Immunotherapy extends survival in advanced ovarian cancer: Data
When added to standard care, Imunon’s immunotherapy candidate IMNN-001 extended the average survival for people with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer by more than…
Lindsey Shapiro, PhD, science writer—
Articles by Lindsey Shapiro
Lindsey Shapiro, PhD, science writer —
Articles by Lindsey Shapiro
FDA OKs clinical testing of oral treatment for pancreatic cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Verastem Oncology the green light to start clinical testing of its oral treatment candidate VS-7375…
Tepylute for breast, ovarian cancer launched in US
Tepylute (thiotepa), a chemotherapy medication from Shorla Oncology that was approved last year for treating certain breast and ovarian cancers, has launched in the…
Trial data for 2 Caribou CAR T-cell therapies due this year
Caribou Biosciences is reprioritizing its pipeline to focus on two of its CAR T-cell therapies for blood cancer, including one, CB-011, that’s being developed…
MUC5AC protein could predict pancreatic cancer prognosis: Study
Blood levels of the MUC5AC protein could help predict outcomes in people who have surgery for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), the most common type of…
AML World Awareness Day April 21 to spotlight rare blood cancer
April 21 marks AML World Awareness Day — a global effort to boost recognition of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and raise funds for research…
Proteins could be biomarkers for glioma-related epilepsy: Study
The LY6H and GRM3 proteins could serve as potential biomarkers of glioma-related epilepsy (GRE), according to a study. Among people with gliomas, both proteins…
LAM561 as add-on may delay glioblastoma disease progression
Adding the investigational therapy LAM561 to standard of care treatment may delay disease progression or death in people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma whose tumors exhibit…
Pediatric spinal glioma tumor gene alterations hint at therapeutic target
Tumors in children with aggressive gliomas that formed in the spinal cord all exhibited genetic changes that might be able to be targeted therapeutically,…
Swollen lymph node leads to fallopian tube cancer diagnosis
In a rare case, a woman in China was found to have fallopian tube cancer in her left tube that had spread to lymph nodes…
