Nectin-4 is an important target that has been shown to be available as a treatment for locally advanced and advanced bladder cancer. Based on this, Padcev (enfortumab-vedotin-ejfv), the first ADC drug (antibody-coupled drug) for uroepithelial carcinoma, has also received accelerated FDA approval for the treatment of locally advanced or advanced bladder cancer in patients who have previously received immune checkpoint inhibitors (PD-L1, PD-1) and platinum-containing chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) or after surgery (adjuvant therapy). Adult patients with advanced or late-stage uroepithelial carcinoma (a common type of bladder cancer).
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Check breast cancer like drinking and driving: breath detector capable of diagnosing various diseases
When it comes to the breath detector, everyone will think of the thing used by the traffic police to check drinking and driving. For those who drink and drive, they will lose their temper when they see the breath detector. In fact, the gas exhaled by the human body has many characteristics. It can not only detect alcohol, but also reflect the health of the human body and detect some diseases. This breath detector introduced in this article can detect breast cancer, diabetes, lung cancer, Parkinson's disease, asthma, schizophrenia, kidney and liver failure and other diseases.
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New Treatment For Uroepithelial Carcinoma Receives Fda Fast Track Designation With Encouraging Initial Results
The FDA granted Fast Track designation to a new drug, IK-175, in combination with nabumab for the treatment of advanced uroepithelial carcinoma, after preliminary trial data showed encouraging and durable anti-tumor activity with a favorable safety profile.
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Approved! With Just One Oral Dose Per Day, This Type Of Breast Cancer Patient Gets a New Drug
The US FDA has approved Elacestrant, the first oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer who are estrogen receptor positive, HER2 negative and have an ESR1 mutation. Results of the trial showed that patients treated with Elacestrant had a 45% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death.
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New Strategies For Cancer Vaccines: Transforming Cancer Cells So They Can Become Cancer-Fighters Is Not Far Away!
In recent years, scientists have begun to look at "transforming" cancer cells from life-threatening bad actors to help fight cancer.
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How effective is immunotherapy for gastric cancer? What other treatment options are available for gastric cancer?
Stomach cancer can cause abnormal symptoms in the digestive system, even vomiting blood and black stools, so it should be treated promptly after having stomach cancer
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Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignancies. Its incidence rate is second only to endometrial cancer worldwide, and it ranks first in developing countries and regions. According to statistics, there are 450000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide every year. The occurrence and development of cervical cancer usually go through a relatively long process, so it is possible to prevent this disease.
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The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Adagrasib for the treatment of patients with KRAS G12C mutations in non-small cell lung cancer. In the trial, the drug resulted in disease control in 80% of patients, of which, 43% had substantial tumour shrinkage.
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Three-drug Combination For HPV-positive Cancers Results In Significant Tumour Shrinkage In 88% Of Patients!
A three-drug combination regimen significantly prolongs survival in patients with HPV-positive cancers, new data from a clinical trial shows. For patients who had not been treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, it resulted in significant tumour shrinkage in 88% of patients, and even in patients who failed immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment, 63% had significant tumour shrinkage.
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Eye cancer is a very dangerous disease, and as the disease develops, it will affect the patient's body more and more, so it is important for eye cancer patients to receive timely treatment.