cancer treatment

The estimated Global Economic Cost of Cancers from 2020 to 2050 is $25.2 Trillion in International Dollars

Author: Saramshika Dhakal, MBBS Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.   In a recent article published in JAMA Oncology (JAMA…

7 months ago

Biomarker Testing in Cancer

By Dr. Dipesh Uprety Karmanos Cancer Institute   & Dr. Howard (Jack) West City of Hope   What is a…

9 months ago

FDA Approves Quizartinib (Vanflyta) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3-ITD Mutation

On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved quizartinib (Vanflyta) for adult patients newly diagnosed with…

10 months ago

FDA Approves an Expanded Indication of Abemaciclib with Endocrine Therapy for Early Breast Cancer

On March 4, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved expanded use of adjuvant abemaciclib with endocrine therapy for…

1 year ago

Multicenter Real-World Study Shows Comparable Safety and Efficacy of Ide-Cel in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

By Dr. Richa Parikh Karmanos Cancer Institute & Dr. Harsh Parmar Hackensack Meridian Health   A multicenter retrospective study, which…

1 year ago

KRD Maintenance: Another Alternative for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma?

By Dr. Harsh Parmar Hackensack Meridian Health   In an unplanned interim analysis of an international phase-III trial (ATLAS) by…

1 year ago

FDA Approves Sacituzumab Govitecan-hziy for HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer

On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved sacituzumab govitecan-hziy for women 18 years or older with…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

Binaytara Foundation Starts Development of Cancer App

The Foundation Participated in Hackathon by Microsoft to Create Prototype The Binaytara Foundation teamed up with employees of Microsoft to…

2 years ago