September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, and advocacy groups are running campaigns to raise awareness about gynecological cancers, raise funds for research, and…
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Since the late 1940s, when the first chemotherapies were introduced, advances in treatment for blood cancers have resulted in an estimated 25.8 million life-years…
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New mRNA vaccine trains immune cells to fight pancreatic cancer in mice
A novel mRNA vaccine effectively triggered an antitumor immune response in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer, even completely eliminating the cancer in a…
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and advocates around the world are joining together to shine a light on blood cancer and fundraise to…
Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ experimental injection therapy sapablursen may ease symptoms of polycythemia vera (PV) and reduce the need for blood draws to manage the…
A new CAR T-cell therapy designed to target multiple myeloma while sparing healthy immune cells has been given to its first patient in a…
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FDA approves oral pancreatic cancer drug that extends survival
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an oral drug for adults with pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic cancer,…
Safusidenib, an experimental oral treatment for people with gliomas carrying IDH1 gene mutations, has received fast-track designation from…
Treating multiple myeloma with a Darzalex (daratumumab)-based combination may lead to a faster and longer-lasting response than a standard combination regimen using lenalidomide (sold…
Adding Moleculin Biotech’s experimental chemotherapy annamycin to the approved chemotherapy cytarabine may be more effective than cytarabine alone at controlling hard-to-treat acute myeloid leukemia…
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