Recurrent Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Salivary Gland Cancer – Two approved drugs demonstrated promising efficacy

Background This phase II trial was designed to evaluate the benefit of Keytruda® plus Zolinza® for recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HNSCC and Salivary Gland Cancer, SGC. Among…

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Tremelimumab in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma Patients Who Have Failed First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

Background Urothelial cancer accounts for 90% of all bladder cancers and can also be found in the renal pelvis, ureter and urethra. Tremelimumab is an immunotherapy treatment that helps the…

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Metastatic colorectal cancer – Tumor location, left or right, impacts efficacy in KRAS/RAS wild-type patients

Background Metastatic colorectal cancer, mCRC, is a group of distinct diseases, with clinical and molecular differences between right-sided and left-sided tumors driving varying prognosis. Patients with KRAS/RAS-wild type (wt) mCRC…

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HER2 breast cancer patients! 6% complete remission 54.9% shrinkage with Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, DS-8201

When was it reported? The outcome of the phase II, multicenter, open-label, single-arm DESTINY-Breast trial was reported at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, SABCS, from December 10 –…

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Glioblastoma Moltiforme, GBM – NEW immunotherapies stop from growing in newly diagnosed patients

Background According to interim findings of a phase II trial, the combination of INO-5401, a T-cell–activating immunotherapy and INO-9012, an immune activator of a different kind with Libtayo (Cemiplimab, a…

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