FDA Approves Frontline Immunotherapy for Gastric Cancers
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the immunotherapy nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers Squibb) in conjunction with certain chemotherapies …
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Ablative Radiation Extends Life in Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
For patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer, higher dose ablative radiation after chemotherapy induction may extend life, say investigators from Memorial …
Whole genome sequencing may guide blood cancer treatment
For certain blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), deciding whether patients need an aggressive …
Novel Radiopharmaceutical Beats Cabazitaxel in mCRPC
A novel radiopharmaceutical was more active than cabazitaxel against metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and caused fewer grade 3/4 adverse …
How Are Stem Cells Collected?
The stem cells used in a transplant are collected from the blood or sometimes the bone marrow. The first step …
Tevatrexed
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. TEVATREXED® VERSION 1.0 Pemetrexed disodium Consumer Medicine …
Kanjinti
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. KANJINTI® Intravenous infusion Contains the active ingredient …
Colorectal Sarcoma
Colorectal sarcoma is a very rare type of mesenchymal cancer that develops in the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Image Credit: …
Increasing the dose intensity of chemotherapy reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence and death
Giving chemotherapy drugs every two weeks instead of the usual every three weeks reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence …
R-CHOP chemotherapy: Drugs, uses, and effects
R-CHOP consists of five separate drugs. These are: (R) rituximab (Rituxan) (C) cyclophosphamide (H) doxorubicin hydrochloride (O) vincristine (Oncovin, Vincasar …