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Inflammation ups risk of chemo-induced decline in frailty status in older women with breast cancer
Robust older women with early breast cancer who have high prechemotherapy levels of both interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are >3 times more likely to experience chemotherapy-induced decline in frailty status than their counterparts with low levels of these inflammatory markers, a prospective study has shown.

Quick progression to castration resistance tied to survival in nonmetastatic CRPC
In men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (M0CRPC), the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time and the time to castration resistance (TTCRPC) predict cancer-specific survival (CSS), a recent study has found.

Niraparib maintenance boosts PFS in advanced ovarian cancer
Maintenance therapy with the PARP* inhibitor niraparib led to a sustained and durable progression-free survival (PFS), regardless of biomarker status, in patients with primary advanced ovarian cancer who responded to platinum-based chemotherapy, an updated analysis of the phase III PRIMA/ENGOT-OV26/GOG-3012 trial has shown.

POSEIDON updates boost treatment potential of tremelimumab-durvalumab-CT for mNSCLC
In the updated analysis of the POSEIDON trial presented at ESMO 2022, the combination regimen comprising tremelimumab, durvalumab, and chemotherapy (T+D+CT) used in the first-line setting conferred long-term overall survival (OS) benefit in individuals with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (mNSCLC).

Add-on apatinib puts brakes on disease progression in advanced TNBC
The addition of apatinib to vinorelbine appears to prolong progression-free survival in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with failed first- or second-line treatment, as shown in the results of a phase II study.

PLD-apatinib combo show promise for ovarian cancer
A combination regimen comprising apatinib, a small-molecule TKI*, and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) led to improved progression-free survival (PFS) in women with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer (PROC), results of the APPROVE trial suggest.


