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Phase 1b/2 study data show that combining the multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib with pembrolizumab could be a promising treatment option for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and selected other advanced solid tumor types.

The FGFR inhibitor rogaratinib is well tolerated and clinically active in patients with various tumor types selected for treatment on the basis of FGFR mRNA overexpression, phase I study data show.

Women may be at greater risk than men for experiencing hyperprogression as a response to cancer treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, say researchers.

Hisham Mehanna describes the results of the De-ESCALaTE HPV  trial comparing cetuximab versus cisplatin for the treatment of low-risk oropharyngeal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (5:43).

Barbara Burtness talks through the results of the KEYNOTE-048 trial comparing pembrolizumab alone or with chemotherapy versus the EXTREME regimen for patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer (5:10).

The efficacy of programmed cell death protein 1 inhibition with nivolumab may be amplified by vaccination against human papillomavirus-16 in patients with incurable HPV-16–positive cancer, phase II study data suggest.