Almost a third of people with advanced pancreatic cancer taking part in an ongoing clinical trial had stable disease…
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
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GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
FDA gives fast track edge to ovarian cancer combo therapy now in testing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track status to a combination of lunresertib and zedoresertib —…
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD), a network of community-based oncology practices across Maryland, has launched…
The European Commission has approved Ipsen’s oral therapy Ojemda (tovorafenib) to treat certain children with…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Mo-Rez shows strong early responses in ovarian, endometrial cancers
In an early clinical trial, people with certain advanced or treatment-resistant gynecological cancers showed strong responses to the experimental…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track status to Opna Bio‘s OPN-6602 as…
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PANCREATIC CANCER
Daraxonrasib may offer new hope in previously treated pancreatic cancer
Most people with previously-treated metastatic pancreatic cancer lived for at least one year after receiving the oral therapy candidate…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to plixorafenib as a potential treatment for adults…