Capivasertib Gets FDA Approval for Treatment of HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

11 months ago

By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY   On November 16, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved capivasertib (Truqap,…

FDA Grants accelerated approval to Pirtobrutinib for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Prior Therapy

11 months ago

By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for Pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) to be…

Binaytara Foundation Announces 2023 Career Advancement Award Recipients

12 months ago

The Binaytara Foundation has proudly announced the 2023 Binaytara Career Advancement Awards recipients. The recipients of the 2023 awards attended…

FDA Approves Fruquintinib for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Prior Treatment History

12 months ago

By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On November 8, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Fruquintinib…

Dr. Binay Shah Delivers a Keynote Lecture at the 2023 Global Oncology Summit

1 year ago

By: BTF Staff   October 28, 2023 – Known for its unwavering commitment to improving access to cancer care in…

KEYNOTE-564 trial: KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Improves Overall Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Post-Nephrectomy

1 year ago

By: Dr. Anish Shah  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), significantly improves overall survival (OS) in renal cell…

PAPILLON: a randomized phase III study of amivantamab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in EGFR Exon 20 insertion-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

1 year ago

By: Dr. Anam Kamal Ascension Providence Hospital; Michigan The standard of care for such patients is platinum-based doublet chemotherapy. In…

FDA Approves Toripalimab for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

1 year ago

By: Dr. Anish Shah  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On October 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved toripalimab-tpzi (Loqtorzi) in combination…

Ivosidenib in Mutant IDH1 Relapsed/ Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Updated Substudy Results

1 year ago

By: Dr. Kanak Parmar On October 24, 2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ivosidenib for adult patients with…

FDA approves Pembrolizumab for resectable NSCLC in both neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting

1 year ago

By Dr. Kanak Parmer Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center   On October 16,2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…