{"title":"Proposed US bill to reform Medicare payments for radiotherapy","authors":"Karl Gruber","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00162-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00162-7","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665860","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":"Rwanda makes great strides in cancer control and treatment","authors":"Talha Burki","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00163-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00163-9","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"214 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665858","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":"Thousands in the UK miss cancer screenings due to NHS error","authors":"Priya Venkatesan","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00164-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00164-0","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665859","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":"A new war on cancer?","authors":"Mark Lawler, Richard Sullivan","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00134-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00134-2","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653526","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":"Non-surgical approach to operable oesophageal cancer: is it prime time yet?","authors":"Somnath Mukherjee","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00072-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00072-5","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143640559","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}
Thomas Powles, Toni K Choueiri, Laurence Albiges, Katriina Peltola, Guillermo de Velasco, Mauricio Burotto, Cristina Suarez, Pooja Ghatalia, Roberto Iacovelli, Elaine T Lam, Elena Verzoni, Mahmut Gümüş, Walter M Stadler, Christian Kollmannsberger, Bohuslav Melichar, Balaji Venugopal, Marine Gross-Goupil, Alexandr Poprach, Maria De Santis, Mimma Rizzo, Brian Rini
{"title":"Health-related quality of life with belzutifan versus everolimus for advanced renal cell carcinoma (LITESPARK-005): patient-reported outcomes from a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial","authors":"Thomas Powles, Toni K Choueiri, Laurence Albiges, Katriina Peltola, Guillermo de Velasco, Mauricio Burotto, Cristina Suarez, Pooja Ghatalia, Roberto Iacovelli, Elaine T Lam, Elena Verzoni, Mahmut Gümüş, Walter M Stadler, Christian Kollmannsberger, Bohuslav Melichar, Balaji Venugopal, Marine Gross-Goupil, Alexandr Poprach, Maria De Santis, Mimma Rizzo, Brian Rini","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00032-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00032-4","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>The first-in-class hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α) inhibitor belzutifan is approved for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma previously treated with immune checkpoint and anti-angiogenic therapy based on results of the phase 3 LITESPARK-005 trial. We present patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from LITESPARK-005.<h3>Methods</h3>LITESPARK-005 was an open-label, multicentre, randomised, active-controlled phase 3 trial conducted at 147 hospitals and cancer centres in six regions. Eligible participants were 18 years or older with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, had a Karnofsky Performance Status score of 70% or higher, had measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) version 1.1, had disease progression on or after treatment with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy and a VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitor (in sequence or in combination), and had received no more than three previous systemic lines of therapy. Eligible participants were randomly assigned (1:1) centrally using interactive voice-response and web-response systems to receive either belzutifan 120 mg orally once daily or everolimus 10 mg orally once daily. Randomisation was stratified by International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium prognostic score and number of previous VEGF-targeted or VEGF receptor-targeted therapies. The dual primary outcomes were progression-free survival and overall survival, results of which have been reported previously. In this study, prespecified secondary patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from LITESPARK-005 were assessed using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Cancer Symptom Index: Disease Related Symptoms (FKSI-DRS) and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). The PRO analysis population included all participants who received at least one dose of study therapy and completed at least one PRO assessment. Least-squares mean change from baseline in PROs at week 17 was assessed using a constrained longitudinal data analysis model. Time to deterioration in physical functioning (prespecified) and role functioning (post hoc), as assessed by the EORTC QLQ-C30, were also evaluated in the PRO analysis population. This trial is ongoing, closed to recruitment, and registered with <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>NCT04195750</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>.