<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel> <title>ESMO News</title><link>https://www.esmo.org/</link><description>The latest news from ESMO</description><language>en-GB</language><managingEditor>noreply@esmo.org</managingEditor><pubDate>143, 23 May 2026 14:05:82 +00:00</pubDate><lastBuildDate>143, 23 May 2026 14:05:82 +00:00</lastBuildDate>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>Metastasis-Directed Therapy for Oligometastatic Solid Tumours in Histology-Specific Context</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/metastasis-directed-therapy-for-oligometastatic-solid-tumours-in-histology-specific-context</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the EXTEND study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">166e143b-963d-44c0-af3d-5b43c9c53454</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>EMA Recommends Granting a Marketing Authorisation for Generic Palbociclib</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/ema-recommends-granting-a-marketing-authorisation-for-generic-palbociclib</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Palbociclib Viatris is a generic of Ibrance which has been authorised in the EU since 2016&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">069aca7a-410b-4bc5-8eb6-de7c00cee9af</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>ctDNA Testing After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radical Cystectomy Predicts Recurrence Risk in Patients with MIBC</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/ctdna-testing-after-neoadjuvant-chemotherapy-and-radical-cystectomy-predicts-recurrence-risk-in-patients-with-mibc</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the TOMBOLA study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">e06b1f7c-95dd-434b-a5a2-7cab15c23731</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>FDA Approves Zenocutuzumab-zbco for Advanced, Unresectable or Metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/fda-approves-zenocutuzumab-zbco-for-advanced-unresectable-or-metastatic-cholangiocarcinoma</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Evidence for safety and efficacy is based on the findings from the eNRGy study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">629f0677-905e-4ed1-b551-cdd680ff06bd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>Low-Dose Pembrolizumab with Dose-Dense Chemotherapy Increases pCR as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Localised TNBC</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/low-dose-pembrolizumab-with-dose-dense-chemotherapy-increases-pcr-as-neoadjuvant-treatment-for-localised-tnbc</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the PLANeT study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">c9bac0a4-c8c7-40f4-84d0-f1ff592ffba3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Policy News</category> <title>ESMO Advocates for Equal Access to Optimal Cancer Care for all Patients with Cancer at the 79th World Health Assembly</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/policy-news/esmo-advocates-for-equal-access-to-optimal-cancer-care-for-all-patients-with-cancer-at-the-79th-world-health-assembly</link><description>&lt;p&gt;As a ‘Non-State actor in official relations with World Health Organization (WHO)’, ESMO will deliver statements at the 79&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;World Health Assembly (WHA79) in Geneva, 18.-23. May 2026.&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">9780032f-7758-444f-923e-517b0e339867</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Guide for Patients</category> <title>Additional Translations of the ESMO Patient Guides Now Available in the Croatian</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/guides-for-patients-news/additional-translations-of-the-esmo-patient-guides-now-available-in-the-croatian</link><description>&lt;p&gt;ESMO would like to thank the IGET for providing new translations of the Patient Guides in the Croatian language in collaboration with CORN&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">2c56f3ac-b957-46cf-b21f-dda3a3157ce9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 08:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>Adding Retifanlimab To Chemotherapy Provides OS Benefit over Chemotherapy In First-Line Treatment of Patients with Advanced Squamous Anal Cancer</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/adding-retifanlimab-to-chemotherapy-provides-os-benefit-over-chemotherapy-in-first-line-treatment-of-patients-with-advanced-squamous-anal-cancer</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the final overall survival analysis in the POD1UM-303/InterAACT-2 study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">6f5475e1-7d2d-4451-9e94-4e92cf3c6c43</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>EMA Recommends Extension of Indications for Nivolumab</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/ema-recommends-extension-of-indications-for-nivolumab</link><description>&lt;p&gt;New indication concerns a combination with AVD chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of adults and adolescents with previously untreated Stage III or IV cHL&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">f2625e44-e79d-4622-9264-5bc80bf18b50</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>Daraxonrasib Shows Antitumour Activity Among Patients with Previously Treated RAS-mutated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/daraxonrasib-shows-antitumour-activity-among-patients-with-previously-treated-ras-mutated-pancreatic-ductal-adenocarcinoma</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the RMC-6236-001 study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">26d61baa-53ed-4486-94f6-f03f8cf5d554</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>FDA Approves Vepdegestrant for ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/fda-approves-vepdegestrant-for-er-positive-her2-negative-esr1-mutated-advanced-or-metastatic-breast-cancer</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Evidence