A new targeted cancer drug, DB-1310, is showing early signs of effectiveness in patients with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments, particularly those with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer, according to results from an international clinical trial led by Aaron Lisberg at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
When our hematological malignancy testing pilot project began in Eldoret, Kenya, there seemed to be a mismatch in relation to progress in healthcare. The region, like much of sub-Saharan Africa, had been focusing on combatting infectious diseases such as HIV and malaria—which was much-needed—yet cancer care was under-resourced.
