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Death From Heart-Related Causes May Affect Cancer Survivors More Than the General Population
March 8th 2021More than half of the deaths assessed in this study were related to non-cancer-related causes such as cardiovascular disease compared with cancer-related causes, which may reflect a need for risk factor management for heart disease during survivorship.
FDA Rejects Approval of Oral Paclitaxel Plus Encequidar for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Here’s Why
March 5th 2021Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was scheduled to make a decision on whether or not they would approve oral paclitaxel plus encequidar for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. The agency decided not to approve the regimen, and issued a complete response letter outlining why.
FDA, Drug Manufacturer Pull Keytruda’s Indication for Small Cell Lung Cancer
March 5th 2021Merck – the manufacturer of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) – is pulling the immunotherapy drug’s indication for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and one or more prior line of therapy.
Organization Urges That Patients With Lung Cancer Worldwide Have Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
March 5th 2021The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer recently joined more than 100 cancer centers and organizations in urging leading public health officials to prioritize administering the COVID-19 vaccine to cancer survivors and patients undergoing treatment for the disease.
‘No Excuses’ When It Comes to Colorectal Cancer Awareness
March 4th 2021This week on the “CURE® Talks Cancer” podcast, to kick off Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we spoke with colon cancer survivor April Schack about what it was like to be diagnosed at age 36 and how she’s working with Fight CRC on a new campaign that aims to raise awareness about the disease, so that no one has to go through what she did.
Strict Cleaning Protocols Induce Limited Traces of Virus That Causes COVID-19 in Cancer Centers
March 3rd 2021The results, according to the study authors, should be reassuring to patients who may have been concerned about the risk of contracting the virus that causes COVID-19 from surfaces in cancer centers.