<h3>Findings</h3>Between March 10, 2020, and Jan 19, 2022, 996 participants were screened for eligibility and 746 participants were randomly assign","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143640548","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}
Berend J van der Wilk, Ben M Eyck, Bas P L Wijnhoven, Sjoerd M Lagarde, Camiel Rosman, Bo J Noordman, Maria J Valkema, Tanya M Bisseling, Peter-Paul L O Coene, Marc J van Det, Jan Willem T Dekker, Jolanda M van Dieren, Michail Doukas, Stijn van Esser, W Edward Fiets, Henk H Hartgrink, Joos Heisterkamp, I Lisanne Holster, Bastiaan Klarenbeek, David van Klaveren, Walther Jansen
{"title":"Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by active surveillance versus standard surgery for oesophageal cancer (SANO trial): a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial","authors":"Berend J van der Wilk, Ben M Eyck, Bas P L Wijnhoven, Sjoerd M Lagarde, Camiel Rosman, Bo J Noordman, Maria J Valkema, Tanya M Bisseling, Peter-Paul L O Coene, Marc J van Det, Jan Willem T Dekker, Jolanda M van Dieren, Michail Doukas, Stijn van Esser, W Edward Fiets, Henk H Hartgrink, Joos Heisterkamp, I Lisanne Holster, Bastiaan Klarenbeek, David van Klaveren, Walther Jansen","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00027-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00027-0","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>A substantial proportion of individuals with oesophageal cancer have a pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and oesophagectomy. We aimed to investigate whether active surveillance could be an alternative for individuals with a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.<h3>Methods</h3>We performed a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial in 12 Dutch hospitals. Individuals with locally advanced oesophageal cancer and a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (ie, no tumour detected with endoscopic biopsies, ultrasound, and PET-CT) underwent active surveillance or standard surgery (ie, oesophagectomy within 2 weeks after reaching clinical complete response). There were no inclusion restrictions regarding comorbidities or performance status, but participants had carcinoma, were age 18 years or older, and were treated with curative intent. Randomisation of hospitals was performed using computer-generated sequences without stratification methods, after an initial phase of all hospitals performing standard surgery. The primary endpoint was overall survival, analysed according to a modified intention-to-treat principle (allowing crossover at time of clinical complete response) and an intention-to-treat principle. Non-inferiority was defined as 2-year survival rate for active surveillance of 15% or less below that for standard surgery. The trial was registered within the Netherlands Trial Register, NTR-6803, and the inclusion phase has been completed.<h3>Findings</h3>Between Nov 8, 2017, and Jan 17, 2021, 1115 individuals were screened, of whom 309 were included. 198 underwent active surveillance and 111 underwent standard surgery. 242 (78%) participants were male and 67 (22%) were female. Median follow-up was 38 months (IQR 32–48). 2-year overall survival for active surveillance (74% [95% CI 69–78]) was non-inferior to standard surgery (71% [62–78]) after modified intention-to-treat analysis (one-sided 95% boundary: 7% lower). It remained non-inferior in the intention-to-treat analysis (75% [68–80] <em>vs</em> 70% [63–77], one-sided 95% boundary: 6% lower). There were no significant differences in overall survival according to modified intention-to-treat analysis (hazard ratio 1·14, two-sided 95% CI 0·74–1·78) or intention-to-treat analysis (0·83, 0·53–1·31). The frequency of postoperative complications and postoperative mortality after standard surgery or postponed surgery after active surveillance was similar between groups.<h3>Interpretation</h3>Overall survival after active surveillance for oesophageal cancer was non-inferior compared with standard surgery after 2 years. For the long-term efficacy of active surveillance, extended follow-up is required. The results of the present trial could be used for patient counselling and shared decision making.<h3>Funding</h3>Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) and Netherlands Organisation ","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143640558","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}
