Clinical Impact of a Rapid Genetic Testing Model for Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients.

Purpose: Genetic testing may alter clinical management for individuals with metastatic prostate cancer by identifying additional therapies. Traditional counseling models are unlikely to enable time-sensitive therapeutic decision-making. This study aimed to determine the feasibility and clinical impact of an alternative hereditary genetic testing model.

Belzutifan for Renal Cell Carcinoma in von Hippel-Lindau Disease.

Background: Patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease have a high incidence of renal cell carcinoma owing to gene inactivation and constitutive activation of the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF-2α).

Methods: In this phase 2, open-label, single-group trial, we investigated the efficacy and safety of the HIF-2α inhibitor belzutifan (MK-6482, previously called PT2977), administered orally at a dose of 120 mg daily, in patients with renal cell carcinoma associated with VHL disease. The primary end point was objective response (complete or partial response) as measured according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.

Adoptive Cellular Therapy for Solid Tumors.

Cancer immunotherapy tools include antibodies, vaccines, cytokines, oncolytic viruses, bispecific molecules, and cellular therapies. This review will focus on adoptive cellular therapy, which involves the isolation of a patient's own immune cells followed by their ex vivo expansion and reinfusion. The majority of adoptive cellular therapy strategies utilize T cells isolated from tumor or peripheral blood, but may utilize other immune cell subsets.