A nanoparticle can penetrate the blood-brain barrier and may help to treat brain metastases

MD Anderson’s Lauren Averett Byers receives TAMEST O’Donnell Award

Lauren Averett Byers, professor of thoracic/head & neck medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, received the 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology. The award recognizes her fundamental discoveries and contributions to identifying novel therapeutic strategies for small cell lung cancer, which have paved the way for personalized treatments, even in the most highly recalcitrant cancers.

December 13, 2024

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In Brief

UNM’s Julie In awarded $1.9M to study uranium exposure on intestinal lining

Julie In received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the impact of uranium on the cells that line the intestines.

December 13, 2024

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Clinical Roundup

Lynparza demonstrates survival benefit in early breast cancer, phase III trial data show

AstraZeneca and Merckannounced long-term results from the OlympiA phase III trial which showed Lynparza (olaparib) demonstrated sustained, clinically meaningful improvements in overall survival, invasive disease-free survival and distant disease-free survival for people with germline BRCA-mutated HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer.

December 13, 2024

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Clinical Roundup

Imlunestrant improves PFS in breast cancer, phase III data show

Eli Lilly and Co. announced results from the phase III EMBER-3 study of imlunestrant, an investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader, in patients with estrogen receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative advanced breast cancer, whose disease progressed on a prior aromatase inhibitor, with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor.

December 13, 2024

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Clinical Roundup

AI test is equivalent to Oncotype DX at predicting breast cancer recurrence, study shows

COTA Inc., PreciseDx, and Baptist Health South Florida announced study results validating that the artificial intelligence-enabled PreciseBreast test is equivalent to the Oncotype DX test at predicting breast cancer recurrence. The research was presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 13, 2024

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Clinical Roundup

MammaPrint test demonstrates utility in predicting chemotherapy benefit over five years

Agendia Inc. announced it will be presenting new data from the Real-World Data Registry, FLEX, demonstrating MammaPrint’s ability to predict chemotherapy benefit in patients with HR+HER2- early-stage breast cancer. The findings will be presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2024. The MammaPrint test analyzes the 70 most important genes associated with breast cancer recurrence.

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A nanoparticle can penetrate the blood-brain barrier and may help to treat brain metastases

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