Oncology

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received FDA approval for abiraterone acetate tablets USP, 250 mg, a generic of Janssen's Zytiga tablets, 250 mg.1

Study suggests that blocking a signaling pathway that includes the inflammatory factor CXCL10-CXCR3 may prevent brain metastasis.

The full-day meeting will feature recognized experts sharing the latest clinical data in oncology, while exploring best practices and management strategies.

Expanded access to direct-acting antiviral drugs are vital to achieve elimination targets set by the World Health Organization for hepatitis C virus infections.

This article is the third in a series on difficult to pronounce drug names.

Ramucirumab (Cyramza) in combination with erlotinib delayed disease progression in previously untreated patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.

Study finds health-related quality of life is often not collected for novel cancer drugs when they are submitted for reimbursement.

The keynote, Priming Pharmacists for Making an Impact in Oncology Value-Based Care, sets the stage for the entire conference and highlights how pharmacists are critical to the multidisciplinary team in providing value in patient-centered oncology care.

The black-white disparity in breast cancer mortality has remained stable since 2011 after widening over the past 3 decades.

Fulvestrant injection treats certain types of breast cancer in post-menopausal women who were not previously treated with endocrine therapy and as a combination for advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Ivosidenib improved progression-free survival with a promising trend toward improved overall survival in patients with IDH1-mutated cholangiocarcinoma.

Apalutamide (Erleada) showed an overall survival benefit in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

A session at the ESMO Congress 2019 highlighted potential prevention and treatment strategies for life-threatening immunotherapy toxicities in patients with cancer.

At the ESMO Congress 2019, Ulrik Lassen, MD, PhD, oncology professor at the University of Copenhagen, discussed the increasing value of precision medicine in oncology and what will be needed to facilitate the use of precision medicine as more agents become available.

At the ESMO Congress 2019, Ulrik Lassen, MD, PhD, oncology professor at the University of Copenhagen explained the challenges in identifying and treating TRK fusion cancer in patients.

New data confirm high activity of larotrectinib in pediatric and adult patients with TRK fusion cancer.

With more novel therapies entering the market, costs are on the rise, however, new research suggests that the price tag may not reflect the drug’s clinical value.

At the ESMO Congress 2019, Ulrik Lassen, MD, PhD, professor of oncology at the University of Copenhagen, discussed the newly-released clinical data highlighting new overall survival and progression-free survival results for larotrectinib (Vitrakvi, Bayer) in tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion cancer.

Treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor plus fulvestrant found to improve overall survival in women with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor 2-negative advanced breast cancer.

The addition of the immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to standard presurgical chemotherapy improved pathological complete response (pCR) rates for patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

A pharmacist and nurse led non-medical prescribing clinic that was focused on side effect management and survivorship support for patients with melanoma helped to improve common every-day pressure seen in a medical day unit and improved overall patient experience.

At the ESMO Congress 2019, Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, chief oncologist at Copenhagen University Hospital, talked about how ovarian cancer treatment has evolved over the years.

The PRIMA study evaluated the efficacy and safety of niraparib therapy after response to platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with newly-diagnosed ovarian cancer.

At the ESMO Congress 2019, Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, chief oncologist at Copenhagen University Hospital, discussed the role of oncology pharmacists in managing the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer.

New data presented at the ESMO Congress 2019 showed that a 2-drug immunotherapy combination improved overall survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Late-breaking data from the ESMO Congress 2019 demonstrate osimertinib’s superiority to older generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.

At ESMO Congress 2019, Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, chief oncologist at Copenhagen University Hospital, discussed the latest practice-changing clinical data results involving PARP inhibitor therapy in ovarian cancer.

Five-year overall survival rates in patients with melanoma were 52% for nivolumab plus ipilimumab, 44% for nivolumab, and 26% for ipilimumab.