A new study, published in Nature Communications and led by the University of Minnesota Medical School and Duke University, found that a DNA sequencing test for advanced prostate cancer patients can distinguish between patients with poor and favorable prognoses. The new blood-based test — called AR-ctDETECT — is designed to detect and analyze small fragments of tumor-derived DNA in the blood of certain patients with advanced, metastatic prostate cancer.
A study published in JAMA Network Open underscored the importance of utilizing genetic ancestry beyond self-reported race in prognosticating breast cancer outcomes for Black women and addressing their disproportionately higher mortality rate.
Colorectal cancer screening is an effective tool for catching the disease early when it’s most treatable, yet it is underutilized in patient populations who receive primary care at federally qualified health centers.
Both radiation and temozolomide, a generic chemotherapy treatment in pill form, have meaningful single-modality anti-tumor activity against slow-growing, low-grade gliomas.
Genentech’s phase III SKYSCRAPER-01 study, evaluating tiragolumab combined with Tecentriq (atezolizumab) compared to Tecentriq alone for patients with PD-L1-high, locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, did not reach the primary endpoint of overall survival at the final analysis. The overall safety profile observed remained consistent with longer follow-up, and no new safety signals were identified. The detailed data will be presented at a medical meeting in 2025.
Patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were treated with the novel anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, obecabtagene autoleucel, experienced high response rates and most did not need a subsequent stem cell transplant, according to results from the phase Ib/II FELIX trial co-led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
A study published in the journal Nature reports results of the first-in-human phase I clinical trials of a novel immunotherapy approach for solid tumors expressing glypican-3. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center led the study, which tested chimeric antigen receptor T cells enhanced with the protein interleukin-15.
David B. Weiner, of the Wistar Institute, and his laboratory, created a new therapeutic design for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.
A team at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute completed its first gene therapy for a patient with hemophilia B, the first at an adult medical center in Ohio.
RWE and phase I data support the role of Orserdu for ER+, HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer
The Menarini Group and Stemline Therapeutics will present new and expanded data on Orserdu at the upcoming 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held from Dec. 10-13. The company will bring real-world progression-free survival results of Orserdu in adult patients with ER+/HER2-, advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Additionally, the company will present updated efficacy results of elacestrant plus abemaciclib, along with a pooled safety analysis from phase Ib/2 of both the ELECTRA and ELEVATE trials.
