FDA has issued a draft guidance document, “Evaluating Cancer Drugs in Patients with Central Nervous System MetastasesExternal Link Disclaimer,” which, if finalized, would provide recommendations to sponsors designing clinical trials of drugs and biological products that are intended to support product labeling describing anti-tumor (preventing or inhibiting the formation or growth of tumors) activity in patients with central nervous system metastases from solid tumors originating outside the CNS.
The American Cancer Society’s 2026 annual statistics report trumpets a symbolic milestone for oncology—for the first time, the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined has reached 70% for people diagnosed between 2015 and 2021 in the U.S.