Amar U Kishan, Yilun Sun, Alison C Tree, Emma Hall, David Dearnaley, Charles N Catton, Himanshu R Lukka, Gregory Pond, W Robert Lee, Howard M Sandler, Felix Y Feng, Paul L Nguyen, Luca Incrocci, Wilma Heemsbergen, Floris J Pos, Eric Horwitz, Jessica Karen Wong, Karen E Hoffman, Comron Hassanzadeh, Deborah A Kuban, Daniel E Spratt
{"title":"Hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer (HYDRA): an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials in the MARCAP consortium","authors":"Amar U Kishan, Yilun Sun, Alison C Tree, Emma Hall, David Dearnaley, Charles N Catton, Himanshu R Lukka, Gregory Pond, W Robert Lee, Howard M Sandler, Felix Y Feng, Paul L Nguyen, Luca Incrocci, Wilma Heemsbergen, Floris J Pos, Eric Horwitz, Jessica Karen Wong, Karen E Hoffman, Comron Hassanzadeh, Deborah A Kuban, Daniel E Spratt","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00034-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00034-8","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Trials comparing moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHFRT) to conventionally-fractionated radiotherapy (CFRT) for prostate cancer have varied considerably in intent (non-inferiority vs superiority) and MHFRT dose. We compare the efficacy and toxicity profiles of isodose MHFRT and dose-escalated MHFRT.<h3>Methods</h3>This was an individual patient data meta-analysis that identified randomised phase 3 trials of CFRT versus MHFRT that had published individual patient-level data on efficacy and late toxicity. A systematic literature search using MEDLINE, Embase, trial registries, the Web of Science, Scopus, and relevant conference proceedings was initially conducted on Dec 15, 2023, and was re-conducted on Jan 8, 2025. Trials that did not publish efficacy data, did not publish late toxicity data, or did not use modern dose radiotherapy (≥70 Gy in 2 Gy equivalents) in the CFRT group were excluded. <em>Individual patient d</em>ata were provided to MARCAP by study investigators. Three separate meta-analyses were designed to compare efficacy (primary endpoint was progression-free survival), physician-scored late toxicity (co-primary endpoints were late grade 2 or higher genitourinary and late grade 2 or higher gastrointestinal toxic effects), and patient-reported outcomes (co-primary endpoints were clinically-significant decrements in patient-reported urinary or bowel quality of life) between patients receiving CFRT versus MHFRT.<h3>Findings</h3>We identified 1696 records for review. Seven phase 3 trials comparing MHFRT with CFRT were eligible for inclusion in our analysis. Individual patient data were obtained from these seven studies (3454 patients from three trials comparing CFRT with isodose MHFRT and 2426 patients from four trials comparing CFRT with dose-escalated MHFRT). At a median follow-up of 5·4 years (IQR 4·6–7·2) for isodose MHFRT and 7·1 years (5·7–8·4) for dose-escalated MHFRT, no differences in progression-free survival were detected (hazard ratio 0·92, 95% CI 0·81–1·05; p=0·21 and 0·94, 0·82–1·09; p=0·43 respectively). No increased odds of grade 2 or higher genitourinary toxic effects were identified for either isodose (odds ratio [OR] 1·16, 95 CI% 0·86–1·57; p=0·32) or dose-escalated MHFRT (1·20, 0·95–1·51; p=0·13). The odds of grade 2 or higher gastrointestinal toxic effects were significantly higher with dose-escalated (OR 1·48, 95% CI 1·14–1·92; p=0·0035) but not isodose MHFRT (1·30, 0·59–2·87; p=0·51). Isodose MHFRT was not found to show different odds of urinary quality-of-life decrement (OR 1·03, 95% CI 0·51–2·09; p=0·93) or bowel quality-of-life decrement (0·76, 0·40–1·43; p=0·39). Dose-escalated MHFRT was associated with greater odds of bowel quality-of-life decrement (OR 1·68, 95% CI 1·07–2·61; p=0·023), but no evidence of greater urinary quality-of-life decrement was found (1·57, 0·87–2·85; p=0·13).<h3>Interpretation</h3>Isodose MHFRT and dose-escalated MHFRT both have similar efficacy compared with C","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143640636","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":"Moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer in an era of SBRT and focal boosting","authors":"Gert De Meerleer, Kato Rans","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00078-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00078-6","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143640547","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}