ASCO 2015 Highlights

On February 9, 2023, the FDA approved dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli; GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair-deficient, recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer, as determined by an FDA-approved test, whose disease has progressed on or following a previous platinum-containing regimen in any setting and who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

On February 3, 2023, the FDA approved sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy; Gilead Sciences/Immunomedics) for the treatment of patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 0, IHC 1+, or IHC 2+ with a negative in situ hybridization test) breast cancer who have received endocrine-based therapy and at least 2 additional systemic therapies in the metastatic setting.

Young women with early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer attempting to become pregnant can safely pause endocrine therapy and resume it later, according to initial results from the international POSITIVE trial.

During the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, a panel of experts identified some of the key challenges to achieving health equity in bladder cancer care and discussed what can be done to improve access to clinical trials, mitigate financial toxicity, and promote value-based care.

A new report released by the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that the incidence of colorectal cancer is rapidly increasing among younger individuals, and the disease is also being diagnosed at more advanced stages in people of all ages.

In his keynote address at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, Former Director of the National Cancer Institute, and Professor, Cancer Policy and Innovation, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, told attendees that although cancer-related mortality is declining, challenges remain to “end cancer as we know it.”

The decision to use adjuvant therapies in patients with renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) should be based on risk, patient goals, and shared decision-making. This topic was explored in a presentation by Matthew Zibelman, MD, Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

The Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group and the US Department of Health and Human Services jointly released a guide to help the public and private healthcare sectors align their cybersecurity programs with the National Institute of Standards Technology Cybersecurity Framework.

The FDA has issued a final rule intended to ensure patients are better informed about their breast tissue density when undergoing mammography. The rule updates regulations first issued in the 1990s under the Mammography Quality Standards Act to oversee mammography facilities and improve breast cancer testing.

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a rare and aggressive form of cancer, has seen a steady increase in incidence in the United States, with a predominant increase in intrahepatic CCA, from 2001 to 2017, according to a recent epidemiological study.