{"title":"Delta-Like Ligand 3 Expression Across Lung Neuroendocrine Subtypes: Interpreting Response in Small Cell Lung Cancer and Beyond.","authors":"Yitian Chen,Li Liu,Yang Ming,Ligang Chen","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-01894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-01894","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"31 1","pages":"JCO2501894"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146021569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carmine Valenza,Nancy A Nixon,Winson Y Cheung,Sara M Tolaney
{"title":"Bridging the Gap: Advancing First-Line Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer.","authors":"Carmine Valenza,Nancy A Nixon,Winson Y Cheung,Sara M Tolaney","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-02942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-02942","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"66 1","pages":"JCO2502942"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146021563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maggie Banys-Paluchowski,Steffi Hartmann,Jana de Boniface,Oreste D Gentilini,Nina Ditsch,Elmar Stickeler,Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak,Michael Hauptmann,Jennifer Schroth,Marc Thill,Rosa di Micco,Markus Hahn,Dawid Murawa,Isabel T Rubio,David Pinto,Michalis Kontos,Laura Niinikoski,Maria Luisa Gasparri,Helidon Nina,Lia P Rebaza,Sarah Fröhlich,Esther Schmidt,Kristina Wihlfahrt,Tomasz Berger,Timo Basali,Franziska Ruf,Angelika Rief,Eduard-Alexandru Bonci,Florentia Peintinger,Ellen Schlichting,Hagigat Valiyeva Qanimat,Marian Vanhoeij,Geeta Kadayaprath,Lukas Dostalek,Ashutosh Kothari,Andraz Perhavec,Tsvetomir Ivanov,Douglas Zippel,Beata Adamczyk,Mauro Porpiglia,Günay M Gürleyik,Michael Untch,Michael P Lux,Katharina Jursik,Hans-Christian Kolberg,Toralf Reimer,Nikolas Tauber,Achim Rody,Zoltan Matrai,Natalia Krawczyk,Sarun Thongvitokomarn,Thorsten Kühn
PURPOSESurgical axillary staging in patients with node-positive breast cancer (BC) who converted to clinical node negativity through neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has changed significantly in recent years. Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) and target lymph node (TLN) biopsy (TLNB) became increasingly popular. However, data comparing marking techniques for the TLN are limited. Here, we evaluate marking techniques in the largest prospective cohort worldwide.MATERIALS AND METHODSAmong patients from the ongoing prospective multicenter AXSANA (EUBREAST-03) study who received TLN marking and TAD/TLNB, we evaluated different marking methods with respect to detection and removal rates and clinical performance.RESULTSUntil January 6, 2025, 6,129 patients from 26 countries were enrolled. Of these patients, 2,596 had ≥1 TLN marked before NACT and completed surgery; 13.3% of the patients had ≥4 suspicious nodes at diagnosis. Pre-NACT TLN marking used a clip in 2,003 patients (77.2%), magnetic seed in 287 (11.1%), carbon ink in 192 (7.4%), radar marker in 119 (4.6%), radioactive seed in 18 (0.7%), radiofrequency identification device (RFID) in 12 (0.5%), or other methods in two (0.1%). One TLN was marked in 2,427 patients (93.5%), two TLNs in 138 (5.3%), and ≥3 in 27 patients (1%). Targeted removal of the TLN was planned in 2,100 patients (80.9%; TAD in 2,076 [80.0%] and TLNB in 24 [0.9%]). The TLN was detected and removed by TAD/TLNB in 1,915 patients (91.2%). TLN detection rate was the highest in patients whose TLNs were marked pre-NACT with markers suitable for probe-guided detection (96.6%; radioactive seed: 100%, magnetic seed: 96.9%, radar marker: 96.1%, RFID: 90%), followed by carbon ink (94.9%) and clip (89.6%; P < .001).CONCLUSIONThis large prospective analysis of patients with initially clinically node-positive BC receiving NACT demonstrates that probe-guided detection markers used to mark metastatic nodes before NACT provide superior detection rates.
