Adding androgen deprivation therapy to external beam radiotherapy may result in better survival than adding a brachytherapy boost in men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer, network meta-analysis data suggest.
A phase 3 trial has failed to demonstrate the noninferiority of delayed targeted intraoperative radiotherapy to whole-breast external beam radiotherapy in terms of local control at 5 years in patients with early-stage breast cancer, but other long-term outcomes were comparable.
Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who carry the CC genotype of the HSD3B1 c.1245A>C variant have worse responses to first-line abiraterone and enzalutamide than those with an AA or AC genotype, research shows.
Women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive locally advanced, metastatic, or recurrent breast cancer might benefit from a third- or later-line regimen of the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib in combination with trastuzumab and fulvestrant, findings from the phase 2 monarcHER trial suggests.
ASCO has issued guidance to support oncology practices as they recommence more routine care following the gradual easing of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.