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Frontline Nivolumab/Cabozantinib Maintains Survival Benefit Over Sunitinib in Advanced RCC

February 13, 2021

February 12, 2021 - The combination of nivolumab and cabozantinib continued to showcase a superior survival benefit over single-agent sunitinib when used as first-line treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

MSKCC Strategizes to Provide Safe Outpatient Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Crisis

February 05, 2021

February 4, 2021 - Despite the threat the coronavirus disease 2019 presents, it’s necessary that patients with cancer continue to receive care at outpatient facilities—a feat that has been made possible at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center through multidisciplinary efforts, innovative strategy, and technologic advances.

Sotorasib Elicits Rapid Responses, Encouraging PFS in Advanced KRAS G12C+ NSCLC

January 29, 2021

January 28, 2021 - Treatment with the KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib (formerly AMG 510) elicited a 6.8-month median progression-free survival in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

SAR439859 Achieves On-Target Activity in Metastatic ER+ Breast Cancer

December 28, 2020

December 28, 2020 - The investigational selective estrogen receptor degrader SAR439859 elicited clinical, on-target activity in patients with heavily pretreated estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, even in the presence of multiple resistance mechanisms.

2020 Ushers in Newfound Adjustments, Applications in Lung Cancer

December 02, 2020

Mark G. Kris, MD, discusses the strengths of this year’s New York Lung Cancers Symposium, the advances that have been made over the past year, and potential routes forward in advancing the field of lung cancer.

AL101 Shows Promising Activity in Recurrent/Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma With NOTCH Activating Mutations

November 04, 2020

The investigational small molecule, γ-secretase inhibitor AL101 monotherapy was found to elicit deep responses with a significant disease control rate in patients with recurrent or metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma harboring NOTCH activating mutations.

VERU-111 Gains Traction in Overcoming Acquired Resistance in mCRPC

October 09, 2020

Philip W. Kantoff, MD, discusses the evolving treatment landscape of mCRPC, the early efficacy data demonstrated with VERU-111, and other emerging areas of research that are poised to impact the prostate cancer paradigm.

Dr. Kantoff on Approaches for Progressive Prostate Cancer Following Androgen Blockade

October 01, 2020

Philip W. Kantoff, MD, discusses current approaches for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, and nonmetastatic/metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who progress on androgen blocking agents.