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Six-year OlympiA data sustain the adjuvant olaparib survival benefit in BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative early breast cancer

Evidence stage: High-Certainty EvidenceRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Breast Cancer
Published
August 13, 2026

In the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled OlympiA trial, one year of adjuvant olaparib significantly improved invasive disease-free survival (primary publication) and, in a later analysis, significantly improved overall survival as well…

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FDA approves perioperative pembrolizumab for head and neck cancer — the first approval for this cancer in 6 years

Evidence stage: High-Certainty EvidenceRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Head and Neck Cancer
Published
August 13, 2026

In the randomized, open-label, phase 3 KEYNOTE-689 trial, adding pembrolizumab before and after surgery to standard treatment significantly extended event-free survival in patients with resectable, locally advanced, PD-L1-positive head and…

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FDA approves blinatumomab in the consolidation phase of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, regardless of MRD status

Evidence stage: High-Certainty EvidenceRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Leukemia
Published
August 13, 2026

In the randomized, phase 3 ECOG-ACRIN E1910 trial, adding blinatumomab to consolidation chemotherapy significantly extended overall survival compared with chemotherapy alone in adults with MRD-negative B-cell precursor ALL — the…

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FDA approves selpercatinib, the first targeted therapy for young children with RET-altered thyroid cancer

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Thyroid Cancer
Published
August 13, 2026

In the LIBRETTO-121 trial's primary efficacy population of 25 pediatric and young adult patients with RET-altered solid tumors (including RET-altered thyroid cancer) that had not responded to available therapies, selpercatinib…

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FDA approves zolbetuximab for CLDN18.2-positive gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer

Evidence stage: High-Certainty EvidenceRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
Published
August 13, 2026

In two separate, randomized, double-blind, phase 3 trials (SPOTLIGHT and GLOW), adding zolbetuximab to first-line chemotherapy significantly extended both progression-free survival and overall survival, compared with chemotherapy alone, in patients…

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