Genitourinary Cancer

Healio | HemOnc Today is excited to announce a new physician leadership structure, which features seven Associate Medical Editors from various subspecialty areas within oncology and hematology.

William Kevin Kelly, DO, has been appointed chair of the department of medical oncology for Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

The FDA has approved a gene therapy treatment for adult patients with high-risk bacillus Calmette-Guérin unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors, according to a press release.

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages appeared associated with increased risk for death from an obesity-related cancer, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

CHICAGO — Centralized treatment and adherence to modern guidelines may account for “relatively low” rates of late relapse and improved long-term outcomes after treatment for testicular cancer, according to a speaker at ASCO.

CHICAGO — Savolitinib, alone or in combination with durvalumab, did not demonstrate significant efficacy in patients with advanced clear cell renal cancer, according to a presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO —Cabozantinib did not significantly extend progression-free survival in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who had undergone platinum-based chemotherapy, according to data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

The FDA granted fast track designation to abelacimab for treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis, according to a press release from the agent’s manufacturer.

Elizabeth R. Plimack, MD, MS, was recently named deputy director of Fox Chase Cancer Center and will oversee clinical and translational research plans as part of her goal to support new cancer care initiatives at the center.

Efforts to limit overuse of surveillance testing and treatment for low-risk nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer are needed to alleviate increasing costs of care, results of a population-based cohort study suggested.