2/ MRI with targeted & standard biopsy in men with MRI suggestive of prostate cancer (PC) was noninferior to standard biopsy for detecting clinically significant PC &resulted in less detection of clinically insignificant cancer @NEJM@TobiasNordstrom nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
6/ The POP-RT phase 3 trial showing improved 5-year biochemical failure free survival (BFFS) and DFS with whole-pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT) vs. prostate-only radiotherapy in patients with high risk #PCa@VedangMurthy@docpriyamvada ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.120…
1/ On the heels of @ASCO#ASCO21 plenary, we are happy to share the results of KEYNOTE-564 trial of adjuvant pembrolizumab in mRCC just published in @NEJM ! A step towards better outcomes for all our patients with kidney cancer! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @OncoAlert@tompowles1
2/ Following nephrectomy for kidney cancer, a significant percentage of patients will experience disease recurrence, most of them with distant metastases, highlighting the need for effective adjuvant therapies.
3/ Despite many decades of research and clinical investigations, there are currently no globally approved adjuvant regimens for the management of #kidneycancer
Just out @NatureMedicine: Inhibition of HIF-2 alpha in RCC with belzutfian (MK-6482) - phase 1 trial and biomarker analysis- 1st study to report on the 2nd gen. HIF-2 inhibitors in pts with metastatic ccRCC!! @OncoAlert
1/The HIF2 axis biology is fascinating culminating in a 2019 @nobel prize, including our own @DanaFarber@kaelin_lab
2/In this study: 95 patients were enrolled (dose-escalation cohort: n=43 and dose-expansion cohort: n=52). Among these, 55 had advanced ccRCC, with a median age of 62 years, a median of 3 previous systemic therapies, and 76% (n=42) with intermediate/poor @IMDConline risk groups.
1/ RCC kills 175,000 patients worldwide with no screening test available acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.33….
A screening test that detects RCC while still localized (2/3 RCCs) will possibly reduce mortality. RCC and CNS tumors do not shed much cfDNA in the blood!
2/ Developed initially by @decarvalho_lab (co-senior author), we validated this ultra-sensitive cfMeDIP-seq using plasma cfDNA and, for the 1st time, cfDNA from urine samples collected in our #GelbCenter (Chair M. Pomerantz)
2/ Our study analyzes patient samples from 3 prospective clinical trials of PD-1 blockade.
The study includes 592 tumors that were profiled by WES, RNA-seq, and/or IF for CD8+ T cells on samples collected before treatment with Nivolumab (anti-PD1) or Everolimus (mTOR inhibitor)
3/ We evaluated genomic correlates of response to PD-1 inhibitors in ccRCC.
Molecular features that had been previously suggested to correlate with outcomes (e.g. TMB, NeoAg load) were not found to be predictive of benefit from PD-1 blockade.