Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5563
Evangelia Katsoulakis, Daniel E Spratt
{"title":"Assessing the Risk of Radiation Myelitis in Hypofractionated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy-Tolerance Is in the Eye of the Beholder.","authors":"Evangelia Katsoulakis, Daniel E Spratt","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5563","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"134-135"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5398
Louisa B Goss, Menghan Liu, Yingye Zheng, Boya Guo, David V Conti, Christopher A Haiman, Linda Kachuri, William J Catalona, John S Witte, Daniel W Lin, Lisa F Newcomb, Burcu F Darst
{"title":"Polygenic Risk Score and Upgrading in Patients With Prostate Cancer Receiving Active Surveillance.","authors":"Louisa B Goss, Menghan Liu, Yingye Zheng, Boya Guo, David V Conti, Christopher A Haiman, Linda Kachuri, William J Catalona, John S Witte, Daniel W Lin, Lisa F Newcomb, Burcu F Darst","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5398","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5398","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Active surveillance is the preferred management strategy for patients with low- or favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PCa); however, frequent health care visits can be costly and burdensome to patients. Identifying patients who may benefit from intensive vs passive surveillance could reduce these burdens.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate associations between a polygenic risk score (PRS) and risk of upgrading and other prostate tumor features in patients receiving active surveillance.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This prospective multicenter cohort study across 10 US sites included 1220 patients from the Canary Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS) enrolled from July 2008 to November 2017, with follow-up (median, 5.3 years) through August 2022. Participants were those with clinically localized PCa (cT1-T2) receiving active surveillance. Analyses took place from January 2023 to April 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Multi-ancestry PRS of 451 PCa risk variants (PRS-451) and 400 PCa risk variants (PRS-400) after excluding prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-associated variants.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was PCa upgrading (any Gleason grade increase) vs no upgrading. Secondary outcomes included prostate volume, PSA, PSA density, percentage of biopsy cores with cancer, and Gleason grade group at diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median (IQR) age at diagnosis of the 1220 patients receiving active surveillance was 63 (58-67) years. During follow-up, 470 patients upgraded; the 2- and 5-year risks of upgrading were 17.7% (95% CI, 15.5%-19.9%) and 33.3% (95% CI, 30.5%-36.3%), respectively. Each 1-SD unit increase in PRS-451 was associated with 23% increased hazard of upgrading (95% CI, 1.11-1.35; P < .001), whereas PRS-400 was associated with 27% increased hazard (95% CI, 1.15-1.39; P < .001) at any point in time during follow-up. Except for PSA, associations with remaining outcomes were similar or stronger using PRS-400. Higher PRS-400 was associated with smaller prostate volume, a higher percentage of biopsy cores with cancer, and higher PSA density. A model with clinical risk factors had a C-index of 0.64 (95% CI, 0.62-0.67); adding PRS-400 led to a C-index of 0.65 (95% CI, 0.63-0.68).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this cohort study, among patients receiving active surveillance, high PRS was associated with risk of upgrading and possibly tumor multifocality. Excluding PSA variants from the PRS revealed an association with smaller prostate size, which has been previously associated with more aggressive tumors. Although PRS may inform active surveillance, it is yet to be seen whether they improve clinical decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"168-171"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11843374/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5813
Yasuyuki Shigematsu
{"title":"Immunotherapy Benefit Over Best Supportive Care in Hepatocellular Cancer With Child-Pugh B Dysfunction.","authors":"Yasuyuki Shigematsu","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5813","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5813","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"186-187"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5566
Fabian Falkenbach, Lars Budäus
{"title":"Neoadjuvant Exercise Therapy in Patients With Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Fabian Falkenbach, Lars Budäus","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5566","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5566","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"183-184"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5412
Shyam A Patel, Jay Y Spiegel, Saurabh Dahiya
