A nationally-published, award-winning journalist, Alex Biese joined the CURE team as an assistant managing editor in April 2023. Prior to that, Alex's work was published in outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, MTV.com, USA TODAY and the Press of Atlantic City. Alex is a member of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists, and also performs at the Jersey Shore with the acoustic jam band Somewhat Relative.
Hepatitis Treatments Underutilized Among ‘Sickest’ With Liver Cancer
January 19th 2024Antiviral treatments play a crucial role in the survival of patients with either hepatitis B or C and liver cancer, but researchers have found that antiviral therapy is “severely underutilized” even among patients who undergo curative surgery.
Patients With COVID-19 Treated for Cancer at Risk for Thromboembolisms
January 18th 2024Patients recently treated for cancer who required hospitalization for COVID-19 were at risk for venous thromboembolisms (VTEs), recent research has found, with investigators determining that patients who experience a thromboembolic event (TEE) are at a 20% to 25% risk of death.
Endocrine Therapy Effective Subsequent Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment
January 16th 2024Endocrine therapy, particularly when administered in combination with Verzenio (abemaciclib), is effective when compared with chemotherapy among patients with metastatic breast cancer who experienced disease progression on Ibrance (palbociclib), according to recently published research.
Enrollment Continues in Study Evaluating ONCT-534 For Advanced Prostate Cancer
January 11th 2024Patients continue to be enrolled in a study evaluating the dual-action androgen receptor inhibitor ONCT-534 for the treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer who are relapsed or refractory to approved androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs).
FDA Accepts sBLA For Tivdak In Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
January 9th 2024The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) intended to convert the accelerated approval granted to Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin-tftv) in 2021 to full approval for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after first-line therapy.
Rare Immune Cell May Predict Immunotherapy Response in Melanoma
January 7th 2024Vd1-gd T cells, a rare type of immune cell, have been found to potentially predict how likely it is that certain patients with advanced skin cancer will be responsive to treatment via immunotherapy, according to recently published research.
‘Remarkable’ Results from Tecartus in Patients With R/R MCL
January 4th 2024Patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma described by one expert as “older, sicker and more heavily pretreated” than those previously studied experienced impressive responses to treatment with CAR-T cell therapy Tecartus.