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Praveen Vikas, MBBS, discusses what is currently known regarding minimal residual disease testing in breast cancer, expanded on what still needs to be done to bring minimal residual disease and ctDNA testing to clinical practice, and highlighted the evolving treatment paradigm for patients with advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Ricardo D. Parrondo, MD, highlights the current use of covalent BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, potential roles for the non-covalent BTK inhibitor pirtobrutinib, and the importance of future research on time-limited treatment options for patients with newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Vitaly Margulis, MD, expands on the factors to consider when treating patients with advanced RCC and how these could help inform the selection of immunotherapy-based combinations in the frontline setting.

Tian Zhang, MD, MHS, details how updated data presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting from trials such as KEYNOTE-426 and CLEAR have showed the sustained efficacy of VEGF plus immunotherapy combinations vs sunitinib in the first-line setting; discusses where the immunotherapy-only combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab fits in the frontline setting; and highlights how data from CONTACT-03 provided key insights on the use of immunotherapy in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma after pr...

S. Alex Mastroyannis, MD, MSCE, discusses the management of gynecologic cancers, such as metastatic or recurrent ovarian and endometrial cancers.

Sneha Phadke, DO, MPH, expands on the investigation of trastuzumab deruxtecan as a possible treatment option for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who have high-risk residual disease following neoadjuvant systemic therapy.

Kari Wisinski, MD, highlights the use of oral selective estrogen receptor degraders and CDK4/6 inhibitors in the treatment of patients with hormome receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, the growing role of antibody-drug conjugates across the breast cancer spectrum, and ongoing research taking place at Carbone Cancer Center.

Hemant S. Murthy, MD, emphasizes the importance of an accelerated manufacturing process for CAR T-cell therapy, discusses the use of CAR T-cell therapy in older and frail patients, and highlights toxicity management strategies that have implemented and are under evaluation for patients receiving CAR T-cell therapy.

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Lubna Chaudhary, MD, MS, discusses the ongoing investigation and utilization of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer and compared this agent’s efficacy with that of trastuzumab emtansine.