Gynecologic oncologists need to reduce oncologic risk, but it's not going to happen without knowing why minimally invasive radical hysterectomies decrease survival of patients with cervical cancer, said Joshua Kesterson, chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Penn State Cancer Institute.
A year after starting his job as NCI director, Ned Sharpless is reviewing the entire spectrum of NCI research in an effort to focus on areas where the institute plays a key role.
The grandson of Italian immigrants, Philip John DiSaia was born on Aug. 14, 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned his Bachelor's in Science at Brown University and his MD at Tufts University.
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The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
FDA has approved Vizimpro (dacomitinib), a kinase inhibitor for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.
FDA has approved Copiktra (duvelisib), an oral inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and the first approved dual inhibitor of PI3K-delta and PI3K-gamma. Copiktra is approved for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma after at least two prior therapies.
FDA has granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product and Fast Track designations for the company's prophylaxis development program for its lead antifungal product candidate, rezafungin for injection.
Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted marketing approval for Blincyto (blinatumomab) for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blincyto was developed in Japan by Amgen Astellas BioPharma K.K., a joint venture between Amgen and Astellas Pharma Inc., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo.
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to Udenyca (formerly CHS-1701), a pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) biosimilar. Udenyca is one of the first pegfilgrastim biosimilars to gain marketing authorization in Europe.