{"title":"Marking Techniques for Target Lymph Nodes in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Therapy in the AXSANA/EUBREAST-03/AGO-B-053 Study.","authors":"Maggie Banys-Paluchowski,Steffi Hartmann,Jana de Boniface,Oreste D Gentilini,Nina Ditsch,Elmar Stickeler,Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak,Michael Hauptmann,Jennifer Schroth,Marc Thill,Rosa di Micco,Markus Hahn,Dawid Murawa,Isabel T Rubio,David Pinto,Michalis Kontos,Laura Niinikoski,Maria Luisa Gasparri,Helidon Nina,Lia P Rebaza,Sarah Fröhlich,Esther Schmidt,Kristina Wihlfahrt,Tomasz Berger,Timo Basali,Franziska Ruf,Angelika Rief,Eduard-Alexandru Bonci,Florentia Peintinger,Ellen Schlichting,Hagigat Valiyeva Qanimat,Marian Vanhoeij,Geeta Kadayaprath,Lukas Dostalek,Ashutosh Kothari,Andraz Perhavec,Tsvetomir Ivanov,Douglas Zippel,Beata Adamczyk,Mauro Porpiglia,Günay M Gürleyik,Michael Untch,Michael P Lux,Katharina Jursik,Hans-Christian Kolberg,Toralf Reimer,Nikolas Tauber,Achim Rody,Zoltan Matrai,Natalia Krawczyk,Sarun Thongvitokomarn,Thorsten Kühn","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-01921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-01921","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSESurgical axillary staging in patients with node-positive breast cancer (BC) who converted to clinical node negativity through neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has changed significantly in recent years. Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) and target lymph node (TLN) biopsy (TLNB) became increasingly popular. However, data comparing marking techniques for the TLN are limited. Here, we evaluate marking techniques in the largest prospective cohort worldwide.MATERIALS AND METHODSAmong patients from the ongoing prospective multicenter AXSANA (EUBREAST-03) study who received TLN marking and TAD/TLNB, we evaluated different marking methods with respect to detection and removal rates and clinical performance.RESULTSUntil January 6, 2025, 6,129 patients from 26 countries were enrolled. Of these patients, 2,596 had ≥1 TLN marked before NACT and completed surgery; 13.3% of the patients had ≥4 suspicious nodes at diagnosis. Pre-NACT TLN marking used a clip in 2,003 patients (77.2%), magnetic seed in 287 (11.1%), carbon ink in 192 (7.4%), radar marker in 119 (4.6%), radioactive seed in 18 (0.7%), radiofrequency identification device (RFID) in 12 (0.5%), or other methods in two (0.1%). One TLN was marked in 2,427 patients (93.5%), two TLNs in 138 (5.3%), and ≥3 in 27 patients (1%). Targeted removal of the TLN was planned in 2,100 patients (80.9%; TAD in 2,076 [80.0%] and TLNB in 24 [0.9%]). The TLN was detected and removed by TAD/TLNB in 1,915 patients (91.2%). TLN detection rate was the highest in patients whose TLNs were marked pre-NACT with markers suitable for probe-guided detection (96.6%; radioactive seed: 100%, magnetic seed: 96.9%, radar marker: 96.1%, RFID: 90%), followed by carbon ink (94.9%) and clip (89.6%; P < .001).CONCLUSIONThis large prospective analysis of patients with initially clinically node-positive BC receiving NACT demonstrates that probe-guided detection markers used to mark metastatic nodes before NACT provide superior detection rates.","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"101 1","pages":"JCO2501921"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146015358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amar H Kelkar,Gregory A Abel,Corey S Cutler,Stephanie J Lee,Robert J Soiffer
{"title":"Is It Time to Move Beyond Graft-Versus-Host Disease-Free, Relapse-Free Survival as a Primary End Point in Clinical Trials for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation?","authors":"Amar H Kelkar,Gregory A Abel,Corey S Cutler,Stephanie J Lee,Robert J Soiffer","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-02130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-02130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"58 1","pages":"JCO2502130"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146015356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is Unmutated IgG1 a Wrong Choice for Therapeutic Antibodies Targeting Immune Checkpoints? Lessons From the Clinical Failures of the First Anti-TIGIT Antibodies.","authors":"Pierre Boulard,Hervé Watier,Marion Ferreira","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-01930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-01930","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"95 