The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review GSK’s request to approve Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) as part of a combination treatment for adults…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved revumenib, now called Revuforj, as an oral therapy for children and adults, ages 1 year and…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Treatment before surgery slows PDAC disease progression: Study
Neoadjuvant therapy, or treatment to shrink tumors before the surgery to remove them, delayed disease progression, reduced recurrence, and extended survival in people with pancreatic…
U.S. scientists have discovered that pediatric low-grade gliomas — a type of brain cancer that can occur in children — are generally softer than normal…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Elahere approved in EU as treatment for ovarian cancer
AbbVie’s Elahere (mirvetuximab soravtansine) has been approved in the European Union to treat adults with advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer whose…
A combination therapy using Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) was more effective at extending life in people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma than a combo treatment…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cell therapy Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) to treat adults with relapsed or refractory precursor B-cell acute…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Doctors ID rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in girl, 17
Doctors should consider the possibility of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) when patients with a history of abdominal and back pain seek treatment. That’s…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to MB-108, an experimental virus-based therapy that Mustang Bio is developing for…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Ovarian cancer lessens efficacy of T-cell immunotherapy, study finds
The microenvironment of ovarian cancer tumors actively suppress the work of immune T-cells by blocking their energy supply, a study reports. These findings have implications…
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