In an interview during the SUO 23rd Annual Meeting, Matthew Galsky, MD, described the biomarker challenge facing researchers as they continue to explore the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the adjuvant setting for patients with high-risk urothelial cancer.
Galsky is a professor of Medicine and director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, and the co-director of the Center of Excellence for Bladder Cancer and associate director for translational research at the Tisch Cancer Institute.
Lenvatinib/pembrolizumab compares favorably with frontline standards in renal cell carcinoma
February 2nd 2024“Combination therapy with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab provides a comparable OS, and a trend of improvement in PFS and response outcomes, compared with most current global SOC therapies for treatment-naïve patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma,” the study authors wrote.
First-line pembrolizumab/lenvatinib shows efficacy for advanced non–clear cell RCC
January 29th 2024“Updated efficacy and safety results continue to support pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib as a first-line treatment option for patients with advanced non–clear cell RCC,” lead study author Martin H. Voss, MD.