For the first time in decades, more people in the Bronx nearby Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center are being diagnosed with stage 1, versus stage 4 lung cancer.Â
A new generation of targeted treatments and gentler chemotherapy options for older adults with a new diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia is driving better survival and cure rates.Â
Substantial delays are taking place across the cancer care pathway in Nepal, with many patients waiting months between first symptoms and treatment, according to an article by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and partners.Â
FDA approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Keytruda Qlex (pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa-pmph) in combination with Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv), as neoadjuvant treatment and then continued after cystectomy as adjuvant treatment, for the treatment of adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy. These approvals represent the first PD-1 inhibitor plus ADC regimens for this patient population.
FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for use of the Vanquish System for prostate tissue ablation. FDA clearance was supported by positive 12-month follow-up data on the first 110 patients enrolled in the company’s ongoing VAPOR 2 clinical study.Â
FDA approved durvalumab with fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel chemotherapy as neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment, followed by single agent durvalumab, for adults with resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
The European Commission has granted approval to Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; liso-cel), a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma after at least two lines of systemic therapy including a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
Xavier Apolinarski (left), vice president of innovation at Université Paris-Saclay, and Eric Durand (right), chief research and technology officer at Owkin at the signing of the deal between Université Paris-Saclay and Owkin.Université Paris-Saclay and Owkin announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential of K Pro Free—Owkin’s AI co-pilot for biology—for use by Université Paris-Saclay.
The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.Â
Two months into his job as CEO of the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Shane Jacobson is still in the drinking-water-from-the-firehose stage of the job.
