouraging responses in patients with heavily pretreated non–small cell lung cancer harboring actionable genomic alterations.

The Welireg-Cabometyx treatment combination demonstrated anti-tumor activity for some patients with clear cell renal carcinoma, according to a phase 2 trial.

An expert explained the different treatment options for patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer that has recently been diagnosed or has recurred.

An expert explained how next-generation sequencing can help patients with metastatic breast cancer understand their disease and available treatment options.

Autoimmune diseases in patients with CLL are separate from CLL, which calls for different treatments.

A phase 2 study evaluated meaningful activity from lifileucel for patients with advanced mucosal melanoma who experienced disease progression on immune checkpoint inhibitors.

CURE® editors discuss data from the European Society of Medical Oncology Annual Congress, and how it could lead to new therapies being approved.

Jemperli plus chemotherapy demonstrated improvement in overall survival compared with Keytruda and chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naïve, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Keytruda plus the combination of Herceptin and chemotherapy led to an improvement in progression-free survival versus placebo plus Herceptin and chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of some patients with metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Data presented at ESMO “provides strong evidence for an enhanced anti-cancer effect with the combination” of Pluvicto and Xtandi, according to one expert.