Scientists wipe out aggressive brain cancer tumors by targeting cellular “motors”

Rucaparib maintenance therapy demonstrates PFS benefit for HRD-negative and HRD-positive ovarian cancer

First-line rucaparib maintenance treatment provided a progression-free survival benefit vs placebo in newly diagnosed, advanced, high-grade ovarian cancer after front-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

June 27, 2025

Vol.51 No.25

Cancer Policy

FDA halts new clinical trials that export Americans’ cells to foreign labs in hostile countries

FDA has announced that the agency will begin immediately reviewing all new clinical trials that include shipping American citizens’ living cells to “China and other hostile countries for genetic engineering and subsequent infusion” back into American patients.

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

Study of retifanlimab in squamous cell carcinoma meets primary endpoint of PFS

Primary results from the phase III POD1UM-303/InterAACT 2 trial of retifanlimab (Zynyz), a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting programmed death receptor-1, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel (platinum-based chemotherapy) in adult patients with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal cancer who have not been previously treated with systemic chemotherapy, were published in The Lancet.

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Zusduri for intravesical solution in recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC

FDA has approved Zusduri as the first and only FDA-approved medication for adults with recurrent low-grade intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

Cancer Policy

AMA President Bobby Mukkamala, brain cancer survivor, says NIH research saved his life

In November 2024, Bobby Mukkamala was giving a routine talk to a group of physicians and medical students when his language suddenly became garbled. For a minute or two, he stopped making any sense.

S2302 Pragmatica-Lung reports out as model for faster, leaner, more representative trials

The SWOG S2302 Pragmatica-Lung trial, which broke new ground with its streamlined pragmatic design, unusually broad eligibility criteria, and reduced data collection, has quickly answered its primary question, finding that the investigational combination it tested did not significantly extend overall survival compared to standard of care treatments.

June 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.22

Scientists wipe out aggressive brain cancer tumors by targeting cellular “motors”

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