Benjamin P. Saylor

Take a look through the top readouts in urologic oncology from ESMO 2025.

The mean baseline FACT-G total score for the niraparib group was 79.7 (standard deviation [SD], 14.9) and was 79.3 (SD, 15.2) for the placebo group.

In patients who were ctDNA positive, median DFS was 9.9 months (95% CI: 7.2-12.7) in the atezolizumab group vs 4.8 months (95% CI: 4.1-8.3) in the placebo group.

“Overall, the combination of saruparib plus an ARPI was well tolerated," Arun Azad, PhD, MBBS.

Regarding the primary end point, “4 patients showed a partial response, leading to a response rate of 17%," said Srikala S. Sridhar, MD, MSc, FRCPC.

Stephen J. Freedland, MD, reported that with combination enzalutamide/leuprolide, the risk of death was 40.3% lower vs leuprolide alone.

“This is the first trial to show an overall survival benefit in this population,” Christof Vulsteke, MD, PhD, noted.

Andrea Necchi, MD, reported a pCR rate of 38% (95% CI: 28-49) for cohort 1 vs 28% (95% Ci: 16-44) for cohort 2.

“POTOMAC met its primary end point of disease-free survival in the ITT [intent-to-treat] population," said Maria De Santis, MD.

"Observed efficacy of pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib were confirmatory of prior observations for this combination," said Cristina Suarez Rodriguez, MD, PhD.

“With 5 years of follow-up, median overall survival is longer with nivolumab vs placebo on interim analysis," said Matthew D. Galsky, MD.

"The addition of perioperative durvalumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved event-free survival and overall survival without adversely affecting patient-reported outcomes,” said Michiel van der Heijden, MD, PhD.

The grade 3-5 AE rate was 78.9% (95% CI, 70.8-85.6) in the 75 mg/m2 arm vs 61.2% (95% CI, 51.9-69.9) in the 50 mg/m2 arm (P =.0024).

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The ArteraAI test is now the first and only AI-powered tool to be authorized to prognosticate long-term outcomes in patients with localized prostate cancer.

“This designation is a powerful validation of our software's potential to transform how we treat cancer,” said Andre Esteva, CEO of Artera.

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For the trial, a biomarker will be utilized to aid in patient selection for the treatment.

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