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  • ASCO 2024 never seems to end, and today, Michael and Josh do a bit of a backflip and report on the advancements in early colorectal cancer. Forever a confusing topic with PRODIGE23, OPERA, and many other rectal cancer trials and a spattering of neoadjuvant colorectal trials, the ability to redefine and provide clarity to this area is pertinent. Today, it heavily focuses on immunotherapy in the colon space with sintilimab and IBI310 battling it out with the old master pembrolizumab. The rectal contingent is the TNTCRT trial, looking at total neoadjuvant therapy vs concurrent chemoradiotherapy. While the world may have moved forward, this trial could provide further evidence of the path we should be taking.


    Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required)

    NEOPRISM-CRC: Link

    TNTCRC: Link

    Neoadjuvant treatment of IBI310 (anti-CTLA-4 antibody) plus sintilimab (anti-PD-1 antibody) in patients with microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair-deficient colorectal cancer: Results from a randomized, open-labelled, phase Ib study: Link


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • Our 2024 ASCO epic trundles onto its next generation, advanced colorectal cancer. Over the last 10 years, treatment in this area has made incremental progress through the discovery of the clinically meaningful KRAS and BRAF mutation pathways and most recently with the potential for immunotherapy in the deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) and high microsatellite instability (MSI-H) subgroups. In this episode, Josh and Michael examine studies looking at KRAS G12C-mutated, HER2-positive and dMMR colorectal cancer, as well as a very exciting study examining the utility of transplantation in patients with liver-only colorectal metastases.


    Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    CODEBREAK300: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15829?presentation=234200%23234200 

    MOUNTAINEER: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15829?presentation=231646%23231646  

    CHECKMATE 8HW: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15828?presentation=231645%23231645

    TRANSMET: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15828?presentation=231641%23231641


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


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  • Some oncologists may have already started counting down to ASCO 2025. However, Michael and Josh are still digesting the interesting world of ASCO 2024, specifically upper GI and Hepatobiliary Cancers and, like Aladdin, explicitly referring to the Disney 1992 cult classic featuring Robbin Williams, here to lie several diamonds in the rough.


    We cover perioperative FLOT in the metastatic setting, but most excitingly, it is a potentially new groundbreaking treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma.


    Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required)

    ECOG-ACRIN EA2174: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15831?presentation=231157%23231157

    ROTG 0848: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15831?presentation=231157%23231157

    CHECKMATE 9DW: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15831?presentation=231157%23231157

    RENAISSANCE: https://meetings.asco.org/2024-asco-annual-meeting/15831?presentation=231157%23231157


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • The second of our two GU ASCO 2024 episodes focusses on prostate and penile cancer, two diseases at different ends of the therapeutic spectrum. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, with well established, nuanced treatment paradigms and a glut of high-quality evidence. Penile SCC is a very rare cancer that tragically is much more common in low socioeconomic countries. Treatment options are as limited as available evidence, so any new studies of this cancer are very welcome. Are there any more practice changing twists and turns from ASCO 2024? You'll have to listen to find out!


    Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required)

    Cabazitaxel with abiraterone versus abiraterone alone randomized trial for extensive disease following docetaxel: The CHAARTED2 trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (EA8153): Link

    CYCLONE 2: A phase 3 study of abemaciclib with abiraterone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: Link

    A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of metformin in reducing progression among men on expectant management for low-risk prostate cancer: The MAST (Metformin Active Surveillance Trial) study: Link

    A phase II trial of pembrolizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy as first-line systemic therapy in advanced penile cancer: HERCULES (LACOG 0218) trial. Link


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • Genitourinary Cancers dominated ASCO24 this year, and Josh and Michael's ASCO Odyssey needed two episodes to fit it all in. Join them as they board the Nautilus with Captain Nemo in search of the best trials to propel bladder and renal cancer to the forefront of your mind. This episode covers both the use of perioperative sacituzumab govitecan, avelumab as neoadjuvant therapy for bladder cancer and camrelizumab for previously treated advanced adrenocortical carcinoma. Not to be forgotten, they explore a biomarker analysis of the CLEAR trial to see whether any treasure is to be found...


    Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required)

    SURE 01/02: Link

    AURA: Link

    CLEAR biomarker analysis: Link

    Camrelizumab plus apatinib for previously treated advanced adrenocortical carcinoma: A single-arm, open-label, phase 2 trial: Link


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • Unbeknownst to Josh, we are already at Day 5 of our ASCO Odyssey, and like Odysseus arriving at Circe's island of Aeaea, we have arrived at the episode devoted to early Breast Cancer. Today we examine four very interesting studies, looking at alternative immunotherapy strategies with adjuvant avelumab, adjuvant endocrine therapy omission in low-ER positive disease, ctDNA in predicting disease recurrence, and a study that aims to change the very bedrock of breast cancer classification. Lots to discuss, deconstruct and debate on today's episode!


    Links to studies discussed (subscription may be required):

    A-BRAVE: Link

    Adjuvant ET omission in ER-low patients: Link

    Prognostic utility of ctDNA detection in the monarchE trial of adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy (ET) in HR+, HER2-, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (EBC): Link

    Rates of pathologic complete response (pCR) after datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato) plus durvalumab (Durva) in the neoadjuvant setting: Results from the I-SPY2.2 trial: Link


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • Today, Michael and Josh approach a singular destiny to present their take on Metastatic Breast Cancer at ASCO 2024. Long has Breast Cancer been one of the most diagnosed cancers globally; these days, it leads the herd with effective treatment options and paradigm shifts that benefit millions of people on a massive scale. With CDK4/6 inhibitors, immunotherapy and antibody-drug conjugates, the arsenal of effective treatment tools continues to grow! Nothing excites an oncologist more than a good randomised phase 3 international study. Today, they present the following:


    Links to studies discussed (subscription may be required):

    Destiny-Breast06: Link

    postMONARCH: Link

    INAVO120: Link

    OptiTROP-Breast01: Link


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    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • Day 3 of Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind's ASCO Odyssey and our hosts show no sign of flagging under this immense pressure, although Josh has started to give up on his famous segues. In this episode, our intrepid hosts tackle gynaecological cancers, reporting on four of their favourite studies from a packed field of gynaecological cancers. Will new treatment options for cervical cancer emerge? Will the sugical approach to recurrent ovarian cancer change? Is there still a place for single agent olaparib in the management of ovarian cancers? Listen on to find out.


    Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    Nimotuzumab plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma: The randomized, phase 3 CC3 study: Link

    AXLerate-OC/GOG-3059/ENGOT OV-66: Results of a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo/paclitaxel-controlled study of batiraxcept (AVB-S6-500) in combination with paclitaxel in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer: Link

    Secondary cytoreduction followed by chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer (SOC-1): A final overall survival analysis of a multicenter, open-label, randomized, phase 3 trial: Link

    Oral cyclophosphamide plus bevacizumab in recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer: Link


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    Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind is recorded with the support of education grants from Pfizer, Gilead Pharmaceuticals and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Our partners have no editorial rights or early previews, and they have access to the episode at the same time you do.


    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • As the sun rises on another day at ASCO, Michael and Josh are ready to hit the ground running to bring you the latest and greatest in all things oncology in Chicago has to offer. No greek mythology today, only a burning desire to bring you the biggest melanoma trials from ASCO24. Today, they pack a punch, tackling some intriguing phase 1 trials with tongue-twisting names where the novelty wears off pretty quickly!


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    RELATIVITY-048: link

    SX-682: link

    PIVOTAL: link

    BRENETAFUSP: link


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  • "Tell me, Muse, the story of that resourceful man who was driven to wander far and wide after he had sacked Troy. He saw the cities of many people and he learnt their ways. Tell us this story, goddess daughter of Zeus, beginning at whatever point you will." So begins Homer's epic The Odyssey, the story of the titular hero Odysseus' long, long, LONG journey from the ruins of Troy to his home of Ithaca. Just as Odysseus set out from Troy, so do Michael and Josh begin an "odyssey" of their own. The American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2024 meeting is in full swing, bringing a veritable Charybdis of content into the world of medical oncology. The starting point for this epic journey is updates to non-small cell lung cancer, including a new contender for our hosts' favourite study of all time.


