Colorectal cancer rates are rising in adults younger than 50 with the biggest jump, more than 5 percent, recorded in those ages 20 to 29, a study found. People older than age 50 began getting tested routinely for the disease in the mid-1980s, leading to a 2.8 percent yearly decline...
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Kuopio, Finland – A risk model developed by researchers can help to identify cancer patients who could benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors, ICIs. Published in BMC Cancer, the study was conducted at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used to treat a variety...
Mention of valley fever is liable to touch off quizzical looks or bad jokes, but to those who have it or are close to someone with it, it is no laughing matter. Life for Lake Elsinore resident Araceli Jimenez underwent a drastic change after her husband came down with the...
Philadelphia, PA – Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer, representing more than 30% of all pediatric cases. A pilot study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, confirms the feasibility of implementing an RNA sequencing analysis (RNA-Seq) workflow for clinical diagnosis of molecular subtypes...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital described the gene regulatory networks contributing to differences between subtypes of the most common childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The work examined chromatin, the packaging that compacts DNA, in a cohort of patient samples six times greater than any...
Nice, France – Roca Therapeutics (Roca), a pioneer in non-invasive, first-in-class therapies for severe ocular diseases, today announces the granting of Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its lead clinical candidate, RCT002, in the treatment of Radiation Maculopathy. This regulatory milestone is the result of Roca’s...
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) is pleased to announce that on March 5, 2024, the Institut National d’Excellence en Santé et en Services Sociaux (INESSS) recommended Columvi® (glofitamab for injection) for public reimbursement. This recommendation follows the recent positive recommendation from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and...
The VENTANA TROP2 (EPR20043) RxDx Device is an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay combined with a digital pathology algorithm to determine patient treatment. The device uses artificial intelligence-based image analysis with a level of diagnostic precision not possible with traditional manual scoring methods. This Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) demonstrates Roche’s continued...
Roche Diagnostics today announced the launch of a new tuberculosis test for South Africa. Worldwide, South Africa is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of tuberculosis. The new kit detects different species of Mycobacterium from human sputum samples using the LightCycler® 2.0 Instrument. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in...
Basel, Switzerland – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) presents new data for OCREVUS® (ocrelizumab) and the investigational Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor fenebrutinib at the 41st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) in Barcelona, Spain (24-26 September). New data show that treatment...