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Genitourinary Cancer News
‘Knowledge gap’ hinders efforts to improve care of LGBTQ+ patients
Standard cancer care may fail to adequately address the needs of LGBTQ+ individuals, who face substantial disparities in access to screening, treatment and outcomes.
FDA grants fast track designation to CAR macrophage cell therapy for HER2-positive tumors
The FDA granted fast track designation to CT-0508 for treatment of patients with solid tumors that overexpress human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.
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T-cell receptor therapy ‘definitely effective’ for metastatic solid tumors
More than a third of patients with solid tumors showed evidence of antitumor response after treatment with ADP-A2M4CD8, according to data presented at the virtual ESMO Congress.
Nivolumab-ipilimumab combination confers durable benefit in advanced renal cell carcinoma
First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab conferred durable survival benefit compared with sunitinib for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, according to results of the randomized phase 3 CheckMate-214 trial.
FDA grants full approval to Keytruda for urothelial carcinoma subset
The FDA granted full approval to pembrolizumab for first-line treatment of certain patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma, according to the agent’s manufacturer.
COVID-19 mortality lower after two vaccine doses among patients with cancer
Patients with cancer had lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality after two doses vs. one dose of COVID-19 vaccines, according to study results from Centre Léon Bérard Cancer Center published in Annals of Oncology.
FDA approves Opdivo as adjuvant treatment of high-risk urothelial carcinoma
The FDA approved nivolumab for adjuvant treatment of patients with surgically resected, high-risk urothelial carcinoma, according to the agent’s manufacturer.
FDA approves Welireg for von Hippel-Lindau disease-associated cancers
The FDA approved belzutifan for treatment of cancers associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
FDA approves Keytruda-Lenvima combination for advanced renal cell carcinoma
The FDA approved the combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib for first-line treatment of adults with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
FDA grants priority review to Keytruda for renal cell carcinoma subset
The FDA granted priority review to pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy for certain patients with renal cell carcinoma, according to the agent’s manufacturer.