Almost a third of people with advanced pancreatic cancer taking part in an ongoing clinical trial had stable disease following treatment with the experimental…
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Advocates across North America are launching a wave of fundraisers and educational campaigns this week as May kicks off Brain Tumor Awareness Month. From high-profile…
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 — two therapies in development by…
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD), a network of community-based oncology practices across Maryland, has launched a program to make CAR…
In adults newly diagnosed with a type of blood cancer called core-binding factor acute myeloid leukemia (CBF-AML), genetic mutations present before treatment do not…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Cadonilimab combo boosts survival in advanced pancreatic cancer patients
Akeso’s candidate therapy cadonilimab, in combination with chemotherapy, showed encouraging results as a first-line treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer in the Phase 2 COMPASSION-26 study. The…
The European Commission has approved Ipsen’s oral therapy Ojemda (tovorafenib) to treat certain children with pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG).
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 therapy mocertatug rezetecan (Mo-Rez), according…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track status to Opna Bio‘s OPN-6602 as a potential treatment for people…
AML World Awareness Day, an annual effort to educate people about acute myeloid leukemia (AML), is coming up on April 21, and the advocacy…
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