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Cemiplimab-rwlc has been approved by the FDA for non-small cell lung cancer with high PD-L1 expression

August 2021: The FDA approved cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (locally advanced who...

Cemiplimab-rwlc has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of locally progressed and metastatic basal cell carcinoma

August 20, 2021: The FDA has given cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) regular approval for patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (laBCC) who have previously been ...

The FDA has approved the first targeted therapy for a lung cancer mutation that was previously thought to be drug-resistant

August 20, 2021: Recently in May, 2021 Lumakras (sotorasib) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as the first treatment for adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have under...

Pembrolizumab approved for use in any cancer with a high tumor mutational burden

July 2021: The US Food and Medication Administration (FDA) has expanded the indications for pembrolizumab (Keytruda), an immunotherapy drug, to encompass any cancer with a high mutational burden (TMB-...

Liver cancer surgery and transplant by Dr. Selvakumar

July 14, 2021: Check out interview of Dr. Selvakumar Naganathan - Clinical Lead - Liver transplantation and HPB surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. Check out the video and also excerpts of the inter...

Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab for treatment of liver cancer

July 13th 2021: A novel medication for people with a kind of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma is available that appears to be better than standard therapy (HCC). The Food and Drug Administ...

Beta Thalassemia and its consideration with COVID-19

July 2021: Beta-thalassemia is an inherited condition caused by mutations in a gene involved in the production of a component of haemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen throughout the body. Th...

Breyanzi – New CAR T-Cell therapy from BMS

July 2021: Breyanzi (Lisocabtagene maraleucel; liso-cel), a novel CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell treatment developed by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), has been approved by the US Fo...

Easily adoptable methods to improve outcomes in treatment of gastroesophageal cancers

July 9th 2021: During the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2021, two scientists from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center were asked to share ...

More than 12% of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients newer smoked cigarettes – study suggests

July 7th 2021 : Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, accounting for over 80% of all fatalities from the disease. People who do not smoke, however, are also susceptible to lung cancer. ...

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