Immuno-oncology
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Pooled KEYNOTE data support pembro for elderly patients with NSCLC
GENEVA – Investigators analyzed data from 264 patients 75 years or older involved in the KEYNOTE-010, KEYNOTE-024,...
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FDA approves pembrolizumab for first-line stage III NSCLC
Approval was based on improved overall survival for patients taking pembrolizumab, compared with those taking the investigators’ choice of...
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Dr. Louis Weiner: AACR presentations highlight new “transformative strategies”
ATLANTA – Studies featured during a press briefing at the AACR annual meeting, including work on a cancer preventive...
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Preclinical findings highlight value of Lynch syndrome for cancer vaccine development
ATLANTA – Lynch syndrome is serving as a platform for the development of immunoprevention cancer vaccines.
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CAR T cells target HER2 expression in advanced sarcomas
ATLANTA – Although HER2 expression in osteosarcoma and rhabomyosarcoma is too low for HER2-targeted therapies such...
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Combo may improve PFS, OS for certain ovarian cancer patients
HONOLULU - Combining avelumab with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin may provide a survival benefit in certain patients with platinum-resistant or...
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Novel immunostimulant combo shows early efficacy
SAN FRANCISCO – A one-two approach to stimulating both innate and adaptive immunity appears to be paying off, suggest early efficacy data from a...
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Antibiotics gut checkpoint inhibitor efficacy
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients who had received antibiotics more than a month before a checkpoint inhibitor had significantly worse survival, regardless...
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Pembrolizumab/lenvatinib active against urothelial carcinoma
SAN FRANCISCO – Early objective responses were sufficient to prompt a larger phase 3 trial of the TKI and immune checkpoint inhibitor combination...
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Higher dose of checkpoint inhibitor every 4 weeks feasible in NSCLC
SAN FRANCISCO – The 6-month PFS rates were similar for patients treated every 2 or 4 weeks, but the trial could not show noninferiority of...
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Diet appears to play an important role in response to anti-PD-1 cancer immunotherapy
Diet appears to affect response to anti-PD-1 cancer immunotherapy, likely by its effect on the gut microbiome.