Silas Inman

Silas Inman, Senior Vice President, Content, joined MJH Life Sciences™ in early 2011 as one of the company's first web editors. In this position, he built OncLive.com from a fledgling web platform to a leading source of oncology news for community oncologists via in-depth reporting of breaking news from major medical conferences and the launch of OncLive® TV.

Throughout his tenure at MJH, Silas has been accountable for several organic launches of highly successful brands, including Targeted Oncology™ and NeurologyLive®, and for quickly transforming acquisitions into high-functioning business units. Prior to joining MJH, Silas, who attended Eastern Michigan University, was an EMT, frontend web developer, and social media/SEO expert. Follow him on Twitter @SilasInman or email him at sinman@mjhlifesciences.com

Articles

Linvoseltamab Shows High Response Rate, Manageable Toxicity for Pretreated Myeloma

June 3rd 2023

The BCMA/CD3 bispecific linvoseltamab elicited an objective response rate of 71% at the recommended dose of 200 mg for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Teclistamab/Talquetamab Combo Shows Early Safety, Efficacy in R/R Multiple Myeloma

June 3rd 2023

Teclistamab-cqyv in combination with talquetamab showcased early signs of activity with acceptable safety in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, according to final results from the phase 1b RedirecTT-1 study.

Perioperative Pembrolizumab Shows Strong EFS, Response in Early-Stage NSCLC

June 3rd 2023

The addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy followed by resection and adjuvant pembrolizumab alone resulted in a significant improvement in event-free survival and pathological response for patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer.

Rucaparib Bests Physician's Choice for BRCA+ mCRPC

February 17th 2023

The PARP inhibitor rucaparib improved median radiographic progression-free survival by 4.8 months compared with physician’s choice of therapy for men with BRCA-altered metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Sacituzumab Govitecan Benefit Is Consistent Following CPI in Platinum-Ineligible mUC

February 17th 2023

Treatment with the anti–Trop-2 antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan elicited an objective response rate of 32% in platinum-ineligible patients with metastatic urothelial cancer following progression on an immune checkpoint inhibitor, according to the primary analysis of TROPHY-U-01 cohort 2.

TURBT Plus Chemoimmunotherapy Triplet Induces Complete Responses in MIBC

February 17th 2023

Transurethral resection of bladder tumor followed by gemcitabine, cisplatin, and nivolumab led to stringent clinical complete responses in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

HPV, PD-L1 Move to the Forefront of Biomarkers for Head and Neck Cancers

January 4th 2023

HPV status has broad applicability across head and neck cancers, whereas the clinical utility of PD-L1 expression remains a more nuanced question.

Zanubrutinib PFS, ORR Is Superior to Ibrutinib for Relapsed/Refractory CLL/SLL

December 13th 2022

Treatment with zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) reduced the risk of progression or death by 35% compared with ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Liso-Cel Second-Line Superiority to Standard of Care Confirmed in LBCL

December 12th 2022

Second-line treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel; Breyanzi) reduced the risk of an event occurring by 64.4% compared with standard-of-care chemoimmunotherapy induction and autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with high-risk relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Ibrutinib Induction/Maintenance Is Highly Effective for MCL

December 11th 2022

The addition of ibrutinib to standard chemoimmunotherapy induction followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and 2 years of maintenance ibrutinib significantly improved outcomes vs standard chemoimmunotherapy induction and ASCT alone for younger patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Pirtobrutinib Shows High Response Rates in Heavily Pretreated Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

December 11th 2022

The non-covalent BTK inhibitor pirtobrutinib showed high levels of response in heavily pretreated patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia, regardless of prior treatment with a covalent BTK inhibitor.

Elranatamab Shows Promise for Penta/Triple-Refractory Myeloma

December 10th 2022

Treatment with the CD3/BCMA bispecific antibody elranatamab elicited an objective response rate by blinded independent central review of 61.0% in patients with penta- or triple-class refractory multiple myeloma who had not received a prior BCMA-targeted therapy.

Frontline Dostarlimab Shows Superior PFS vs Pembrolizumab in NSCLC

December 8th 2022

Treatment with dostarlimab (Jemperli) plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 30% compared with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) plus chemotherapy as a frontline treatment for patients with metastatic non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Sotorasib Significantly Improves PFS Vs Docetaxel for KRAS G12C–Mutated NSCLC

September 12th 2022

Sotorasib doubled the rate of progression-free survival at 12 months and reduced the risk of progression or death by 34% compared with docetaxel for patients with previously treated non–small cell lung cancer with KRAS G12C mutations.

Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab Combo Provides Continued OS, PFS Benefit in Advanced RCC

September 11th 2022

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab showed sustained overall survival and progression-free survival benefit across poor- and intermediate-risk subgroups of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Blood-based Assay Demonstrates Positive Prognostic Value for Solid and Liquid Tumor Detection

September 11th 2022

A pan-tumor blood-based assay demonstrated a specificity of 99.1% and positive predictive value of 38.0% and resulted in a diagnosis of cancer in 35 individuals.

Neoadjuvant T-VEC Plus Surgery Demonstrates Long-Term Efficacy in Resectable Melanoma

September 10th 2022

Neoadjuvant talimogene laherparepvec plus surgery provided sustained, durable improvements in efficacy vs surgery alone in patients with resectable stage IIIB to IVM1a melanoma.

TILs Demonstrate Improved PFS Vs Ipilimumab in Unresectable Melanoma

September 10th 2022

A tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy manufactured at various centers in the Netherlands Cancer Institute elicited a 50% reduction in the risk of progression or death vs ipilimumab in patients with stage IIIC/IV unresectable, treatment-refractory melanoma.

Camrelizumab/Rivoceranib Combo Significantly Improves Survival Over Sorafenib in Unresectable HCC

September 10th 2022

First-line treatment with camrelizumab plus rivoceranib resulted in a significant improvement in progression-free survival and overall survival compared with sorafenib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Rivoceranib Elicits Promising Responses in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

June 7th 2022

The oral VEGFR2 TKI rivoceranib demonstrated an objective response rate by investigator assessed RECIST 1.1 criteria of 15.1% and a disease control rate of 64.4% for patients with recurrent or metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma.