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In the single-arm Study ASTX727-07, an all-oral combination of decitabine/cedazuridine (Inqovi) plus venetoclax produced a complete remission rate of 41.6% (and a combined complete-remission-or-partial-hematologic-recovery rate of 52.5%) in older or…
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In the randomized, phase 3 PANOVA-3 trial, adding Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) -- a wearable device that emits alternating electric fields through skin-worn arrays -- to standard chemotherapy significantly extended…
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The NHS-Galleri trial's PRIMARY endpoint — a statistically significant reduction in COMBINED stage III and IV cancer diagnoses — was NOT met. Reported secondary findings were more favorable: stage IV…
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In the prospective, 20,176-participant BLUE-C study, Cologuard Plus (a next-generation multitarget stool DNA test) detected colorectal cancer with 95% sensitivity and correctly identified 94% of participants without colorectal cancer or…
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Across two validation cohorts, an 18-gene urine test (MPS2) substantially outperformed PSA alone (AUC 0.81–0.82 vs. 0.60) for detecting higher-grade prostate cancer, with modeled reductions in unnecessary biopsies, including in…
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In the randomized, double-blind, phase 3 LEAP-012 trial, adding lenvatinib and pembrolizumab to TACE significantly extended progression-free survival compared with TACE alone (14.6 months versus 10.0 months) in patients with…
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In the randomized, phase 3 AMBASSADOR trial, adjuvant pembrolizumab after radical surgery significantly extended disease-free survival compared with observation alone in patients with high-risk muscle-invasive or locally advanced urothelial carcinoma.…
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In the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled OlympiA trial, one year of adjuvant olaparib significantly improved invasive disease-free survival (primary publication) and, in a later analysis, significantly improved overall survival as well…
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In the randomized, phase 3 CodeBreaK 300 trial, sotorasib plus panitumumab significantly extended progression-free survival (5.6 months vs 2.0 months, hazard ratio 0.48) and improved objective response rate (26% vs…
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A population-based analysis of national mortality data in England (2001-2024) found a substantial reduction in cervical cancer mortality among women aged 20-29 associated with high uptake of England's HPV vaccination…
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The FDA granted 510(k) clearance -- a real FDA regulatory action for a diagnostic device, distinct from the drug-approval pathway most other records on this site describe -- to Ibex…
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In a large randomized trial (105,934 participants), AI-supported mammography reading achieved a lower interval-cancer rate than standard double reading (1.55 vs. 1.76 per 1,000, meeting noninferiority) with higher sensitivity (80.5%…
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In laboratory cell-line and mouse studies, a Stanford-engineered small molecule that forces two proteins (the lymphoma oncogene BCL6 and the enzyme CDK9) into physical proximity reprogrammed BCL6 to switch ON…
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The study identifies GATA6 as an important regulator of colorectal-cancer biology and a potential research target, but it does not establish a GATA6-directed treatment for patients. Researchers found that knocking…
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In the randomized, phase 3 ECOG-ACRIN E1910 trial, adding blinatumomab to consolidation chemotherapy significantly extended overall survival compared with chemotherapy alone in adults with MRD-negative B-cell precursor ALL — the…
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In the single-arm, open-label, phase 1/2 MonumenTAL-1 trial, talquetamab produced meaningful, durable responses in patients with heavily pretreated, relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who had already exhausted the major available…
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In the single-arm, phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial, epcoritamab — a subcutaneously-injected bispecific antibody that physically brings a patient's own T-cells into contact with lymphoma cells — produced an objective…
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In the randomized, open-label, phase 3 DeLLphi-304 trial, tarlatamab significantly extended overall survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer that had progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy…
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An investigational alpha-lactalbumin-targeted vaccine, developed by Anixa Biosciences with Cleveland Clinic, was reported to be safe and to induce a protocol-defined immune response in 74% of participants across all three…
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In a small, phase 1, first-in-human trial, a personalized cancer vaccine built from each patient's own tumor mutations was given after surgery to patients with high-risk kidney cancer. All 9…
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In the randomized, phase 2b KEYNOTE-942 trial, adding a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine (manufactured for each patient's own tumor mutations) to pembrolizumab reduced the risk of melanoma recurrence or death…
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An investigational NSCLC vaccine (BNT116) is being tested in an ongoing, open-label, first-in-human trial (estimated enrollment 320, sponsor BioNTech SE) with multiple treatment cohorts, primarily to establish safety (dose-limiting toxicities,…
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In the gynecologic expansion cohort of the first-in-human, phase 1 MYTHIC trial, the combination of lunresertib (a PKMYT1 inhibitor) and camonsertib (an ATR inhibitor) produced durable objective responses in heavily…
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In the dose-optimization portion of the now-terminated phase 2/3 REFRaME-O1 trial, the antibody-drug conjugate luveltamab tazevibulin produced objective responses in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer expressing folate receptor alpha, at…
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In two separate, randomized, double-blind, phase 3 trials (SPOTLIGHT and GLOW), adding zolbetuximab to first-line chemotherapy significantly extended both progression-free survival and overall survival, compared with chemotherapy alone, in patients…
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In the randomized, open-label, phase 3 innovaTV 301 trial, tisotumab vedotin significantly extended both overall survival (11.5 months versus 9.5 months) and progression-free survival (4.2 months versus 2.9 months), compared…
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In the single-arm, open-label C-144-01 trial, a one-time infusion of a patient's own expanded tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (lifileucel) produced an objective response in 31.5% of patients with advanced melanoma who had…
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In the MZL cohort of the single-arm, phase 2 TRANSCEND FL trial, lisocabtagene maraleucel -- a CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy -- produced an intent-to-treat overall response rate of 84.4% and…
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Afamitresgene autoleucel is an engineered T-cell therapy — reportedly the first engineered cell therapy approved for a solid tumor in the United States — that received accelerated approval based on…
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FAST-02 is a single-arm feasibility trial testing proton FLASH radiotherapy -- an experimental technique that delivers a full course of radiation in under 1 second, more than 100 times faster…
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In experimental/preclinical models, a tardigrade-protein-inspired, nanoparticle-delivered mRNA strategy reduced radiation-induced DNA damage in oral and rectal tissue.
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In the prospective, single-arm, phase 2 ROBOCOLO trial, robotic-assisted surgery for resectable right-sided colon cancer met its primary safety endpoint (postoperative complication rate within 30 days), supporting robotic surgery as…
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In the randomized, phase 3 IMvigor011 trial, atezolizumab reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by 36% and the risk of death by 41% compared with placebo, specifically in…
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In this prospective cohort, plasma KRAS ctDNA positivity correlated with worse survival and higher metastatic progression, while peritoneal KRAS ctDNA positivity correlated with occult/peritoneal metastatic risk — two related but…
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