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FDA Panel Unanimously Supports Belantamab Mafodotin for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
July 15th 2020The Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted in favor of the agency approving belantamab mafodotin to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have previously received at least four therapies.
How to Find the Right Balance Between Essential Visits and Telemedicine During COVID-19
July 15th 2020Dr. Pat Basu, president and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America discusses the fear surrounding cancer screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic and finding the right balance between what is an essential visit and what can be done using telemedicine.
'Easy' to Navigate Recent Flurry of Drug Approvals in NSCLC Since Most Are 'Just Another Option'
July 14th 2020Most of the data from the recent approvals of several non-small cell lung cancer drugs don’t distinguish themselves regarding efficacy or safety to what was already available before the flurry of approvals in May, according to Dr. Timothy Burns.
Expert Addresses Fear and Uncertainty Patients with Cancer Feel from COVID-19 Disruptions
July 11th 2020“There's a lot of miscommunication and number one, I would tell them you don't need to face these decisions alone,” Dr. Pat Basu said in an interview addressing patient’s fear in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Combination of Avastin and Tarceva 'Should Be Considered Preferred Option' in Kidney Cancer Subtype
July 10th 2020Data from a phase 2 study presented during the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program demonstrated that Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with Tarceva (erlotinib) was well tolerated and produced encouraging clinical outcomes in patients with advanced hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma or sporadic papillary renal cell carcinoma.
Learning How to Treat Cancer Safely and Effectively in the Era of COVID-19
July 9th 2020“We're not going to turn our back on our cancer patients, we're not going to make it a choice between COVID and cancer, but rather we're going to make it and we have to treat both,” said Dr. Pat Basu, President and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Expert Advises Genetic Profiling in MCL Can Be a Useful Tool in Treating The Disease
July 7th 2020“We learned from previous prospective studies (that) using chemoimmunotherapy for those patients with TP53 aberrations, the survival data compared with others that do not harbor this mutation are much less favorable,” said Dr. Jia Ruan.