Hayley Virgil

Senior Editor, OncLive®
Hayley Virgil heads OncLive's feature article efforts and specializes in social issues and equality in oncology. Prior to joining the company in early 2020, she worked as an editor in numerous industries, including media, marketing, hospitality, and computer science, and freelanced in subjects such as history, culture, and the natural sciences.

Articles

Olaparib Plus Abiraterone/Prednisone Displays Efficacy in mCRPC

January 25th 2024

Frontline treatment with olaparib plus abiraterone/prednisone led to a PFS benefit vs olaparib or abiraterone/prednisone alone in BRCA1/2– or ATM–altered mCRPC.

Tafasitamab Quadruplet Shows Efficacy in Newly Diagnosed DLBCL

December 12th 2023

The use of tafasitamab-cxix, lenalidomide, rituximab, and acalabrutinib in the first-line setting induced high responses in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, with responders deriving benefit from subsequent treatment with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone.

Tisagenlecleucel Yields Durable Responses in R/R Follicular Lymphoma

December 11th 2023

Patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma experienced durable responses when treated with tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) in the phase 2 ELARA study (NCT03568461), according to data presented at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting.

Diagnostic CT-Based Planning Impacts Time in Center for Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy

October 4th 2023

The use of diagnostic CT-based planning lowered the median time in treatment centers for patients with cancer who underwent diagnostic CT scan and palliative radiation therapy.

Daratumumab Plus KRd With Tandem Transplant Sustains Efficacy in High-Risk, Newly Diagnosed Myeloma

September 29th 2023

Induction daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone followed by consolidation double transplant sustained efficacy and safety in patients with high-risk, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Health Outcomes in Hematologic Malignancies Impacted By Insurance, Marital, and Economic Status

September 7th 2023

Findings from a systematic review of several observational studies reveal that increasing disparities in survival outcomes within hematologic malignancies can be primarily attributed to 5 social determinants of health: lack of access to health insurance, treatment at a non-academic facility, low income or education level, and unmarried status.

BMS-986158 Plus Rituximab Reduces Spleen Volume, Shows Tolerability in Myelofibrosis

June 11th 2023

The BET inhibitor BMS-986158 combined with ruxolitinib led to robust spleen volume reduction with acceptable tolerability in patients with myelofibrosis. When the BET inhibitor was combined with fedratinib, the safety profile was also determined to be manageable.

Sacituzumab Govitecan Displays OS Benefit in Pretreated HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

June 6th 2023

Sacituzumab govitecan demonstrated an overall survival benefit vs physician's choice of treatment in patient with pretreated, endocrine-resistant, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

NALIRIFOX Elicits Statistically Significant Improvement in OS/PFS in Previously Untreated mPDAC

June 3rd 2023

Liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin and oxaliplatin generated statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival and progression-free survival benefits compared with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in treatment-naïve patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Produces Deep, Sustained Responses in Advanced Endometrial Cancer

March 27th 2023

The combination of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab produced deep, durable tumor responses in both all-comer and mismatch repair–proficient (pMRR) populations of patients with advanced endometrial cancer, according to data from the phase 3 Study 309/KEYNOTE-775 trial.

Post-Hoc Analysis Shows PFS Benefit of Maintenance Niraparib Not Affected by Dose Modifications in Ovarian Cancer

March 27th 2023

The use of an individualized starting dose and dose modifications due to treatment-emergent adverse effects did not impact the efficacy of maintenance niraparib in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, irrespective of BRCA mutation status.

Long-Term HRQOL Remains Unimpaired With HIPEC Plus Cytoreductive Surgery in Newly Diagnosed Ovarian Cancer

March 26th 2023

Administration of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cytoreductive surgery did not have a negative impact on health-related quality of life compared with cytoreductive surgery alone in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to findings from a phase 2 trial.

Nivolumab Displays Sustained Survival Benefits in Urothelial Carcinoma

February 18th 2023

At extended follow-up, nivolumab monotherapy showed improved disease-free survival, non-urothelial tract recurrence-free survival, and disease-specific survival vs placebo in patients with resected, high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma.

ctDNA Could Assist in Early Response Assessment in Advanced CRC

January 22nd 2023

Circulating tumor DNA could serve as an ideal biomarker to assess early response in patients with advanced colorectal cancer due to its short half-life compared with other tumor biomarkers, and it could enable the use of adaptive clinical study designs in the future.

Talquetamab Continues to Show Robust Efficacy With Acceptable Safety in Heavily Pretreated Multiple Myeloma

December 10th 2022

Talquetamab elicited overall response rates of higher than 70% when administered in weekly or every-other-week schedules in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Camizestrant Provides Survival Benefit Vs Fulvestrant in ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

Two separate doses of single-agent camizestrant monotherapy improved progression-free survival vs standard-of-care fulvestrant in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Rucaparib Maintenance Elicits PFS Benefit in Newly Diagnosed Ovarian Cancer

September 11th 2022

First-line rucaparib maintenance therapy improved progression-free survival vs placebo in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to disease risk subgroup analyses from the phase 3 ATHENA–MONO study.

Addition of Enzalutamide to Abiraterone/Prednisolone Deemed Unnecessary in Metastatic HSPC

September 11th 2022

Although the combination of androgen deprivation therapy, abiraterone acetate, and prednisolone showed a clinically meaningful 7-year improvement in overall survival, AAP plus enzalutamide is not recommended in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Pembrolizumab/Etoposide Maintains Meaningful Survival Benefit in Untreated ES-SCLC

August 9th 2022

The combination of pembrolizumab and etoposide maintained benefits in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival vs etoposide plus placebo in patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Frontline Tremelimumab Plus Durvalumab Generates Survival Benefits in Select mNSCLC Subgroups

August 9th 2022

First-line treatment with tremelimumab, durvalumab, and chemotherapy elicited overall survival and progression-free survival benefits in patients with metastatic nonsquamous cell non–small cell lung cancer harboring STK11, KEAP1, and KRAS mutations.