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In the phase II TITAN-TCC* trial presented at ASCO GU 2022, the addition of ipilimumab to nivolumab led to improved responses in patients with pretreated (second/third line) advanced/metastatic or surgically unresectable transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).

Combining pembrolizumab with best supportive care (BSC) improved survival and response when used as second-line therapy in Asians with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

In individuals with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC), a first-line maintenance treatment regimen comprising a combination of avelumab and best supportive care (BSC) provided better survival benefit than BSC alone, according to long-term and subgroup analyses of the phase III JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial presented at ASCO GU 2022.

Consultants and nurses usually focus their efforts on treating cancer and minimizing treatment-related side effects. However, cancer side effects are not merely confined to bodily manifestations, but also include emotional and psychological aspects. 

The addition of tremelimumab to durvalumab (STRIDE regimen) in the first-line setting improved overall survival (OS) compared with sorafenib in patients with advanced unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to results of the phase III HIMALAYA trial.

Sarcoidosis patients with biopsy-verified non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation are at greater risk of haematologic cancers and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in the long term than the general population, a study has found.

In the phase II/III RELATIVITY-047 trial evaluating dual checkpoint inhibition for advanced melanoma, a new fixed-dose combination comprising the LAG-3 inhibitor relatlimab and the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab fared better than nivolumab monotherapy.