Ingo Mellinghoff named chair of MSK Department of Neurology

MSK and City of Hope researchers develop test using machine learning to help predict immunotherapy response in lymphoma

Researchers with Memorial Sloan Kettering and City of Hope have created a tool that uses machine learning to assess a non-Hodgkin lymphoma patient’s likely response to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy before starting the treatment, according to study results published on April 1 in Nature Medicine.

April 11, 2025

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NK cells complexed with bispecific antibody yield high response rates in lymphoma

A novel cell therapy approach using cord blood-derived natural killer cells pre-complexed with AFM13, or acimtamig, a CD30/CD16A bispecific antibody, was safe and generated strong response rates for patients with refractory CD30-positive lymphomas, according to a new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

April 11, 2025

Clinical Roundup

Pediatric oncology programs lack sufficient psychosocial resources, Nemours Children’s Health study finds

Families facing a childhood cancer diagnosis experience a range of psychological, social, and emotional stressors, from anxiety to financial strain to sibling concerns.

April 11, 2025

Clinical Roundup

UCLA test predicts which prostate cancer patients are most likely to develop long-term side effects from radiation therapy

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have validated a test that can accurately predict which patients with prostate cancer are at higher risk of developing long-lasting urinary side effects after receiving radiation therapy.

April 11, 2025

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Vitrakvi for NTRK gene fusion-positive solid tumors

FDA granted full approval for Vitrakvi (larotrectinib), a first-in-class TRK inhibitor for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase gene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation, are metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity, and have no satisfactory alternative treatments or that have progressed following treatment.

April 11, 2025

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Jobevne, a bevacizumab biosimilar

FDA approved Biocon Biologics Ltd’s Jobevne (bevacizumab-nwgd), a biosimilar bevacizumab for intravenous use. Jobevne, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody used to treat several different types of cancer, is a biosimilar to the reference product Avastin (bevacizumab).

April 11, 2025

Ingo Mellinghoff named chair of MSK Department of Neurology

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