{"title":"Second Primary Cancer After Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T-Cell Therapy: A Review.","authors":"Shyam A Patel, Jay Y Spiegel, Saurabh Dahiya","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5412","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The commercialization of chimeric antigen receptor-T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has changed the landscape of treatment of hematological cancers. Numerous studies from the early 2000s paved the way for cell-based targeted therapeutics, which have been established as practice-changing therapies in lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma. However, there has been some recent concern about the risk for second primary cancers (SPCs).</p><p><strong>Observations: </strong>Multiple cases of SPCs arising after CAR-T therapy have been reported to the US Food and Drug Administration. Most SPCs have been negative for the chimeric antigen receptor transgene, with rare reports of transgene-positive cancers. This review summarizes the most salient literature on epidemiology and pathobiology of SPCs after CAR-T therapy. Additionally, a discussion is provided on potential mitigation strategies for SPCs after CAR-T therapies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>The results of this review suggest that there are limited data to suggest that inadvertent transgene insertion is associated with SPCs in the post-CAR-T setting. Nonetheless, evidence-based practical solutions and scientific strategies for risk mitigation can be implemented. These include optimization of T-cell manufacturing, application of safer synthetic immunobiology, and implementation of high-fidelity genomic testing, including baseline screening for clonal hematopoiesis. These strategies may inform optimal design of the next generation of CAR-T products that confer minimal risk for SPCs such that the risk-benefit profile remains favorable to proceed with CAR-T administration for eligible patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"174-181"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5497
Charlie A Hamm, Patrick Asbach, Anna Pöhlmann, Ivo G Schoots, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Thomas O Henkel, Manfred Johannsen, Thomas Speck, Alexander D J Baur, Matthias Haas, Federico Collettini, Tobias Penzkofer, Lynn J Savic, Frank Konietschke, Lothar Weißbach, Bernd Hamm, Frank König, Hannes Cash
{"title":"Oncological Safety of MRI-Informed Biopsy Decision-Making in Men With Suspected Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Charlie A Hamm, Patrick Asbach, Anna Pöhlmann, Ivo G Schoots, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Thomas O Henkel, Manfred Johannsen, Thomas Speck, Alexander D J Baur, Matthias Haas, Federico Collettini, Tobias Penzkofer, Lynn J Savic, Frank Konietschke, Lothar Weißbach, Bernd Hamm, Frank König, Hannes Cash","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5497","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5497","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pathway for diagnosing clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa; defined as International Society of Urological Pathology grade group ≥2) uses multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for prostate biopsy (PB) decision-making. However, the intermediate impact on patient outcomes in men with negative MRI results avoiding PB and men with positive MRI results without PCa remains unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the feasibility and safety of a community-based MRI diagnostic strategy in men with suspected PCa using 3-year active monitoring.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This multisite, longitudinal cohort trial took place across 54 community-based urology practices and 2 radiology imaging centers at a referral academic institution in Berlin, Germany. Eligible participants aged 18 to 75 years with clinically suspected PCa were enrolled between September 2016 and December 2017 and monitored for 3 years. Final analysis was reported on December 23, 2023.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Participants underwent 3-T mpMRI. Men with findings suspected to be PCa were recommended for targeted PB (diagnostic phase). Men with negative mpMRI results or positive mpMRI results with benign findings at PB were systematically monitored for 3 years (monitoring phase). Clinical visits were recommended every 6 months.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The total proportion of men avoiding PB and those with csPCa.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 593 men (median [IQR] age, 64 [58-70] years) underwent mpMRI, with 286 (48%) having negative MRI results, 261 (44%) avoiding PB initially, and 242 (41%) avoiding PB over 3 years. csPCa was detected in 161 (27%) men after immediate PB, increasing to 172 (29%) men after 3 years. Seven men with negative MRI results were diagnosed with PCa by immediate PB (including 4 cases of csPCa), while 279 entered monitoring. Three-year monitoring was completed by 233 (84%) men, with 7 diagnoses of csPCa. Of 307 men with positive MRI results, 58 (19%) showed no PCa after immediate PB, of which 41 (71%) completed monitoring and 4 (7%) were diagnosed with csPCa.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this cohort study, men with negative mpMRI results avoiding biopsy were not at elevated risk of csPCa. The study confirms the oncological safety of the prebiopsy MRI strategy of avoiding an immediate PB after negative MRI results when a programmatic safety net is in place.</p>","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"145-153"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11843366/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5810
Calum Polwart
{"title":"Immunotherapy Benefit Over Best Supportive Care in Hepatocellular Cancer With Child-Pugh B Dysfunction.","authors":"Calum Polwart","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5810","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5810","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"186"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5689
{"title":"Change of Article Status to Open Access.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5689","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"80"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11565291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}