Minimal residual disease or MRD — defined as a very small number of cancer cells that remain in the body during or after treatment —…
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Treatment with the antipsychotic medication clozapine may increase the risk of blood cancers, but their overall likelihood is still low in people taking the drug,…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Fluorescent dye assists in surgical removal of small pancreatic tumors
Fluorescent imaging can safely help surgeons find and remove small tumors in the pancreas, according to a recent report. The case study describes how the…
Chimerix has submitted an application asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve its oral therapy dordaviprone as a treatment for recurrent…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Elraglusib can prolong survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer: Trial
Adding elraglusib, a small molecule being developed by Actuate Therapeutics, to standard chemotherapy with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (GnP) as a first-line treatment for metastatic…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare pediatric disease designation to the anti-cancer agent THIO as a potential treatment for an uncommon…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Gut microbiome tied to therapy response in recurrent ovarian cancer
A person’s microbiome, or the collection of all microorganisms that live in the gut, can enhance the body’s antitumor response and lead to better treatment…
Most people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) given the cell therapy anitocabtagene autoleucel — known as anito-cel — in a Phase 2…
Treatment with Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine) is helping to push high-risk follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma into complete remission for a majority of the…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Bizengri gets FDA approval for advanced pancreatic cancer
Bizengri (zenocutuzumab-zbco) is now approved in the U.S. as the first treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring an…
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