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Cancer Patients Often Face Medical Debt, Even With Insurance
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – When cancer strikes, you could easily go into debt, even with health insurance in place, according to a new survey from the American Cancer Society. The survey, based on...
His Cancer Journey Shows Health Dangers Firefighters Face
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – For 14 years, David Perez fought fires in South Florida, thinking he was in peak physical shape. Then a routine physical turned up anomalies in his blood work that turned his...
Symptom Burden Prevalent in Childhood Cancer Survivors
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – Symptom burden is prevalent among young childhood cancer survivors, with caregiver anxiety and greater neighborhood deprivation associated with greater symptom burden,...
Most Socially Vulnerable Counties Less Likely to Have Cancer Trials
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – The most socially vulnerable counties are less likely to have any cancer clinical trial, according to a research letter published online May 7 in JAMA Network Open. Rishi...
Mortality Risk Up for Cancer Survivors With Elevated Loneliness
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Cancer survivors with elevated loneliness have a higher mortality risk, according to a study published online April 25 in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer...
FDA Approves Genentech’s Tecentriq as First-Ever Therapy for a Certain Advanced Rare Sarcoma Called Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS)
South San Francisco, CA – December 9th, 2022 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) for ...
Incyte Announces FDA Approval of Pemazyre (pemigatinib) as the First and Only Targeted Treatment for Myeloid/Lymphoid Neoplasms (MLNs) with FGFR1 Rearrangement
This marks the second indication for Pemazyre, which received accelerated FDA approval in 2020 for adults with previously treated, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma with...
FDA Approves Lonsurf (trifluridine/tipiracil) for Adult Patients with Previously Treated Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma
PRINCETON, N.J., February 25, 2019 – Taiho Oncology, Inc. today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lonsurf as a treatment for adult patients with m...
FDA Approves Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) for TRK Fusion Cancers
November 26, 2018 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Vitrakvi (larotrectinib), a treatment for adult and pediatric patients whose cancers have a specific...
FDA Approves Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in Combination with Carboplatin and Either Paclitaxel or Nab-Paclitaxel for the First-Line Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) October 30, 2018 --Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
FDA Approves Lorbrena (lorlatinib) for Previously-Treated ALK-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
November 2, 2018 Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lorbrena [lor-BREN-ah] (lorlatinib), a third-generation anaplastic lymphoma...
FDA Approves Talzenna (talazoparib) for gBRCAm HER2-Negative Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
On October 16, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved talazoparib (Talzenna, Pfizer Inc.), a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, for patients with deleterious or suspected...
FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) for Certain Patients with Previously Treated Small Cell Lung Cancer
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 17, 2018 – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Opdivo (nivolumab) + Low-Dose Yervoy (ipilimumab) Combination Approved for Previously Treated MSI-H/dMMR Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
PRINCETON, N.J.-- July 11, 2018 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced Opdivo (nivolumab) 3 mg/kg plus low-dose Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg (injections for...
FDA Approves Mektovi (binimetinib) and Braftovi (encorafenib) in Combination for Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma with BRAF Mutations
On June 27, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved encorafenib and binimetinib (Braftovi and Mektovi, Array BioPharma Inc.) in combination for patients with unresectable or metastatic...
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