{"title":"An old tool for new strategies in advanced prostate cancer","authors":"Gwenaelle Gravis","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00123-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00123-3","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147755107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trump's 2027 budget calls for further cuts to health research","authors":"Sharmila Devi","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00190-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00190-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147719924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alicia K Morgans, Kunhi Parambath Haresh, Mindaugas Jievaltas, David Olmos, Neal D Shore, Egils Vjaters, Nianzeng Xing, Ateesha F Mohamed, Natasha Littleton, Shankar Srinivasan, Frank Verholen, Fred Saad
{"title":"Pain and health-related quality-of-life outcomes with darolutamide in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (ARANOTE): secondary and exploratory analyses of a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial","authors":"Alicia K Morgans, Kunhi Parambath Haresh, Mindaugas Jievaltas, David Olmos, Neal D Shore, Egils Vjaters, Nianzeng Xing, Ateesha F Mohamed, Natasha Littleton, Shankar Srinivasan, Frank Verholen, Fred Saad","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00014-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00014-8","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>In patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), darolutamide significantly improved radiological progression-free survival versus placebo (hazard ratio [HR] 0·54, 95% CI 0·41–0·71) in the phase 3 ARANOTE study. In addition to survival, symptom control and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are important factors in treatment decision making; we therefore report pain, HRQoL, and safety outcomes from the ARANOTE trial.<h3>Methods</h3>ARANOTE is an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial involving men aged 18 years or older, with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0–2 and recurrent or de novo mHSPC, treated at 133 cancer centres in 15 countries. Participants were randomly assigned (2:1) to 600 mg darolutamide or matching placebo orally twice daily, both with investigator's choice of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT; luteinising hormone-releasing hormone agonist or antagonist, or orchiectomy) starting within 12 weeks before randomisation. Randomisation was stratified by presence versus absence of visceral metastases and by previous versus no previous local therapy. Treatment was assigned centrally using an interactive web response system based on a computer-generated permuted block randomisation list with block sizes of six. The investigators, the participants, and the sponsor remained masked to treatment assignment throughout the study. The primary endpoint (reported previously) was radiological progression-free survival. Here, we assessed time to pain progression (≥2-point increase in Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form worst pain score or initiation of opioid for ≥7 days; secondary endpoint) and time to deterioration of overall wellbeing (≥10-point decrease in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Prostate [FACT-P] total score; prespecified exploratory endpoint). Pain and HRQoL outcomes were analysed in the intention to treat population; safety was analysed in all treated patients according to treatment actually received. The trial, registered at <span><span>ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>, <span><span>NCT04736199</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>, is ongoing, but no longer recruiting.<h3>Findings</h3>Between Feb 23, 2021, and June 14, 2022, 669 patients (all male; 376 [56%] White, 209 [31%] Asian, 65 [10%] Black, 19 [3%] other race) were randomly assigned to receive darolutamide (n=446) or placebo (n=223). At the data cutoff date for the primary analysis (June 7, 2024), the median follow-up duration for the analyses presented here was 22·8 months (IQR 12·3–27·4) in the darolutamid","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"32 12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147641879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"European Breast Cancer Conference 2026","authors":"Jamie Prowse","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00173-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00173-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Senators demand explanation for US Preventive Services Task Force halt","authors":"Bryant Furlow","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00171-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00171-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James Whitworth, Valerie Yawen Wang, Daniella Black, Helen Ruth Davies, Andrea Degasperi, Diana Prepelita, Serena Nik-Zainal
{"title":"Interpretation of constitutional cancer predisposition gene variants in 14 765 individuals in the 100 000 Genomes Project cancer arm: a retrospective cohort analysis","authors":"James Whitworth, Valerie Yawen Wang, Daniella Black, Helen Ruth Davies, Andrea Degasperi, Diana Prepelita, Serena Nik-Zainal","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00766-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00766-1","url":null,"abstract":"Cancer predisposition due to constitutional (germline) genetic variants in high-risk or moderate-risk cancer predisposition genes presents clinical opportunities for risk mitigation. Focusing genetic testing only on patients who are most likely to be positive for germline variants might enhance the clinical utility of positive results, but this approach could fail to assess the rate and pattern of such variants in patients with cancer overall. We aimed to assess the frequency and nature of constitutional variants in cancer predisposition genes in patients with cancer in the UK health-care system.","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}