{"title":"Prevention and empowerment: cultural influences on prophylactic surgical decisions among BRCA mutation carriers in east Asia","authors":"Teng Qi, Hanqing Zhao","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00340-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00340-7","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927892","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}
Ling-Long Tang, Cheng-Long Huang, Shao-Jun Lin, Quynh-Thu Le, Brian O'Sullivan, Sue S Yom, Shao Hui Huang, Annie W Chan, Nancy Lee, Jian-Ji Pan, Michael Benedict A Mejia, Yong Chan Ahn, Kenneth C W Wong, Lachlan McDowell, Ester Orlandi, Jeppe Friborg, Yu-Pei Chen, Koichi Yasuda, Takeshi Kodaira, Alexander C Whitley, Jun Ma
{"title":"Target volume delineation of the neck for radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: CSTRO, CACA, CSCO, HNCIG, ESTRO, and ASTRO guidelines and contouring atlas","authors":"Ling-Long Tang, Cheng-Long Huang, Shao-Jun Lin, Quynh-Thu Le, Brian O'Sullivan, Sue S Yom, Shao Hui Huang, Annie W Chan, Nancy Lee, Jian-Ji Pan, Michael Benedict A Mejia, Yong Chan Ahn, Kenneth C W Wong, Lachlan McDowell, Ester Orlandi, Jeppe Friborg, Yu-Pei Chen, Koichi Yasuda, Takeshi Kodaira, Alexander C Whitley, Jun Ma","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00327-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00327-4","url":null,"abstract":"The Chinese Society for Therapeutic Radiology Oncology, the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, the Head and Neck Cancer International Group, the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, and the American Society for Radiation Oncology collaboratively developed evidence-based guidelines and a comprehensive contouring atlas for neck target volume delineation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. These guidelines address five key challenges in modern radiotherapy practice: margin design of clinical target volume; nodal target volume delineation after induction chemotherapy; delineation of equivocal nodes evident on imaging; low-risk clinical target volume delineation based on regional stepwise extension patterns; and modifications for anatomical boundaries of lymphatic areas. Developed through a rigorous systematic review and expert appraisal process by a panel of 50 international, multidisciplinary members from 17 countries and regions, these guidelines incorporate the latest advances in nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosis and treatment. They reflect contemporary therapeutic concepts and elaborate on current practice variations. These guidelines aim to standardise global practice, substantially improving consistency and reducing variability in nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy target delineation.","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927900","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 GOLP rush in biliary tract cancer: early promise in the quest for curative surgery","authors":"Dan G Duda, Milind Javle","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00427-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00427-9","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144919023","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":"Conversion therapy of tislelizumab plus lenvatinib and GEMOX in unresectable locally advanced biliary tract cancer (ZSAB-TransGOLP): a multicentre, prospective, phase 2 study","authors":"Guoming Shi, Xiaoyong Huang, Xiaowu Li, Fei Liang, Qiang Gao, Daohan Zhang, Jiacheng Lu, Yuan Ji, Zhiqiang Hu, Yi Chen, Shuangjian Qiu, Yong Yi, Xiaodong Zhu, Huichuan Sun, Yinghong Shi, MinJie Peng, Xiaoying Wang, Cheng Huang, Zhenbin Ding, Yifeng He, Jia Fan","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00376-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00376-6","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>The optimal conversion regimen that allows more patients with unresectable biliary tract cancer to access surgery remains unclear; there is currently no standard conversion therapy for biliary tract cancer in China, with commonly used regimens including immunotherapy-based combinations and local therapy. The ZSAB-TransGOLP study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab plus lenvatinib and GEMOX (gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin) chemotherapy (GOLP) in patients with this disease.<h3>Methods</h3>This single-arm, phase 2 study was conducted at two centres in China. Eligible patients aged 18–70 years with previously untreated locally advanced unresectable biliary tract cancer (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, perihilar bile duct cancer, and gallbladder cancer), and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1, Child–Pugh score of A, and at least 3 months' life expectancy were enrolled. Patients received 200 mg intravenous tislelizumab on day 1 and intravenous GEMOX (0·5 h of 1000 mg/m<sup>2</sup> gemcitabine on days 1 and 8; and 2 h of 85 mg/m<sup>2</sup> oxaliplatin on day 1) in a 21-day cycle for three cycles, and 8 mg oral lenvatinib once daily. Tumour resectability was determined by the multidisciplinary team every 3 cycles of conversion therapy; patients who were ineligible for R0 resection and did not require surgery after six cycles received maintenance therapy with tislelizumab plus lenvatinib at the same dose as used in conversion therapy until completing 1 year of treatment, disease progression, intolerable toxicity, death, consent withdrawal, or investigators' decisions. The primary endpoint was the R0 resection rate. All treated patients were evaluable for safety and primary endpoint. 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>NCT05156788</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 ongoing but closed for recruitment.