Oncology

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Cabozantinib’s new indication provides an additional therapeutic option for patients with advanced liver cancer who have been previously treated with sorafenib.

Patients with low-risk prostate cancer that harbors certain genetic alterations may have a higher risk of disease progression.

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A newly-developed biomedical device may help prevent chemotherapy from spreading away from the targeted tumor.

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Study suggests a new therapy could stop tumor growth by affecting myeloid cell behavior.

Advancements in cancer therapy have improved survival time for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a new study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

Advancements in targeted therapies have helped significantly improve survival in late-stage anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Researchers aimed to better understand the different ways that breast cancer avoids immune system detection.

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Durvalumab plus tremelimumab did not meet the primary endpoint of the phase 3 MYSTIC trial evaluating improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy.

Cheryl Allen, BSPharm, MBA, Vice President of Industry Relations at Diplomat Pharmacy, discusses the increasing cost burden of cancer therapies and future strategies for mitigating costs.

The FDA has approved trastuzumab-pkrb (Herzuma, Celltrion) as a biosimilar to trastuzumab (Herceptin, Genentech) for the treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved romiplostim (NPLATE, Amgen) for the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in pediatric patients aged 1 year and older.

Study examines whether markers of biological aging due to cancer treatment are related to cognitive function in survivors of breast cancer.

Hot flashes are a huge problem across the general population, but even more so in breast cancer survivors.

Immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors have changed the landscape of oncology treatment, however, they can come with a risk of adverse effects and, in rare cases, cause serious medical problems.

Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) approved by FDA in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin), carboplatin, and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer.

An analysis indicates that immune-related adverse events may be more common than initially reported in the clinical trials for these therapies.

Combination of azacitidine and nivolumab shows efficacy in patients with an average of 2 prior treatments for relapsed or refractory AML.

As biosimilar development continues to grow, pharmacists will be essential in transitioning both clinicians and patients alike in the use of these therapies.

Phase 2 data show positive results for a therapy including 2 immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy.

A phase 2 study demonstrated promising response rates and overall survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia who were treated with azacitidine plus nivolumab.

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With oncology agents now flooding the specialty drug pipeline, it is important to keep up with the latest developments and look ahead at innovative therapies on the horizon.

The FDA has accepted Genentech’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) and granted Priority Review for Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) plus chemotherapy (Abraxane® [albumin-bound paclitaxel; nab-paclitaxel]) for the initial treatment of unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in people whose disease expresses the PD-L1 protein, as determined by PD-L1 biomarker testing.

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