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    EVOKE-1: Link

    ICARUS-LUNG01: Link

    CROWN 5-year update: Link

    HARMONI-A: Link


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    Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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  • With ASCO upon us, Michael and Josh squeeze one more episode of their regular schedule to bring you an important update on gastric cancer. For context, the 5 year survival rate for metastatic gastric cancer is 6%, similar to that of pancreatic cancer. Despite improvement in survival due to the addition of nivolumab to chemotherapy (Checkmate 64), few therapies have significantly changed it's overall prognosis.


    This week Michael and Josh explore the addition of a LAG-3 inhibitor (relatlimab) to the SOC nivolumab and chemotherapy to see if gastric cancers fortune may change. Synergistic evidence has been seen in melanoma, but melanoma has a completely different biology.. Michael engages with Keynote-811, the addition of trastuzumab to SOC chemotherapy for hER2 positive metastatic gastric/GOJ cancer. Is this HER2 antibody strong enough to stop this cancers march?


    Tune in today, and for the forseeable future and Josh and Michael go where no podcaster has gone before--->


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    Relativity 060: Link

    Keynote 811: Link


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  • Oncology research never sits still, nor does the desire for better treatment options for metastatic colorectal cancer. Fifty percent of diagnosed cases develop metastatic spread during their disease course. This week, we look for the "SUNLIGHT" and investigate the combination of Lonsurf with Bevacizumab and using Fruquintinib with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    FRESCO-2: Link

    SUNLIGHT: Link


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  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most prevalent cancer in the world and the third or fourth leading cause of death (depending on where you do your research). Over 70% of cases are in Asian countries, predominantly due to high rates of endemic hepatitis infections.


    This week, we climb a mountain in search of treatment options and advancements in this orphan cancer. Two trials are discussed: The first is HIMALAYA comparing durvalumab and tremelimumab versus the old incumbent sorafenib (tyrosine kinase inhibitor). Will immunotherapy take the reigns as the preferred agents? Our second study is Compassion-08, (Michael has an abundance of this). The trial is unique as it involves a first-in-class bispecific antibody targeting PD-1 and CTLA-4 (cadonilimab in combination with lenvatinib).


    Interesting times ahead in the HCC space


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    HIMALAYA: Link

    COMPASSION-08: Link


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  • In many parts of the world, Bevacizumab is an important component of the treatment of glioblastoma, colorectal, hepatocellular and ovarian cancers. However, with such widespread use inevitably comes toxicity. Side effects related to bevacizumab are not your garden-variety chemotherapy side effects, nor are they similar to toxicity from immunotherapy. Rather, they stand apart, unique amongst our systemic therapies.


    In their latest Onconack, Josh and Michael take a look at two of the most commonly described toxicities related to bevacizumab: hypertension and proteinuria. This is sure to be a valuable resource to any oncology trainee blessed (or cursed) with the unit pager!


    Links to useful sources for further reading (subscription may be required):

    Chemotherapy plus bevacizumab as an optimal first-line therapeutic treatment for patients with right-sided metastatic colon cancer: a meta-analysis of first-line clinical trials: Link

    Practical Management of Bevacizumab-Related Toxicities in Glioblastoma: Link

    Incorporation of Bevacizumab in the Primary Treatment of Ovarian Cancer. Link

    Bevacizumab Increases Risk for Severe Proteinuria in Cancer Patients: Link


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  • As many philosophers have noted, life often travels in cycles. Almost two years and more than 100 episodes ago, on a virtual call far far away, two young oncologists started on a journey to bring the latest oncology evidence to anyone with ears and the will to listen. Now, for episode number 101, Josh and Michael return to where it all started: prostate cancer. Much has changed in the (nearly) two years since that episode, and so in this episode, our hosts provide an update on two more recent updates in the prostate cancer space: Michael discusses TALAPRO-2, the latest in a flurry of studies examining patients with homologous-repair-deficient prostate cancer examining enzalutamide and talazoparib. Josh presents a study close to his heart; ENZA-P is an Australian-led study combining novel anti-androgen agents with the even-more-novel radioactive agent Lutetium-PSMA. Both represent the crest of the new wave of targeted prostate cancer treatment, and there are many tidbits to be gobbled up in this, the start of a new 100 episode cycle for Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind!


