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May 2nd 2024
Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD, discusses the current treatment options for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Ryan Merkow, MD, MS, and Louise Catherine Connell, MB BCh BAO, BMedSc, review cases of patients with colorectal cancer and provide insights on clinical practice.
Turning the focus of the conversation to clinical practice, experts on hepatic artery infusion therapy provide clinical insights on program development and evolution.
Drs Connell and Merkow discuss the current treatment landscape in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and review recent clinical data in that space.
Louise Catherine Connell, MB BCh BAO, BMedSc, and Ryan Merkow, MD, MS, review clinical trial data on resected colorectal cancer liver metastases.
A surgical oncologist and gastrointestinal oncologist review data on hepatic artery infusion therapy in unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases.
Two experts on gastrointestinal cancers give a broad overview of hepatic artery infusions.
Ryan Merkow, MD, MS, and Louise Catherine Connell, MB BCh BAO, BMedSc, discuss the current treatment landscape in colorectal cancer liver metastases, highlighting unmet needs in the treatment space.
May 1st 2024
Frontline pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab/chemotherapy improved overall survival in HER2-positive, unresectable or metastatic gastric/GEJ cancer.
April 30th 2024
Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD, discusses the current treatment landscape for metastatic pancreatic cancer.
April 29th 2024
The FDA has approved trastuzumab-strf for HER2-overexpressing breast cancer and HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma.
April 25th 2024
Margot O'Neill, PA-C, MHS, and Michael Leung, PharmD, discuss the monitoring and adverse effect management strategies for patients with colorectal cancer who receive fruquintinib.
Arvind N. Dasari, MD, MS, provides a comprehensive overview of the FRESCO-2 trial investigating fruquintinib in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.
CTX-009 plus paclitaxel has received FDA fast track designation for pretreated metastatic or locally advanced biliary tract cancer.
April 23rd 2024
The FDA has approved lutetium Lu 177 dotatate for pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with SSTR–positive GEP-NETs.
Health Canada has approved subcutaneous atezolizumab for use in patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
April 22nd 2024
Although FAK inhibition alone has displayed modest activity to date, there is interest in developing FAK-targeted therapies for combination regimens.
April 19th 2024
Health Canada has approved pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for first-line, locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic, HER2-negative gastric/GEJ cancer.
April 16th 2024
Durvalumab plus chemotherapy produced superior 3-year survival outcomes vs chemotherapy alone in advanced biliary tract cancer.
April 13th 2024
In case you missed it, these were the key regulatory decisions made by the FDA in March 2024.