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FDA grants zanubrutinib an accelerated approval in marginal zone lymphoma
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- Nick Mulcahy
In the MAGNOLIA trial, zanubrutinib “demonstrated impressive overall response and complete remission rates, with...
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Old saying about prostate cancer not true when it’s metastatic
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- Nick Mulcahy
“Most patients with metastatic prostate cancer die from it, rather than other possible causes of death,” researcher says.
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FDA approves zanubrutinib in Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia
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- Nick Mulcahy
The FDA stipulated that the company conduct an additional clinical trial to assess the “known serious risk of...
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FDA warns again about robotic mastectomy, breaks new ground
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- Nick Mulcahy
The new advisory comes 4 weeks after a Medscape Medical News exclusive story on a set of clinical trials recently underway using RAS devices for...
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FDA OKs belzutifan for cancers tied to von Hippel–Lindau disease
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- Nick Mulcahy
The treatment was approved for patients with von Hippel–Lindau disease undergoing treatment for renal cell...
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25% of patients with cancer lack immunity against measles
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- Nick Mulcahy
Various oncology treatments, such as bone marrow transplantations and assorted biologics, “may leave cancer...
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‘Routine’ use of focal therapy for prostate cancer in next 5 years
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- Nick Mulcahy
Focal therapy rejects one-size-fits-all medicine in favor of individualized treatment.
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One in three cancer articles on social media has wrong info
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- Nick Mulcahy
Physician says misleading information online may be harmful to patients.
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Bone drugs for prostate cancer may result in survival benefit
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- Nick Mulcahy
Retrospective study shows the addition of bone resorption inhibitors to abiraterone, plus prednisolone, may lengthen survival.
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The robot comes to mastectomy, but cancer outcomes data not attached
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- Nick Mulcahy
Clinical trials are underway in the United States to explore the use of robotic surgical devices for nipple-sparing mastectomy, but investigators...
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Freezing breast cancer to death avoids surgery: Why not further along?
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- Nick Mulcahy
New data show that cryoablation can be an effective treatment for small, low-risk, early-stage breast cancers in...
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In the previous year, 70% of oncologists reported sexual harassment
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- Nick Mulcahy
“The survey’s recall period [about harassment] was in the previous 12 months. The respondents weren’t reflecting on a lifetime of events.”
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FDA OKs nivolumab after surgery for esophageal or GEJ cancer: Practice-changing use of immunotherapy
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- Nick Mulcahy
A 1-year course of adjuvant nivolumab did not negatively impact patient-reported quality of life, the trialists reported.
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FDA okays upfront pembro for advanced HER2+ gastric cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
The accelerated approval is for first-line use in combination with other agents for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive...
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FDA approves new immunotherapy for endometrial cancer
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- Nick Mulcahy
The accelerated approval for dostarlimab is for use in patients with recurrent or advanced endometrial cancers with deficient mismatch repair.