The majority of patients with recurrent glioblastoma remain alive following treatment with an experimental immune-modulating combination, according to a clinical…
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
Adding relacorilant to chemo shown to boost survival in ovarian cancer trial
Treatment with relacorilant plus standard chemotherapy was shown in a clinical trial to significantly improve survival compared with chemo alone…
A clinical trial in Australia that’s testing the genetic therapy KLN-1010 in people with hard-to-treat multiple myeloma has won…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough designation to soficabtagene geleucel (sofi-cel), a cell therapy designed to…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Atebimetinib nearly doubles 1-year survival in pancreatic cancer study
After a year of treatment with the experimental medication atebimetinib as an add-on to chemotherapy, about two-thirds of pancreatic…
Curasight‘s experimental cancer therapy, uTREAT, has successfully reached its target in the brain of the first patient dosed in…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Gynecological cancer drug Sofetabart mipitecan earns FDA designation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its breakthrough therapy designation to sofetabart mipitecan as a potential treatment…
Treatment with Tecvayli (teclistamab) was better than standard therapies at delaying disease progression and prolonging survival among previously-treated…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to NP-G2-044, an experimental treatment for pancreatic…
Treatment with DeltEx DRI, a cell therapy developed by In8bio, is prolonging survival outcomes among people with newly diagnosed…