1","pages":"JCO2501930"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146015361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JCOG0603 demonstrated improved disease-free survival (DFS) with adjuvant mFOLFOX6 after hepatectomy compared with hepatectomy alone in colorectal liver-only metastasis (CRLM), but the overall survival (OS) data were immature. Here, we report OS after long-term follow-up. Eligible patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma and an unlimited number of liver metastases were randomized to adjuvant mFOLFOX6 or hepatectomy alone. DFS was the primary endpoint, and OS was a secondary endpoint. Between March 2007 and January 2019, 151 and 149 patients were randomized to adjuvant chemotherapy and hepatectomy alone, respectively. At a median follow-up of 7.7 years for disease-free surviving patients, 54 (35.8%) and 51 (34.2%) patients had died in the respective arms, (hazard ratio [HR], 1.07 [95% CI, 0.73 to 1.57]). Five-year OS was 73.4% (95% CI, 65.5 to 79.7) and 80.1% (95% CI, 72.6 to 85.7) and 7-year OS was 69.4% (95% CI, 61.2 to 76.2) and 72.4% (95% CI, 64.2 to 79.1), respectively. One patient in the adjuvant chemotherapy arm possibly died of protocol treatment-related toxicity, and one in the hepatectomy-alone arm died of post-protocol treatment complications. Five-year DFS was respectively 49.7% (95% CI, 41.5 to 57.3) and 40.5% (95% CI, 32.5 to 48.3) in the adjuvant chemotherapy and hepatectomy-alone arms (HR, 0.72 [95% CI, 0.54 to 0.97]). Long-term OS did not differ with adjuvant mFOLFOX6 compared with hepatectomy alone in resectable CRLM. Adjuvant mFOLFOX6 may delay recurrence but did not improve long-term survival.
{"title":"Randomized Phase II/III Trial Comparing Hepatectomy, Followed by mFOLFOX6 With Hepatectomy Alone for Liver Metastasis From Colorectal Cancer: Long-Term Results of JCOG0603.","authors":"Yukihide Kanemitsu, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Junki Mizusawa, Yoshitaka Inaba, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Atsuo Takashima, Masayuki Ohue, Koji Komori, Akio Shiomi, Manabu Shiozawa, Yusuke Suwa, Takeshi Suto, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yasumasa Takii, Hiroyuki Bando, Takaya Kobatake, Masafumi Inomata, Yasuhiro Shimada, Hiroshi Katayama, Haruhiko Fukuda","doi":"10.1200/JCO-25-01231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO-25-01231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>JCOG0603 demonstrated improved disease-free survival (DFS) with adjuvant mFOLFOX6 after hepatectomy compared with hepatectomy alone in colorectal liver-only metastasis (CRLM), but the overall survival (OS) data were immature. Here, we report OS after long-term follow-up. Eligible patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma and an unlimited number of liver metastases were randomized to adjuvant mFOLFOX6 or hepatectomy alone. DFS was the primary endpoint, and OS was a secondary endpoint. Between March 2007 and January 2019, 151 and 149 patients were randomized to adjuvant chemotherapy and hepatectomy alone, respectively. At a median follow-up of 7.7 years for disease-free surviving patients, 54 (35.8%) and 51 (34.2%) patients had died in the respective arms, (hazard ratio [HR], 1.07 [95% CI, 0.73 to 1.57]). Five-year OS was 73.4% (95% CI, 65.5 to 79.7) and 80.1% (95% CI, 72.6 to 85.7) and 7-year OS was 69.4% (95% CI, 61.2 to 76.2) and 72.4% (95% CI, 64.2 to 79.1), respectively. One patient in the adjuvant chemotherapy arm possibly died of protocol treatment-related toxicity, and one in the hepatectomy-alone arm died of post-protocol treatment complications. Five-year DFS was respectively 49.7% (95% CI, 41.5 to 57.3) and 40.5% (95% CI, 32.5 to 48.3) in the adjuvant chemotherapy and hepatectomy-alone arms (HR, 0.72 [95% CI, 0.54 to 0.97]). Long-term OS did not differ with adjuvant mFOLFOX6 compared with hepatectomy alone in resectable CRLM. Adjuvant mFOLFOX6 may delay recurrence but did not improve long-term survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"JCO2501231"},"PeriodicalIF":41.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146018670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Limitations in Study Design and Stratification in Phase II Stereotactic Radiosurgery Trial for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases.","authors":"Orhun Akdogan,Kubra Canaslan,Buket Hamitoglu,Ozan Yazici,Osman Sutcuoglu","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-01729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-01729","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"63 1","pages":"JCO2501729"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146005374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Maria Germani,Beatrice Borelli,Chiara Cremolini
