Practical Application Corner – Journal Club.

Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

The benefit of the addition of perioperative pembrolizumab to standard care with surgery and adjuvant therapy for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is unclear.

Tumor-Infiltrating Clonal Hematopoiesis

Reveals that clonal hematopoiesis mutations within tumor microenvironments worsen outcomes — uniting hematology and solid tumor biology.

Tarlatamab in Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

DLL3-targeted bispecific T-cell engager delivers the first real survival breakthrough in SCLC in decades — new benchmark for immuno-engagers.

Encorafenib, Cetuximab, and mFOLFOX6 in BRAF-Mutated Colorectal Cancer

Transforms a historically lethal subset into a treatable disease with targeted triplet therapy; establishes new first-line standard.

Nonoperative Management of Mismatch Repair-Deficient Tumors

Immunotherapy replaces surgery for localized dMMR cancers — a paradigm shift proving organ preservation with 100% complete response rate.