Immunotherapy

Maintenance of normal vitamin D levels during anti-PD-1 immunotherapy should be standard procedure for patients with advanced melanoma to allow for better treatment outcomes, according to a report in Cancer.

Healio spoke with Ahmed Elkhanany, MD, about recent advancements in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Individuals of African ancestry treated for colorectal cancer had fewer actionable genetic alterations than those of European ancestry, making them less likely to be eligible for immunotherapy, study results showed.

Oncology drug costs overall, and immunotherapy costs specifically, drove Medicare spending increases for outpatient end-of-life cancer care, according to research in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.

Black and Hispanic patients with allergic rhinitis get fewer prescriptions for subcutaneous immunotherapy compared with white patients, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Sparing lymph nodes until after immunotherapy treatment may result in improved antitumor immune response among patients with cancer, according to a study published in Cell.

Alzamend Neuro Inc. announced initiation of a phase 1/2a clinical trial for its proprietary immunotherapy vaccineALZN002 to treat mild to moderate dementia associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, will receive this year’s AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research.

Targeting the B-cell maturation antigen protein has so far proved successful in treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, dramatically increasing response rates and extending the time until disease progression.

Allergy immunotherapy is effective in achieving long-term results for allergic rhinitis in real-world treatment, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy Clinical Immunology.