{"title":"Reply to: From Thresholds to Tumor Sidedness: Reframing Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 in Colorectal Cancer.","authors":"Marco Maria Germani,Beatrice Borelli,Chiara Cremolini","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-02817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-02817","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"52 1","pages":"JCO2502817"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146005375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-20Epub Date: 2025-11-21DOI: 10.1200/JCO-25-02231
Jeff P Sharman, Bin Liu, Denise Y Wang, Ching Ching Leow, Paul M Barr
{"title":"Reply to: Optimizing Control Arms in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Clinical Trials: The BRUIN-CLL-321 Trial.","authors":"Jeff P Sharman, Bin Liu, Denise Y Wang, Ching Ching Leow, Paul M Barr","doi":"10.1200/JCO-25-02231","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO-25-02231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"256-257"},"PeriodicalIF":41.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12794705/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145573744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mary-Ellen Taplin,Irbaz Bin Riaz,R Bryan Rumble,Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi,Thomas A Hope,Mariane Fontes Dias,Huan He,Sebastien J Hotte,Hamid Emamekhoo,M Hassan Murad,Paul Celano,Terry M Kungel,Steve Hentzen,Michael Thomas Serzan,Rahul A Parikh
Living guidelines are developed for selected topic areas with rapidly evolving evidence that drives frequent change in recommended clinical practice. Living guidelines are updated on a regular schedule by a standing expert panel that systematically reviews the health literature on a continuous basis, as described in the ASCO Guidelines Methodology Manual. ASCO Living Guidelines follow the ASCO Conflict of Interest Policy Implementation for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Living Guidelines and updates are not intended to substitute for independent professional judgment of the treating clinician and do not account for individual variation among patients. See appendix for disclaimers and other important information (Appendix 1 and Appendix 2). Updates are published regularly and can be found at www.asco.org/genitourinary-cancer-guidelines.
{"title":"Systemic Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: ASCO Living Guideline, Version 2026.1.","authors":"Mary-Ellen Taplin,Irbaz Bin Riaz,R Bryan Rumble,Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi,Thomas A Hope,Mariane Fontes Dias,Huan He,Sebastien J Hotte,Hamid Emamekhoo,M Hassan Murad,Paul Celano,Terry M Kungel,Steve Hentzen,Michael Thomas Serzan,Rahul A Parikh","doi":"10.1200/jco-25-02693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-02693","url":null,"abstract":"Living guidelines are developed for selected topic areas with rapidly evolving evidence that drives frequent change in recommended clinical practice. Living guidelines are updated on a regular schedule by a standing expert panel that systematically reviews the health literature on a continuous basis, as described in the ASCO Guidelines Methodology Manual. ASCO Living Guidelines follow the ASCO Conflict of Interest Policy Implementation for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Living Guidelines and updates are not intended to substitute for independent professional judgment of the treating clinician and do not account for individual variation among patients. See appendix for disclaimers and other important information (Appendix 1 and Appendix 2). Updates are published regularly and can be found at www.asco.org/genitourinary-cancer-guidelines.","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":"64 1","pages":"JCO2502693"},"PeriodicalIF":45.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146005376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}