The immunotherapy is now approved to treat certain lung cancers before and after surgery. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved neoadjuvant nivolumab (Opdivo) with platinum-containing chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant nivolumab alone,...
Several recent studies, including on presented at the AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, have examined the ACA's impact on access to cancer care.
Adding MRI to prostate screening can help limit overdiagnosis, and breast cancer patients who smoke have a higher risk of radiotherapy-related lung cancer.
The accelerated approval of selpercatinib for certain patients with thyroid cancer was converted to a full approval. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo) for patients 2...
This month, AACR's journals editors highlighted factors that may reduce pancreatic cancer risk, a new humanized mouse model, and more.
The EGFR inhibitor osimertinib is now available as a monotherapy for certain patients with locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved osimertinib (Tagrisso) to treat...
The AACR spotlights cancer advances and challenges in new report, and the FDA approves second CDK 4/6 inhibitor to reduce risk of recurrence in early-stage breast cancer.
The CD38-targeted antibody was approved for patients who are ineligible for stem cell transplant. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved isatuximab-irfc (Sarclisa) in combination with VRd (a regimen consisting of bortezomib...
Amivantamab with carboplatin and pemetrexed was approved for some advanced non-small cell lung cancers that progressed on or after EGFR inhibition. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) plus the...
Some patients with stage 2 or 3 breast cancer may now receive ribociclib with an aromatase inhibitor after surgery. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ribociclib (Kisqali) in combination with an...
AACR Fellow Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, leads a national effort targeting triple-negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer with a novel drug combination.
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