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…
News
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…
A standard autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT) safely and effectively prolongs survival and delays cancer progression in adults with multiple myeloma, a…
The subcutaneous (under-the-skin) formulation of Darzalex (daratumumab) has been approved in the European Union as part of a combination treatment for adults with newly…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is asking regulatory authorities in the European Union to approve a combination treatment based on the subcutaneous, or under-the-skin, formulation…
Real-world treatment with the cell therapy Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) was found to be highly effective among people with difficult-to-treat multiple myeloma in a multicenter…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a quadruple treatment regimen based on Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab…
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