AstraZeneca and its hematology research and development center of excellence, Acerta Pharma, said the FDA has granted accelerated approval to Calquence (acalabrutinib, previously known as ACP-196), a kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have received at least one prior therapy.
In this week's episode of The Cancer Letter Podcast, editor and publisher Paul Goldberg, and associate editor Jacquelyn Cobb revisit two of last week’s most-read stories: the growing recognition that early-onset colorectal cancer requires a new diagnostic mindset, and the life and legacy of Maura Gillison, the scientist whose discovery that most head and neck cancers are driven by HPV transformed the field.
