September 2013, Vol 2, No 6 - Uncategorized
Bevacizumab maintenance therapy following induction with bevacizumab-based chemotherapy significantly increases progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). However, the addition of erlotinib in the maintenance phase does not increase overall survival (OS) compared with bevacizumab alone. KRAS status was not a predictor of benefit from erlotinib in [ Read More ]
September 2013, Vol 2, No 6 - Uncategorized
Olaparib maintenance therapy prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) and the time to disease progression after a second subsequent therapy (PFS2) in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed serous ovarian cancer (SOC). The effect of olaparib was particularly robust in patients with a BRCA mutation in an updated analysis of Study 19 presented at [ Read More ]
September 2013, Vol 2, No 6 - Uncategorized
Mutation analysis at baseline and at the end of treatment (EOT) provides information about the response to ponatinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome–positive (Ph+) acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) enrolled in the phase 2 PACE study. Results were presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of ASCO. [ Read More ]
June 2013, Vol 2, No 4 - Uncategorized
A first-in-class PI3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor achieved dramatic responses in a phase 1 study of heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Idelalisib (GS-1101) produced rapid and durable tumor shrinkage in about half the patients who received the drug. These results were reported at a pre-ASCO press cast and at [ Read More ]
June 2013, Vol 2, No 4 - Uncategorized
Combination therapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab achieved remarkable responses in a phase 1 trial of patients with aggressive advanced melanoma. Durable tumor shrinkage was observed in about half the patients. “The complete and near-complete responses we are seeing are unprecedented for an immunotherapy in melanoma. We are particularly impressed that [ Read More ]
June 2013, Vol 2, No 4 - Uncategorized
The engineered PD-L1–targeted antibody shows impressive tumor shrinkage rates in several types of cancers that had progressed on several lines of previous therapy. In a phase 1 study, the novel agent demonstrated safety and durable responses in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), melanoma, and kidney, colorectal, and gastric cancers. The [ Read More ]
May 2013, Vol 2, No 3 - Uncategorized
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2013 Annual Meeting was held in Washington, DC, April 6-10, 2013. Following are selected highlights of early studies presented at the meeting. The hope is that these encouraging preliminary findings will be confirmed by larger studies and lead to advances in cancer care. [ Read More ]
April 2013, Vol 2, No 2 - Uncategorized
Approximately 2350 urologists, oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and other oncology healthcare professionals gathered in Orlando, Florida, to attend the 2013 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. The symposium, sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, and the Society of Urologic Oncology, allows attendees to learn about [ Read More ]
February 2013, Vol 2, No 1 - Uncategorized
OnPART can predict 6 common side effects of dose-dense doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide and paclitaxel chemotherapy (ACT) with a high degree of accuracy in patients with breast cancer, according to a study presented at a poster session at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The 78 breast cancer patients were [ Read More ]
February 2013, Vol 2, No 1 - Uncategorized
Advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of colorectal cancer were featured at a pre-meeting Press Cast for the 10th Annual GI Cancers Symposium held January 24-26, 2013. Three separate presentations focused on: a new molecular classification system for colorectal cancer; gene expression profiling of circulating tumor cells as [ Read More ]
December 2012, Vol 1, No 6 - Uncategorized
Triple-negative breast cancer carries a poor prognosis compared with other types of breast cancer because it lacks 3 treatment targets that occur in other types of breast cancer (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2). But triple-negative breast cancer has potential genetic targets of its own, according to a study presented [ Read More ]
September 2012, Vol 1, No 4 - Conference News
Two studies presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) suggested that abiraterone acetate (AA; Zytiga), an androgen biosynthesis inhibitor,1,2 has the potential to be used earlier in the course of prostate cancer than its current FDA indication (ie, after failure of chemotherapy in [ Read More ]
September 2012, Vol 1, No 4 - Conference News
A preliminary report of a meta-analysis of clinical trials of molecularly targeted therapies shows that they are not benign and can add to the toxicity of standard chemotherapy. In particular, increased rates of oral mucositis and diarrhea are reported with several FDA-approved agents. Increased mucositis seen with bevacizumab and erlotinib [ Read More ]
September 2012, Vol 1, No 4 - Uncategorized
For men with localized prostate cancer detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, treatment with radical prostatectomy did not significantly reduce mortality compared with observation, according to overall results of the large, randomized, controlled PIVOT trial (Wilt TJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012; 367:203-213). All-cause mortality and prostate-specific mortality [ Read More ]
August 2012, Vol 1, No 3 - Uncategorized
Nearly 3000 abstracts were selected for presentation at the recent ASCO 2012 Annual Meeting, many of them related to some aspect of personalized medicine. Below are some highlights selected from the meeting that focus on potential genomic predictors of aggressive versus indolent disease and on potential biomarkers. 6-Gene Model Identifies [ Read More ]
August 2012, Vol 1, No 3 - Uncategorized
Below are some highlights of presentations at the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting related to targeted therapies and personalized (precision) medicine. T-DM1 The anti-body drug conjugate T-DM1 significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard capecitabine/lapatinib therapy for treatment of advanced HER2-positive breast cancer in the EMILIA trial (Abstract LBA1). Median [ Read More ]
June 2012, Vol 1, No 2 - Conference Correspondent
In a preliminary phase 1 study, the targeted drug crizotinib (Xalkori) stabilized disease progression and, in some children, eradicated cancer cells in relapsed, refractory, aggressive childhood cancers that are likely to harbor genetic abnormalities in the ALK gene: anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT), and aggressive neuroblastoma. [ Read More ]
June 2012, Vol 1, No 2 - Conference Correspondent
Hitting 2 targets may be better than 1 in advanced melanoma, suggests a preliminary trial of combination therapy with the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib and the MEK inhibitor trametinib. Combined targeting with these 2 agents achieved tumor regression with a lower incidence of skin side effects compared with published data on [ Read More ]
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