Clinical

During ESMO Congress 2024, sessions will focus on hot topics in therapeutic areas, such as antibody-drug conjugates; the latest trial data; health policy; and advances in technology.

Social frailty in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) does not directly impact anxiety or depression but influences these conditions indirectly through social support.

Medical experts discuss key takeaways from the SUNLIGHT trial, which compared FTD/TPI monotherapy to FTD/TPI plus bevacizumab for advanced metastatic colorectal cancer, including overall survival, safety, and benefits regardless of prior bevacizumab therapy, and how this data has influenced the use of FTD/TPI in the third-line setting compared with real-world outcomes.

Medical experts review therapy options for metastatic colorectal cancer after FOLFOX/FOLFIRI, emphasizing regorafenib, FTD/TPI plus or minus bevacizumab, and fruquintinib due to the rarity of targetable biomarkers.

Breakthrough research identifies TIM3 as a key target in MAPK-activated pediatric gliomas, offering new hope for more effective immunotherapy treatments.

Drug use, participation in exchange sex, and depressive symptoms were all found to be associated with bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in sexual minority men living with HIV.

Ana Baramidze, MD, PhD, Todua Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia, details exciting findings from the EMPOWER-Lung 1 trial regarding cemiplimab and patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

During the Delta wave of COVID-19, higher caseload strain negatively impacted patient survival rates across US hospitals, regardless of their size or resources.

Data presented in the second Presidential Symposium at the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer showed encouraging responses to novel agents among patients with HER2-mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Experts in cardiometabolic risk management explore strategies for the prevention and screening of cardiometabolic conditions.

A panel of experts examines the impact of cardiometabolic diseases in the United States, focusing on their burden, prevalence, and relationship to obesity.

Donor lymphocyte infusion, both alone and in combination with azacitidine, restored CD34 levels in two-thirds of patients with a baseline CD34 donor chimerism of less than 80%.

Spouses and first-degree relatives of patients with genitourinary (GU) cancers face increased risks of developing cardiovascular and psychological comorbidities, particularly within the first year of diagnosis.

Siow Ming Lee, PhD, FRCP, University College London Hospitals, discusses essential advancements necessary for improving immunotherapy outcomes in special patient subgroups with lung cancer.

The therapeutic landscape for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been relatively stable since the 2016 approval of pembrolizumab, but results presented at the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer could shake up that status quo.

A small 5-year all-cause mortality risk increase among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using roflumilast was found in Germany and the US.

Researchers have discovered 2 leukemia stem cell subtypes with distinct epigenetic and transcriptional signatures.

While psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin are generally well tolerated in clinical and research settings, study authors suspect inconsistent reporting of adverse events.

Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD, examines the application of biologic therapies in the treatment of respiratory conditions.

Jonathan Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, evaluates persistent unmet needs in the field and highlights promising new treatments currently under development.

If integrated into clinical practice, the approach could fill a need for more optimal diagnostic approaches for myasthenia gravis (MG), explained the researchers.

Lead investigators, presenters, and the chair of this year’s European Society of Cardiology Congress, John McMurray, MD, discussed the meeting highlights and recapped important data.

At the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC), key research in cardiology care included studies conducted on cardiovascular disease risk among women, cardiac distress and smoking, and lipoprotein(a).

Compared with those without vitiligo, patients with vitiligo have higher health care access and utilization but report a lower quality of life.

A review by authors from China examines evidence involving different treatment approaches.

Ticiana Leal, MD, associate professor and director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology Program in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine, discusses the latest advances in perioperative non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment.

The FINEARTS-HF late-breaking data were forefront at the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Congress in London.

Early data suggest chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy can achieve meaningful long-term results.

The rates of discontinuation due to inefficacy or adverse events for biosimilars and originators of etanercept and adalimumab were similar, according to an analysis of a prospective registry.

Educational principles implemented after 1998 may have led to lower mortality rates in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving care from doctors trained after that point.