cancer

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 Talazoparib and Enzalutamide for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with HRR Gene Mutation

On June 20, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved talazoparib (Talzenna, Pfizer, Inc.) in combination with enzalutamide for…

10 months ago

FDA Approves Enfortumab Vedotin with Pembrolizumab for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

On April 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved enfortumab vedontin-ejfv with pembrolizumab for patients with locally advanced…

1 year ago

The CALYPSO Study Tests the Combination of MET and PD-L1 Inhibition in Patients with Advanced Papillary Renal Cancer

By Dr. Inas Abuali Massachusetts General Hospital   There is a paucity of available treatment options for patients with advanced…

1 year 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

FDA Grants Regular Approval to Dostarlimab-gxly for dMMR Endometrial Cancer

On February 9th, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved dostarlimab-gxly for adult patients with recurrent or advanced endometrial…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year ago