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CAR T-Cell therapy for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL)
June 2021 : As per our resources, a hospital in China has developed CAR T-Cell therapy for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL). The expressing protein...
COVID-19 Vaccine – All that you wanted to know
Dr. Julie Gralow answers queries on COVID-19 vaccine. How can we be sure the vaccines are safe if they were produced and approved in such...
Cancer associated with AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a potentially life threatening condition caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is transmitted from human to human as...
Lonsurf is approved by FDA for recurrent, metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma
Trifluridine/tipiracil tablets (LONSURF, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) were approved by the Food and Drug Administration on February 22, 2019 for adult patients with metastatic gastric...
Pembrolizumab is approved by FDA for adjuvant treatment of melanoma
On February 15, 2019, pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma with the...
Caplacizumab-yhdp approved by FDA
On February 6, 2019, in conjunction with plasma exchange and immunosuppressive treatment, the Food and Drug Administration approved caplacizumab-yhdp (CABLIVI, Ablynx NV) for adult patients...
Cabozantinib is FDA-approved for hepatocellular carcinoma
On January 14, 2019, cabozantinib (CABOMETYX, Exelixis, Inc.) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have...
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy in treatment of cancer Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that destroys cancer cells using beams of intense radiation. Very commonly,...
Bone marrow stem cell transplant
Bone marrow transplant Bone marrow transplants are procedures that restore blood-forming stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by the very high doses...
Saliva test aims to detect HPV throat cancer
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher is developing a simple saliva test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) in laryngeal cancer. This is an extension of cooperation with Johnson...
Bone marrow transplant in India
Bone marrow transplant (BMT) is a specialist surgery carried out in India to address different blood diseases and specific forms of cancer. Bone Marrow Transplantation...
Pabosini plus cetuximab for head and neck cancer treatment with 70% focal reduction
According to the results announced at the 2018 ASCO annual meeting, the CDK4/6 inhibitors pabociclib (Ibrance) and cetuximab (Erbitux) combined treatment of platinum-resistant and HPV-independent ...
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