for efficacy is based on the results from the VERITAC-2 study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">364a65ae-cc7b-418d-bff4-dc42fa10d74a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Policy News</category> <title>Aiming to support a robust regulatory ecosystem for driving cancer research in Europe, ESMO provides feedback to the public consultation on dataset descriptions under the European Health Data Space (EHDS)</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/policy-news/aiming-to-support-a-robust-regulatory-ecosystem-for-driving-cancer-research-in-europe-esmo-provides-feedback-to-the-public-consultation-on-dataset-descriptions-under-the-european-health-data-space-ehds</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Facilitating the re-use of existing electronic health data for scientific research under the EHDS holds enormous potential to enable cross-border cancer research projects, drive therapeutic innovation in oncology, and ultimately support the development of promising new cancer therapies.&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">d9976b51-65b2-424d-8302-dc777a01a89c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>A Subgroup of Patients with a Very Poor Prognosis Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Linked to TP53 Alterations</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/a-subgroup-of-patients-with-a-very-poor-prognosis-diffuse-intrinsic-pontine-glioma-linked-to-tp53-alterations</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the BIOMEDE study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">ee86791a-1b59-486a-9499-e657e6239ed3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>A Single Colonoscopy Reduces CRC Risk, but Not CRC Mortality</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/a-single-colonoscopy-reduces-crc-risk-but-not-crc-mortality</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Findings from the NordiCC study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">fc593d39-aab3-4764-b9a7-53f7a332ccc1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>EMA Adopts a Positive Opinion for a New Route of Administration Together with a New Pharmaceutical Form and a New Strength for Isatuximab</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/ema-adopts-a-positive-opinion-for-a-new-route-of-administration-together-with-a-new-pharmaceutical-form-and-a-new-strength-for-isatuximab</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It is a cancer medicine used to treat adult patients with multiple myeloma&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">a8f4fef6-7d85-4513-82c8-5098ccd31bbc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>Taletrectinib Demonstrates Durable Long-Term Efficacy in Both TKI-naïve and Crizotinib-pretreated Patients with Advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/taletrectinib-demonstrates-durable-long-term-efficacy-in-both-tki-naive-and-crizotinib-pretreated-patients-with-advanced-ros1-positive-nsclc</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Updated efficacy and safety results from the TRUST-I study&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">b698b471-9ffb-4954-aa06-7f8b827fbd13</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>ESMO Breast Cancer 2026 Press Release</category> <title>National Study Examines Genetic Testing to Inform Follow-up Care for Cancer Survivors</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/press-releases/national-study-examines-genetic-testing-to-inform-follow-up-care-for-cancer-survivors</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with cancer are still alive today but were never genetically tested, either because testing was not available or was not routinely offered at the time of their diagnosis&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">e91310bc-4c35-43a3-b17c-100422ce2f7b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>EMA Recommends Extension of Indications for Dabrafenib and Trametinib</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/ema-recommends-extension-of-indications-for-dabrafenib-and-trametinib</link><description>&lt;p&gt;New indications concern the treatment of adolescents from 12 years of age with melanoma and treatment of adult patients with differentiated thyroid cancer&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">285c028b-28b3-49de-b98e-b258a04b61e9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Oncology News</category> <title>Incorporating sTILs Into PREDICT Substantially Improves the Model’s Ability to Distinguish High- and Low-Risk Patients with TNBC</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/oncology-news/incorporating-stils-into-predict-substantially-improves-the-model-s-ability-to-distinguish-high-and-low-risk-patients-with-tnbc</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Building the PREDICT_sTILs prognostication model&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">959ecf4f-e24d-4fcd-928f-df83a6d47b64</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
<item> <category>Society Updates</category> <title>ESMO–ESTRO Joint Consensus Papers Address the Safety of Combining Radiotherapy with Targeted Cancer Therapies and Immunotherapy</title> <link>https://www.esmo.org/society-updates/esmo-estro-joint-consensus-papers-address-the-safety-of-combining-radiotherapy-with-targeted-cancer-therapies-and-immunotherapy</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Modern oncology represents a rapidly evolving and increasingly complex field, with a growing reliance on combination treatment strategies that bring together systemic and local approaches&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>noreply@esmo.org</author><guid isPermaLink="false">f26e6648-4421-433e-a91a-e825e3b51f5e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:05:00 +00:00</pubDate></item>
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