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    TALAPRO-2: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02704-x

    ENZA-P: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470204524001359?dgcid=coauthor


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  • For 100 episodes, Josh and Michael have brought to your ears the latest and greatest in oncology research and treatment. In this episode, we will take a trip down memory lane, speaking about our journey up to this point, our favourite guests and favourite trials, and give you a glimpse of what the future holds for Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind. If we're honest, we never expected to get this far, and we have you, our wonderful audience to thank for that. We are so grateful for your support, you are the reason we keep coming back every week to record, and we hope to continue to bring you more oncology-related goodness for many more episodes to come!


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  • In this episode, Josh and Michael examine the rapidly developing world of early lung cancer treatment. An area that will hopefully only grow in importance, treatment for early NSCLC is becoming ever more sophisticated, with recent developments in neoadjuvant management and confirmation of the benefit of adjuvant driver-mutation inhibitior treatment. Today's articles cover two such topics: will osimertinib finally reach the pinnacle it was born to reach and be used in the neoadjuvant treatment of EGFR-mutant NSCLC? Will alectinib join its older, more successful cousin in being effective in resected ALK-mutant NSCLC? Listen on to find out, but we'll give you this one for free: if you have a patient with early NSCLC, it is becoming imperative that you test them for these mutations. Truly a fascinating time.


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    NEOS: https://www.lungcancerjournal.info/article/S0169-5002(23)00072-7/fulltext

    ALINA: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2310532


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  • On this very special episode, Josh and Michael welcome Dr Adam Brufsky, a trailblazer in the world of breast cancer treatment and a titan in the frenetic development of breast cancer therapies since the mid-late 90s. Dr Brufsky is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chief of the university's Division of Haematology and Oncology and co-director of its Comprehensive Cancer Centre. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Connecticut's School of Medicine in 1990 and has previously worked at Bringham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His areas of special interest include novel therapeutics and management strategies for breast cancer, bone-breast cancer interactions and therapeutics and molecular biology of metastatic breast cancer. He is a font of knowledge and we are so privileged to welcome Dr Brufsky onto the show.


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  • On today's blessedly brief episode, Josh and Michael give an overview of one of the greatest challenges for any practicing oncologist: the conundrum of cancer in young people. In recent decades, the number and proportion of young patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer has skyrocketed. This trend has been noted in news outlets across the world, reported in sources as disparate as the New York Times and the Australian Broadcasting Company. From the medical to the logistical and emotional, managing a young person with a cancer diagnosis is very difficult. While neither of our intrepid hosts has an answer to this very complex topic, there are a number of nuggets they drop that could help. Listen on for a thought provoking episode of Oncology for the Inquisitive Mind.


    Article discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    "‘More Young People Than Ever Will Get Colorectal Cancer This Year," by Knuvul Sheikh.

    Available from: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/well/colon-cancer-symptoms-treatment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gE0.C_DO.__AnqnMB1F4M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


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    The opinions discussed in this episode are those of the authors and should not be taken for medical advice. They exist to engender discussion, debate and thought.


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  • IN BREAKING NEWS... Or not really, as we are a bit late to the party. But in honour of liposomal irinotecan's recent approval by the Federal Drugs Administration, we thought we would take another look at the NAPOLI-3 trial. The first potentially practice-changing update to the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer arguably in more than a decade, the combination of liposomal irinotecan with 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin proved itself superior (spoiler alert) to the established combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel. Will this practically change practice for our patients? The answer, for Australia at least, is a resounding maybe. Listen on for all the juicy details, and the return of OftiM Newsreader "Walter Fernando-Cronkite."


    Links to articles discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):

    NAPOLI-3: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01366-1/fulltext


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