<h3>Findings</h3>Between Dec 27, 2021 and July 3, 2023, 52 patients were screened, 11 were excluded for ineligiblity, and 41 patients were enrolled and received the GOLP regimen. All patients were Chinese, with median age of 58 years (IQR 54–65); 21 patients (51%) were male and 20 patients (49%) were female. Median duration of GOLP treatment was 3 cycles (IQR 3–6). 28 (68%) of 41 patients underwent surgery. At a median follow-up of 19·5 months (IQR 14·6–25·0) by data cutoff on Jan 20, 2025, the R0 resection rate was 63% (26 of 41 [95% CI 47–78]). All patients had at least one any-grade treatment-related adverse event (TRAE); grade 3–4 TRAEs occurred in 20 (49%) of 4","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144919028","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":"UK cancer research impeded by visa fees for international researchers","authors":"Elizabeth Gourd","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00527-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00527-3","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144919022","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, Félix Guerrero-Ramos, Paul L Crispen, Bernardo Herrera-Imbroda, Rohan Garje, Thomas Powles, Charles C Peyton, Benjamin Pradere, Ja Hyeon Ku, Neal Shore, Martin Bögemann, Mark A Preston, Evanguelos Xylinas, Cristina Sanchez de Llano, Mohamad Hasan, Hind Stitou, Sumeet Bhanvadia, Hussein Sweiti, Sarah P Psutka
{"title":"TAR-200 plus cetrelimab versus cetrelimab monotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who are ineligible for or decline neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy (SunRISe-4): interim analysis of a randomised, open-label phase 2 trial","authors":"Andrea Necchi, Félix Guerrero-Ramos, Paul L Crispen, Bernardo Herrera-Imbroda, Rohan Garje, Thomas Powles, Charles C Peyton, Benjamin Pradere, Ja Hyeon Ku, Neal Shore, Martin Bögemann, Mark A Preston, Evanguelos Xylinas, Cristina Sanchez de Llano, Mohamad Hasan, Hind Stitou, Sumeet Bhanvadia, Hussein Sweiti, Sarah P Psutka","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00358-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00358-4","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Effective treatments are needed for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer scheduled for radical cystectomy who are ineligible for or decline to receive neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy. We aimed to evaluate neoadjuvant TAR-200 plus cetrelimab (anti-PD-1) versus cetrelimab monotherapy in this setting.<h3>Methods</h3>SunRISe-4 is a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial being conducted at 109 investigative centres in ten countries worldwide. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, were newly diagnosed with histologically confirmed muscle-invasive bladder cancer (stage cT2–cT4 N0M0), had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0–1, were scheduled to undergo radical cystectomy, and were deemed ineligible for or declined platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients were randomly assigned (5:3) in blocks of eight using an interactive web response system to receive four cycles of intravesical TAR-200 (225 mg gemcitabine) plus intravenous cetrelimab (360 mg) every 21 days or four cycles of intravenous cetrelimab (360 mg) monotherapy every 21 days. Randomisation was stratified by results of transurethral resection of bladder tumour (visibly complete <em>vs</em> incomplete and ≤3 cm) and tumour stage (cT2 <em>vs</em> cT3–4a at initial diagnosis). The primary endpoint was centrally confirmed pathological complete response in the efficacy-evaluable set. As this was a prespecified interim analysis and all patients had not completed treatment, efficacy-evaluable set was defined as all patients who had radical cystectomy or progressive disease or death before radical cystectomy. Safety was analysed in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug. This 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>NCT04919512</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 ongoing.<h3>Findings</h3>From July 7, 2022, to May 31, 2024, 196 patients were assessed for eligibility and 122 were randomly assigned (TAR-200 plus cetrelimab n=80, cetrelimab monotherapy n=42). 120 patients received at least one dose of study drug. Mean age was 70·7 years (SD 7·9); 102 (85%) participants were male, 18 (15%) were female, 81 (68%) were White, 28 (23%) were Asian, and 11 (9%) were other races. In the efficacy-evaluable set (TAR-200 plus cetrelimab n=53, cetrelimab monotherapy n=31), at a median follow up of 23·5 weeks (IQR 8·6–42·0), pathological complete response rates were 42% (22 of 53 patients; 95% CI 28–56) in the TAR-200 plus cetrelimab cohort and 23% (seven of 31 patients; 10–41) in the cetrelimab monotherapy co","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910850","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":"Experts warn cuts to mRNA contracts and Medicaid will hit cancer care and research","authors":"Sharmila Devi","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00518-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00518-2","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144899152","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":"Australia invests in cancer research grants led by First Nations communities","authors":"Manjulika Das","doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00519-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00519-4","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22865,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Oncology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144899151","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}