{"title":"Sentinel lymph node procedure in the era of new melanoma therapies","authors":"Simone Ribero, Pietro Quaglino","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00063-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00063-x","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"23 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147359531","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":"Beyond regional boundaries: crucial gaps in global breast cancer burden estimates","authors":"Yeon Hee Park","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00015-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00015-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"44 1","pages":"270-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147360229","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}
Linde van den Hoek, Mark Burgmans, Thaïs Tong, Jelle Goeman, Frank Speetjens, Stephanie Zunder, Arian van Erkel, Rutger van der Meer, Carla van Rijswijk, Jacob Lutjeboer, Dominique Koolhaas, Mare Jonker-Bos, Inge Roozen, Sabine Kropff, Els van Persijn van Meerten, Remco Zoethout, Elske Sitsen, Hendrik Helmerhorst, Fred Tijl, Christian Blank, Ellen Kapiteijn
{"title":"Percutaneous hepatic perfusion combined with ipilimumab and nivolumab for metastatic uveal melanoma (CHOPIN): a single-centre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial","authors":"Linde van den Hoek, Mark Burgmans, Thaïs Tong, Jelle Goeman, Frank Speetjens, Stephanie Zunder, Arian van Erkel, Rutger van der Meer, Carla van Rijswijk, Jacob Lutjeboer, Dominique Koolhaas, Mare Jonker-Bos, Inge Roozen, Sabine Kropff, Els van Persijn van Meerten, Remco Zoethout, Elske Sitsen, Hendrik Helmerhorst, Fred Tijl, Christian Blank, Ellen Kapiteijn","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00720-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00720-x","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Percutaneous hepatic perfusion can lead to meaningful hepatic tumour control in metastatic uveal melanoma, but its benefit is confined to liver metastases and does not address extrahepatic disease. Immune checkpoint inhibitors ipilimumab and nivolumab show limited activity in uveal melanoma, although retrospective studies suggest improved outcomes when combined with liver-directed therapies. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combining percutaneous hepatic perfusion with ipilimumab and nivolumab.<h3>Methods</h3>In this investigator-initiated, single-centre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial, adults aged 18–80 years with unresectable liver-only or liver-dominant metastatic uveal melanoma, WHO performance status 0–1, and with no previous systemic therapy were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive percutaneous hepatic perfusion alone (perfusion group) or percutaneous hepatic perfusion combined with ipilimumab plus nivolumab (combination group). Two perfusions with melphalan (3 mg/kg; maximum 220 mg) were scheduled in weeks 1 and 7. The combination group also received intravenous ipilimumab (1 mg/kg) and nivolumab (3 mg/kg) once every 3 weeks in weeks 0, 3, 6, and 9 without maintenance therapy. The primary endpoint, 1-year progression-free survival, was analysed in the intention-to-treat population; the safety analysis included all treated patients and was prospectively collected and graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0. The trial is 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>NCT04283890</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>) and EudraCT (2018-004248-49) and is ongoing but no longer enrolling.<h3>Findings</h3>Between Dec 10, 2020, and Nov 15, 2024, 80 patients were screened, of whom 76 were eligible and assigned to the combination group (n=38) or perfusion group (n=38), including 49 (64%) men and 27 (36%) women. Median follow-up was 24·9 months (IQR 15·4–36·0). 1-year progression-free survival was 54·7% (95% CI 36·8–69·5) with combination therapy versus 15·8% (5·8–30·1) with perfusion alone (adjusted hazard ratio 0·34 [95% CI 0·19–0·60]; p=0·0002). Grade 3–4 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 31 (82%) of 38 patients with combination therapy compared to 15 (41%) of 37 patients with perfusion alone, due to both a higher incidence of severe perfusion-related events and immunotherapy-related adverse events. The most common grade 3–4 adverse events were thrombocytopenia (13 [34%] in the combination group <em>vs</em> five [14%] in the perfusion group), leukopenia (ten [26%] <e","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"16 1","pages":"372-382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147360230","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":"England's National Cancer Plan: hollow promises?","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00077-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00077-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"8 1","pages":"269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147359532","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}
Andrea Necchi, Brigida A Maiorano, Joep J de Jong, James A Proudfoot, Giuseppe Basile, Antonio Cigliola, Chiara Mercinelli, Valentina Tateo, Michela Piacentini, Giovanni Pastorino, Gaia Latini, Enrico Tomasi, Elai Davicioni, Marco Moschini, Giorgio Brembilla, Maurizio Colecchia, Francesco de Cobelli, Alberto Briganti, Jeffrey S Ross, Dean C Pavlick, Francesco Montorsi
{"title":"Neoadjuvant sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab, followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab, in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (SURE-02): a single-arm, phase 2 study","authors":"Andrea Necchi, Brigida A Maiorano, Joep J de Jong, James A Proudfoot, Giuseppe Basile, Antonio Cigliola, Chiara Mercinelli, Valentina Tateo, Michela Piacentini, Giovanni Pastorino, Gaia Latini, Enrico Tomasi, Elai Davicioni, Marco Moschini, Giorgio Brembilla, Maurizio Colecchia, Francesco de Cobelli, Alberto Briganti, Jeffrey S Ross, Dean C Pavlick, Francesco Montorsi","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00050-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00050-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Standard-of-care treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is radical cystectomy with neoadjuvant chemotherapy; however, approximately 50% of patients are ineligible for or refuse neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab and sacituzumab govitecan have shown activity as monotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. We aimed to evaluate the clinical activity of neoadjuvant sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab and adjuvant pembrolizumab, within a bladder-sparing approach.<h3>Methods</h3>SURE-02 is a single-arm, phase 2 study, conducted at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0–1, were newly diagnosed with histologically confirmed muscle-invasive bladder cancer (stage cT2–T3bN0M0), were deemed ineligible for or declined cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and were scheduled for radical cystectomy. Patients received four cycles of intravenous pembrolizumab 200 mg on day 1 and intravenous sacituzumab govitecan 7·5 mg/kg on day 1 and day 8, every 3 weeks, followed by radical cystectomy or redo-transurethral resection of the bladder tumour (re-TURBT; after multidisciplinary tumour board discussion in patients who refused to undergo radical cystectomy) and 13 cycles of postsurgical pembrolizumab 200 mg, every 3 weeks. The primary endpoint was the clinical complete response rate, defined as negative imaging and no viable tumour at re-TURBT in patients not undergoing radical cystectomy. Efficacy was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of study treatment and had a baseline evaluation (intention-to-treat population). This study is 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>NCT05535218</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>, and is active but not recruiting.<h3>Findings</h3>Between Oct 2, 2023, and Feb 26, 2025, 63 patients were screened, 49 patients (median age 66 years [IQR 61–71]; eight [16%] female and 41 [84%] male; 48 [98%] White and one [2%] Black) were enrolled, treated, and evaluated for safety and efficacy. 33 (67%) had a cT2 stage, 21 (43%) had a centrally confirmed variant histology. After a median follow-up of 14 months (IQR 8–18), 19 (39% [95% CI 25–54]) patients had a clinical complete response; all of whom underwent a re-TURBT. All patients with clinical complete response were metastasis-free; two patients developed an intravesical relapse. Grade 3 treatment-related adverse-events occurred in eight patients (16%), the most common being diarrhoea (in four [8%]). There were n","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147319980","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":"Jordan launches new national cancer strategy","authors":"Karl Gruber","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00109-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00109-9","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147292602","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}