American Society of Clinical Oncology

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have reaffirmed the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Breast Cancer Testing Guidelines, reducing confusion over terminology for reporting HER2 results.  The recent clinical trial for metastatic breast cancer patients (DESTINY-Breast04) found that a treatment traditionally used for HER2 positive patients […]

A targeted drug combination for patients with a type of ovarian cancer could be nearly twice as effective as the next best treatment, according to interim results from a Phase II study. Researchers hope these results, which were presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, will lead to a new […]

Positive results from the ADAURA Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) compared to placebo. The trial assessed osimertinib as an adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage (IB, II and IIIA) epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after complete […]