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Perspectives

This section features opinion pieces, reflections, and expert commentary on timely or overlooked issues in cancer care, research, and the oncology workforce.

Relapsed and Refractory DLBCL in 2026: More Options Than Ever, and Three Questions That Actually Matter
Research · Perspectives

Relapsed and Refractory DLBCL in 2026: More Options Than Ever, and Three Questions That Actually Matter

By Timothy Fenske, MD

Four of the five randomized R/R DLBCL trials showing overall survival benefit have come in the last four years. Dr. Timothy Fenske maps the 2026 options and the three questions that actually guide treatment selection.

Daraxonrasib and the RASolute 302 Trial: A Paradigm Shift in the RAS Targeting Era and Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Research · Perspectives

Daraxonrasib and the RASolute 302 Trial: A Paradigm Shift in the RAS Targeting Era and Management of Pancreatic Cancer

By Meghana Singh, MD; Ibrahim Halil Sahin, MD

For the first time, a targeted therapy has doubled overall survival in second-line metastatic pancreatic cancer. Two oncologists break down the RASolute 302 trial and what daraxonrasib means for the field.

Multiple Myeloma in 2026: Redefining the Possible — From Three-Year Median Survival to the Threshold of Cure
Research · Perspectives

Multiple Myeloma in 2026: Redefining the Possible — From Three-Year Median Survival to the Threshold of Cure

By Shaji K. Kumar, MD

Median survival in multiple myeloma has grown from three years to potentially fifteen. Dr. Shaji Kumar maps the 2026 treatment landscape — from quadruplet induction to immunotherapy in first relapse and the threshold of cure.

ASCO 2026: Sima Ehsani Chimeh, MD, on the VIKTORIA-1 Trial in HR+/HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer
Research · Perspectives

ASCO 2026: Sima Ehsani Chimeh, MD, on the VIKTORIA-1 Trial in HR+/HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

By The Cancer News Team

VIKTORIA-1 data show gedatolisib roughly doubled PFS versus alpelisib in PIK3CA-mutant HR+/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer — with a more favorable tolerability profile. An expert breaks down the findings.

CAR-T's Real Toxicity Is Delay
Health Equity · Health Policy · Perspectives

CAR-T's Real Toxicity Is Delay

By Carolina Escobar, MD

CAR-T physician training centers on managing key toxicities: CRS (fever, hypotension, organ dysfunction) and ICANS (confusion, tremors, seizures).

ASCO 2026: Expert Commentary on the SUCCESSOR-2 Trial in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Perspectives · Research

ASCO 2026: Expert Commentary on the SUCCESSOR-2 Trial in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

By The Cancer News Team

SUCCESSOR-2 extended median PFS to 18 months with mezigdomide plus carfilzomib and dexamethasone in relapsed/refractory myeloma. An expert weighs in on what the phase 3 results mean for community practice.

ASCO 2026: Sunvozertinib and Selpercatinib Move the Needle in Molecularly Defined Lung Cancer
Perspectives · Research

ASCO 2026: Sunvozertinib and Selpercatinib Move the Needle in Molecularly Defined Lung Cancer

By The Cancer News Team

WU-KONG28 and LIBRETTO-432 delivered practice-changing data at ASCO 2026 for molecularly defined NSCLC. A thoracic oncologist breaks down what sunvozertinib and selpercatinib mean for frontline and adjuvant care.

What Every Oncologist Needs to Know About CAR-T Toxicity
Research · Perspectives

What Every Oncologist Needs to Know About CAR-T Toxicity

By John Mathews, MD

CAR-T toxicity doesn't end at the cancer center — it follows patients home. A community oncologist's guide to recognizing and managing CRS, IEC-HS, ICANS, late infections, and delayed neurotoxicity.

Sarcoma Treatment in 2026: From Gerald Ford’s Drugs to Trabectedin and Pembrolizumab
Perspectives · Research

Sarcoma Treatment in 2026: From Gerald Ford’s Drugs to Trabectedin and Pembrolizumab

By Lee Cranmer, MD/PhD/FACP

The pace of drug approvals has accelerated, and the field is moving, cautiously, away from one-size-fits-all cytotoxic therapy toward biologically informed treatment.

ASCENT-03, ASCENT-04, and Dato-DXd: How ADCs Are Replacing Chemotherapy in Metastatic TNBC
Research · Perspectives

ASCENT-03, ASCENT-04, and Dato-DXd: How ADCs Are Replacing Chemotherapy in Metastatic TNBC

By Vijayakrishna Gadi, PhD, MD

ADCs are now first-line options in metastatic TNBC regardless of PD-L1 status. Dr. VK Gadi breaks down ASCENT-03, ASCENT-04, and Dato-DXd—and what's coming next in a rapidly shifting treatment landscape.

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