The European Commission has approved Ipsen’s oral therapy Ojemda (tovorafenib) to treat certain children with…
Marisa Horak, 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 Horak, MS
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…
AML World Awareness Day, an annual effort to educate people about acute myeloid leukemia (AML), is coming up on…
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…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
New Keytruda regimen OK’d in EU for hard-to-treat gynecological cancers
A new regimen using the immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has been approved in the European Union for use by certain…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to review an application from Telix Pharmaceuticals seeking approval of…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light for a first-in-human clinical trial to test a…
PANCREATIC CANCER
First-of-its-kind solid tumor cell therapy prepares to debut in China
A new CAR T-cell therapy designed to treat gastric (stomach) and pancreatic cancers will soon be available to patients in…