Treatment with the experimental medication eflornithine in combination with the approved chemotherapy Gleostine (lomustine) may help improve survival in people…
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
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Dosing begins in trial testing Enhertu for ovarian cancer
Dosing has begun in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) as a maintenance treatment for certain people…
Most people with hard-to-treat myeloma were still alive and free from disease progression two years after treatment with anito-cel…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to the experimental medicine CLN-049, which is being…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track status to zotiraciclib (ZTR/TG02) — an oral medication that…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
New therapy DT2216 tackles tough-to-treat ovarian cancer
A new experimental therapy, DT2216, has begun testing in a clinical trial for people with hard-to-treat ovarian cancer, a significant…
Most myeloma patients who started treatment at the Berenson Cancer Center — a clinic in California that specializes…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
New center promotes advocacy for gynecological cancer patients
The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA) launched a project to push lawmakers to enact legislation that will improve the…
Mission Bio has debuted a new laboratory test that enables researchers to simultaneously detect alterations in the genetic code…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Case: Growth on pancreas shows estrogen link to pancreatic cancer
Changes in how cells respond to the hormone estrogen may underlie the development of certain forms of pancreatic cancer.