By: Tiantian Zhang1, Yiqun Han2, Lei Deng3 1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida, Pensacola, FL 2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 3. University of Washington/Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
The Binaytara Foundation has proudly announced the 2023 Binaytara Career Advancement Awards recipients. The recipients of the 2023 awards attended Binaytara Foundation’s 2023 Annual Summit on Hematologic Cancers, Nashville, TN, and the
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By: BTF Staff October 28, 2023 – Known for its unwavering commitment to improving access to cancer care in resource-poor communities, the Binaytara Foundation hosted its “2023 Global Oncology Summit.” Central
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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 carcinoma (RCC) patients at a higher risk of recurrence post- nephrectomy, according
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By: Dr. Anam Kamal Ascension Providence Hospital; Michigan The standard of care for such patients is platinum-based doublet chemotherapy. In May 2021, the FDA granted accelerated approval to Amivantamab for the treatment
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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 with chemotherapy for adult patients with metastatic or locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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By: Dr. Kanak Parmar On October 24, 2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ivosidenib for adult patients with relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndromes (R/R MDS) with a susceptible isocitrate dehydrogenase-1
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By Dr. Kanak Parmer Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center On October 16,2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab for patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors
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By Dr. Lei Deng Assistant Professor/Medical Oncologist Thoracic, Head & Neck Medical Oncology University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center https://youtu.be/QVW-vify1x8 Transcript: Dr. Deng: “Hi everyone! Welcome to the Cancer News Book Interview
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MARIPOSA-2: A Study of Amivantamab and Lazertinib in Combination With Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Compared With Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)- Mutated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non- Small Cell
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By Dr. Anam Kamal Ascension Providence Hospital TROPION-Lung01: A randomized, phase-3 study of datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd; DS-1062) versus docetaxel in previously treated advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without actionable
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