The NCCN, or National Comprehensive Cancer Network, has recently published treatment guidelines for children living with a rare kidney cancer, Wilms tumor. This is the organization's first guidelines written for…
According to Targeted Oncology, the first patient was dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating NBTXR3, an investigational tumor-agnostic radio enhancer, for patients with esophageal cancer. The trial will…
Typically, the pathway to diagnosis for endometrial cancer can be long, uncomfortable, and invasive: transvaginal ultrasounds, biopsies. However, this may be about to change. In a recent press release, Arquer…
In a recent press release, pharmaceutical company Moleculin Biotech, Inc. ("Moleculin") shared a recent advance in the sphere of medical and health research. Agencja Badań Medycznych, a Polish agency which contributes…
According to Oncology Nursing News, a new study performed by researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine used germline testing to identify genetic precursors to pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma. The study identified…
Zymeworks Inc. has recently began enrollment for an expansion cohort of the Phase 1 trial of ZW49. ZW49 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that targets HER2 positive cancer cells. This…
In a recent press release, biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced that its drug CALQUENCE (acalabrutinib) met both its primary and secondary endpoints in the Phase 3 ELEVATE-RR clinical trial. These endpoints…
In a recent press release, biopharmaceutical company Junshi Biosciences ("Junshi") announced a burgeoning collaboration with leading biologics platform company Coherus BioSciences, Inc. ("Coherus"). The pair is working to develop and…
Recently, biopharmaceutical company Soligenix, Inc. shared that it had been granted a patent (#16102842.8) in Hong Kong for the use of synthetic hypericin to treat patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma…
According to a recent press release, pharmaceutical company Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. ("Karyopharm") achieved a milestone in the NEXPOVIO (selinexor) drug development process. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use…
According to Medical XPress, researchers out of the Queen Mary University of London have been making strides in the field of medical research, particularly around pancreatic cancer. After identifying a…
Neuroscience News recently carried an article heralding reports of researchers' finding that upwards of twenty percent of lethal glioblastoma brain cancers may be treatable by newly developed drugs. Currently, the…
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) is incredibly difficult to treat. In addition to having no cures, the condition only has one approved treatment option. However, researchers now believe that combining drugs, specifically…
According to a story from Medscape, in a recent study the drug capivasertib appeared to be effective as a treatment for certain metastatic cancer tumors. Classified as an inhibitor of…
Cancer screenings are very important for early detection, which can then lead to treatment administered earlier in disease progression and better outcomes. Pancreatic cancer is no exception. In fact, this…
According to a story from Targeted Oncology, Dr. Bradley Monk talked about the importance of molecular testing in determining the treatment course for ovarian cancer at the Targeted Oncology Case…
According to a recent report in Cancer Network, the results from CARTITUDE-1 were well received. CARTITUDE-1 is a phase 1b/2 clinical trial of the CAR T-cell treatment, Cilta-Cel, for the…
According to OncLive, Oncolytics Biotech and Roche are pairing up to run a new German Phase ½ clinical trial. The GOBLET trial will evaluate pelareorep in conjunction with atezolizumab (Tecentriq)…
A team of researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Australia recently made strides in stomach cancer research. While searching for a better understanding…
Recently, scientists have been exploring a more genetically-based underlying cause of pancreatic cancer. Now, according to Medical XPress, researchers are deepening their understanding of genetics and pancreatic cancer in relation…
Kura Oncology, a San Diego biopharmaceutical company, was recently featured in a Globe Newswire article, announcing its first-in-human dose escalation of KO-539 being evaluated in the Komet-001 trial (NCT04067336). The…
In early December 2020, biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc. ("Gilead") shared updated results from a Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating magrolimab for patients with treatment-naïve acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Generally,…
Xencor, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on curating treatments for cancers and autoimmune conditions, has recently released data on vibecotamab. This acute myeloid leukemia treatment was included in a Phase…
According to a story from Cancer Therapy Advisor, a recent phase 1 clinical trial investigated an experimental CAR T-cell therapy in heavily pretreated patients living with multiple myeloma, a rare…
Recently, the FDA expanded treatment indications for Gavreto (pralsetinib). According to MedPage Today, the drug was previously indicated for the treatment of patients with lung cancers with RET gene fusions. Now, this…
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