The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to treat some patients with advanced esophageal cancer. The treatment was approved for patients with locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC) […]
Pediatricians’ Offices Can Help Parents Quit Smoking, Study Shows
Finding new ways to help people quit smoking continues to be a challenge. In a recent study, researchers tried a unique approach: training pediatricians’ offices to provide smoking cessation treatment to parents […]
As Use of Genomic Data Expands in Cancer Care, Patients Share Their Stories
Last spring, at the end of his sophomore year of college, Jace Ward developed double vision in his left eye. He thought the problem might have been related to a recent car […]
Precision Medicine 101
Early detection of cancer greatly increases the likelihood of successful treatment. Despite this, the traditional steps in obtaining a diagnosis are time consuming. Patients will typically need to undergo a series of […]
Osimertinib Improves Survival in Advanced Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutations
The first therapies that target mutated forms of the EGFR protein were approved for use in people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) more than 15 years ago. Updated results from a large clinical trial now show […]
Surgery for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Does Not Improve Survival
In women with ovarian cancer that has come back after initial treatment, physicians recommend additional surgery in some cases to remove as much of the cancer as possible before starting chemotherapy treatment […]
Immunotherapy drug improves outcomes for some children with relapsed leukemia
New findings from a clinical trial show that treatment with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab is superior to standard chemotherapy for children and young adults with high- or intermediate-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia […]
A Vaccine to Treat Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Advancing in Clinical Trials
In some people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), treating a single tumor with a mix of cancer therapies can help to shrink, or eliminate, tumors in other parts of the body, findings from […]