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ESMO Media Releases

Event Announcement

Catch Up on Cancer News at ESMO Asia 2016

The ESMO Asia 2016 Congress announces its press programme today. The meeting brings together cancer experts in Singapore, from 16 to 19 December 2016

Best of ESMO 2016 Congress

ESMO 2016 Congress has broken records, not only of attendance, but in terms of the quality science being presented, that will impact the practice of oncology

Sarcoma

Significant Survival Gains from Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for High-risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with an anthracycline plus ifosfamide was associated with significant survival gains in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk or extremities who are at high-risk of recurrence, in an interim analysis that led to the early discontinuation of a trial presented today at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

Genitourinary Cancers

Custirsen Shows no Survival Benefits in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

A phase III randomized controlled trial of custirsen in combination with cabazitaxel/prednisone in patients with previously-treated metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer has shown no significant survival gains compared to cabazitaxel/prednisone alone, according to data presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

Thoracic Malignancies

MEK Inhibition in KRAS-mutant NSCLC Did Not Improve Survival

MEK inhibitor selumetinib in combination with docetaxel does not improve progression free or overall survival in individuals with KRAS-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to data presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

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