A team of researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center led by Dhyan Chandra has discovered a new therapeutic target for neuroendocrine prostate cancer, a rare and hard-to-treat form of prostate cancer.
Cancer Center at Illinois member Michael Spinella and his lab are investigating an approach for killing testicular cancer cells with epigenetic drugs, or “epidrugs,” that target the polycomb pathway.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted a draft recommendation statement on screening for cervical cancer.
AstraZeneca and Merckannounced long-term results from the OlympiA phase III trial which showed Lynparza (olaparib) demonstrated sustained, clinically meaningful improvements in overall survival, invasive disease-free survival and distant disease-free survival for people with germline BRCA-mutated HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer.
Eli Lilly and Co. announced results from the phase III EMBER-3 study of imlunestrant, an investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader, in patients with estrogen receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative advanced breast cancer, whose disease progressed on a prior aromatase inhibitor, with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor.
Eli Lilly and Co. announced results from the phase III BRUIN CLL-321 trial evaluating pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca), a non-covalent Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor in adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma previously treated with a covalent BTK inhibitor.
COTA Inc., PreciseDx, and Baptist Health South Florida announced study results validating that the artificial intelligence-enabled PreciseBreast test is equivalent to the Oncotype DX test at predicting breast cancer recurrence. The research was presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Agendia Inc. announced it will be presenting new data from the Real-World Data Registry, FLEX, demonstrating MammaPrint’s ability to predict chemotherapy benefit in patients with HR+HER2- early-stage breast cancer. The findings will be presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2024. The MammaPrint test analyzes the 70 most important genes associated with breast cancer recurrence.
For over 50 years, scientists have been on a quest to identify which malignant mutations within the tumor allow rogue cells to break away from the primary tumor and travel through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to metastasize throughout the body. Now, new research suggests an alternative mechanism has been overlooked—elusive mutations driving metastasis may not be developing within the twisted DNA of tumors themselves, but within the patient’s regular, inherited DNA.
Novartis announced results from an updated analysis of the pivotal phase III NATALEE trial of Kisqali (ribociclib) that underscore the extended efficacy beyond the duration of treatment in combination with endocrine therapy. Results showed a sustained reduction in distant recurrence of 28.5% (HR=0.715; 95% CI 0.604-0.847; nominal P<0.0001), compared to ET alone, in patients with stage II and III hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative early breast cancer.


