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January 25th 2025
Presence of comorbidities in older patients with breast cancer complicates treatment decisions.
FDA Approves Abatacept With Calcineurin Inhibitor for Prophylaxis of Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
December 17th 2021Abatacept is also approved for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, active psoriatic arthritis, and moderate to severe polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis for children 2 years of age and older.
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Assessing Zanubrutinib, Obinutuzumab, Venetoclax for Previously Untreated CLL
December 17th 2021Jacob D. Soumerai, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses minimum residual disease-driven time limited therapy with zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax in previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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Study: Immune-Boosting Antibody Treatment Isatuximab Meets Primary Endpoint for Multiple Myeloma
December 15th 2021This trial is the first to assess the use of isatuximab as a first-line treatment for newly diagnosed, transplant-eligible patients up to 70 years of age, according to the study authors.
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PI3K Inhibitors May Help Prevent Tamoxifen-Associated Uterine Cancer in Patients With Breast Cancer
December 14th 2021Uterine cancers that developed in patients with breast cancer treated with tamoxifen had fewer phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway mutations and may have been driven by tamoxifen-induced PI3K pathway activation.
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