The international meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) gathers every year the world’s leading cancer experts. In 2021, ASCO meeting is virtual. Oral, Poster Discussion, and Poster Sessions, as well as track-based Clinical Science Symposia, are available on ASCO's website.
Metastatic or recurrent cancer of the uterine cervix: Encouraging results with second generation immunotherapy
An early trial presented by the Institut Bergonié and Gustave Roussy at the 2021 ASCO Conference shows that patients with metastatic or recurrent cancer of the cervix may benefit from dual immunotherapy. The new generation agent, Simlukafusp Alfa, a variant of interleukin-2, shows promising signs of efficacy by doubling the response to anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy alone, without causing major adverse effects.
A type of drug used against ovarian and breast cancers could offer a brand new targeted approach for treating a range of cancers with particular genetic defects, including a common form of kidney cancer.