Arcus Biosciences and Gilead Sciences issued a press release announcing encouraging overall response rates and six-month progression-free survival rate for their combination treatment of domvanalimab plus zimberelimab and chemotherapy…
November is Gastric Cancer Awareness Month. So what do you know about gastric cancer? Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, is a cancer that manifests in the stomach lining. It often…
Editor's Note: We believe that patients are a key part of developing and leading the conversation in disease communities. Patient Worthy sometimes partners with reputable agencies that wish to speak…
Historically, it has been challenging to mobilize drug development and research within the rare disease sphere. Given the smaller community sizes, as well as a general lack of profitability,…
If gastric cancer is localized (has not yet spread), it carries a significantly higher 5-year survival rate of 72-75%. But once the cancer spreads, the rate falls lower: 35%…
According to a story from Healio, a phase 3 clinical trial evaluating pembrolizumab plus perioperative chemotherapy as a treatment for locally advanced and resectable gastric adenocarcinoma and gastroesophageal junction cancer…
Throughout the world, it can be difficult to advance research and drug development in the rare disease space. In part, this is because many rare diseases have small population…
There have been rising incidences of gastric cancer on a global scale. As a result, this cancer is now considered the fourth leading oncological cause of death worldwide. Gastric cancer…
What is the underlying cause of cancers such as esophageal adenocarcinoma or intestinal gastric cancer? Are there certain precursor cells that these cancers arise from? According to a news release…
SOTIO Biotech has just announced that the first patient has received the first dose of treatment in their Phase 1/2 trial for SOT102. SOT102 is an investigative treatment for pancreatic…
Unintended weight loss is a symptom associated with many different forms of cancer. But what can this weight loss tell researchers about the patients and their outcomes? Healio shares a…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for patients with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma for over ten years. According to a recent article in Healio, the median survival is about nine…
HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma patients haven't seen a drug approval for their disease state in a decade. That is until the FDA approved Keytruda in combination with…
The FDA has recently granted Orphan Drug designation to TST1001, Transcenta Holding Limited's monoclonal antibody for gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junction (GC/GEJ). Prior research has demonstrated TST1001's anti-tumor activity, and ongoing research…
In a news release from early May 2021, biopharmaceutical company Bold Therapeutics ("Bold") shared that its treatment BOLD-100 received Orphan Drug designation for the treatment of patients with gastric…
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