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High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

March 2022: HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) is a cutting-edge therapy that uses focused, high-energy ultrasound waves to heat and kill cancerous parts of the prostate gland. The target tissue...

Olaparib is approved for adjuvant treatment of high-risk early breast cancer

March 2022: The Food and Drug Administration has approved olaparib (Lynparza, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP) for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious ge...

Neoadjuvant nivolumab and platinum-doublet chemotherapy is approved for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

March 2022: In the neoadjuvant setting, the FDA approved nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy for adult patients with resectable non-smal...

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel is approved for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

March 2022: After four or more prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor (PI), an immunomodulatory agent (IMiD), and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, the Food and Drug Administration ...

Tebentafusp-tebn is approved for unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma

March 2022: Tebentafusp-tebn (Kimmtrak, Immunocore Limited), a bispecific gp100 peptide-HLA-directed CD3 T cell engager, has been licenced by the Food and Drug Administration for HLA-A*02:01-positive ...

Study suggest CAR T-Cell therapy effective as first line treatment for high risk large B-cell lymphoma

March 2022: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers discovered that axi-cel, an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR T-cell therapy), is a safe and effective first...

Rituximab plus chemotherapy is approved by FDA for pediatric cancer indications

March 2022: The Food and Drug Administration has approved rituximab (Rituxan, Genentech, Inc.) in conjunction with chemotherapy for CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Burkitt lympho...

Darzalex faspro, kyprolis, and dexamethasone is approved by FDA for multiple myeloma

March 2022: Daratumumab + hyaluronidase-fihj (Darzalex Faspro, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) and carfilzomib (Kyprolis, Amgen, Inc.) plus dexamethasone have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration...

Effectiveness of CAR T-Cell therapy against high risk large B-Cell lymphoma

Dec 2020: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers discovered that axi-cel, an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, is a safe and effective first-l...

Pafolacianine is approved for identifying malignant ovarian cancer lesions

Jan 2022: Pafolacianine (Cytalux, On Target Laboratories, LLC), an optical imaging agent, has been licenced by the Food and Drug Administration for adult patients with ovarian cancer as an adjuvant f...

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