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Chemotherapy Free Ph+ ALL Induction? The Promise of Ponatinib plus Blinatumomab

Dr. Luke Fletcher Willamette Valley Cancer Institute & Research Center   Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment has been driven…

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AGILE trial—Ivosidenib plus Azacitidine versus Azacitidine in IDH1 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Dr. Aditi Sharma of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute & Dr. Abhishek Mangaonkar of Mayo Clinic   In the phase…

2 years ago

FDA approves Elacestrant for ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-Mutated Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

On January 27, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved elacestrant for postmenopausal, non-pregnant women and adult men with…

2 years ago

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Pirtobrutinib for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma

On January 27, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pirtobrutinib for adult patients with histologically confirmed relapsed or…

2 years ago

Imetelstat in Low-Risk MDS for Transfusion Independence: the Phase 3 IMerge Study

By Luke Fletcher, MD Willamette Valley Cancer Institute & Research Center   Imetelstat, a telomerase inhibitor, has shown interesting promise…

2 years ago

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab as Adjuvant therapy for Early-stage Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

On January 26, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pembrolizumab for patients with resectable, stage IB (≥4cm)-IIIA (as…

2 years ago

DESTINY-Breast04 Trial

By Paolo Tarantino, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School   "Overall, a major shift in the way we treat breast…

2 years ago

FDA Approves Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab for RAS Wild-type, HER2+ Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

On January 19, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Tucatinib plus Trastuzumab for adult patients…

2 years ago

The Binaytara Foundation’s 4th International Cancer Congress Brings Latest Cancer Care Research To South Asia

Janakpurdham, Nepal, April 27, 2022 – The Binaytara Foundation hosted its Fourth International Cancer Congress on April 16, bringing together…

2 years ago

Opportunity for Physician Educators to Join Binaytara Foundation’s Education Academy

Oncologists Interested in Improving Access to Cancer Care Encouraged to Apply Are you an oncologist who is passionate about educating…

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