LAS VEGAS — Bone sarcoma is a rare and aggressive form of cancer that originates in the bone tissue. It poses significant challenges during its treatment due to several factors. Firstly, its rarity often leads to delayed diagnosis, as symptoms can mimic other common conditions. Additionally, bone sarcoma typically affects...
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Bethesda, Maryland – Researchers have shown that dangerous cysts, which form over time in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), can be prevented by a single normal copy of a defective gene. This means the potential exists that scientists could one day tailor a gene therapy to treat the disease. They also...
Ridgefield, Conn. — Boehringer Ingelheim announced that HERNEXEOS® (zongertinib tablets) has been recommended as an initial treatment option for adult patients with HER2 (ERBB2)-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the latest NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Version 5.2026), updated on March 13, 2026.2 NCCN...
NEW YORK, NY — Syndax Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SNDX), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative cancer therapies, today announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia were updated to include revumenib as a category 2A recommendation for relapsed or refractory (R/R)...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is announcing several new updates to the cancer treatment practices listed in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®). The evidence-based expert consensus recommendations are the most frequently updated guidelines for any area of medicine and are used...
Boston, Mass. – An important discovery from the NCI-MATCH precision medicine initiative is being published today in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Trastuzumab-pertuzumab, a drug combination approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with human epidermal growth factor...
BOSTON, Mass. – The NEJM Evidence has published interim data from the first part of Phase I/II CYPIDES trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of ODM-208 (or MK-5684), an investigational, oral CYP11A1 inhibitor, in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Prostate cancer continues to be regulated by...
FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published the full results from the positive Phase 3 ASCENT-04/KEYNOTE-D19 study evaluating the combination of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) plus Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) in first-line PD-L1+ (CPS ≥10) metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). ASCENT-04 successfully met its primary...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced updated data for their investigational gene therapy DB-OTO for profound genetic hearing loss due to variants of the otoferlin (OTOF) gene were published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented during an oral presentation at the annual American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) meeting. These latest...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Injecting neuroblastoma tumors with Zika virus shrank or eliminated those tumors in studies with mice, suggesting that the virus could someday serve as an effective cancer therapy, according to a study led by Nemours Children’s Health researchers and published today in Cancer Research Communications, a journal of...