Avapritinib approved by FDA for use in systemic mastocytosis
On June 16, 2021, the FDA approved a new targeted drug for advanced systemic mastocytosis, a group of rare...
Metastasis Prevention – A New Weapon in the Fight Against Cancer
Despite years of research, cancer metastasis always remains incurable and fatal. There are no approved drugs for the prevention...
Clinical flow cytometry in cancer diagnosis and immune system disorders
Flow cytometry is a technique in which tens of thousands of cells are passed through a fluidics system, and...
FDA Approves First KRAS-Targeted Therapy for NSCLC
Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Each year, about 2.2 million new cases of...
Panelist Diaries: What makes a good endpoint in cancer management?
In Plato’s book, The Theaetetus, Socrates was at wrestling school, discussing what he believed ‘knowledge’ to be to his...
Cancer vaccines in the clinic and in trials
Most vaccines are given as prophylactics, agents that protect healthy individuals before exposure to a pathogen. By contrast, therapeutic...
Lung Cancer – Navigating through the maze
When it comes to lung cancer, the patient and the physician often feel like Danny in The Shining, navigating...
FDA Approves Pembrolizumab, the First Anti-PD1 Therapy for HER2 Positive Gastric Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration grants accelerated approval to Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab), the checkpoint inhibitor drug for HER2-positive gastric...
First-in-class drug approved for bone marrow protection during chemotherapy
Chemotherapy can be lifesaving, but it can also damage bone marrow and cause blood cell counts to drop, sometimes...
Circadian Clock Protein CRY1 – The Novel Target for Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers and a second leading cause of cancer death in American...