Academics + Pharma = Big Bucks; New CAR-T Warnings; Patients Seek Cancer Tests

[MEDPAGE TODAY]( Oncology Update Friday, April 19, 2024 [Academics + Pharma = Big Bucks; New CAR-T Warnings; Patients Seek Cancer Tests]( [FDA Greenlights Imaging Agent to Detect Residual Cancer After Lumpectomy]( [Immunotherapy During Pregnancy Just as Safe as Other Cancer Drugs]( [Alectinib Lands FDA Approval for Adjuvant Therapy in NSCLC]( [Could Francis Collins's Prostate Cancer Story Deter Men From Active Surveillance?]( ADVERTISEMENT Exclusives & Features [NEJM Begins Limiting Access for Certain News Organizations]( [Doctors Strike at Detroit Hospital After Unionizing Last Year]( [Nepali Plaintiffs Double Down on 'Severe Harm' Caused by Invalidated USMLE Scores]( [Gaps in Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care for Patients Living With and Beyond Cancer: We Must Do Better.]( Delivery of high-quality, evidence-based oral care for those living with and beyond cancer needed! [READ MORE]( [Maintenance pembrolizumab therapy in patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer with prior response to chemotherapy.]( PURPOSE: Accumulating toxicities hinder indefinite chemotherapy for many patients with metastatic/recurrent HER2-negative breast cancer. We conducted a phase II trial of pembrolizumab monotherapy... [READ MORE]( [Efficacy of pembrolizumab and biomarker analysis in patients with WGS-based intermediate to high tumor mutational load: results from the Drug Rediscovery Protocol.]( PURPOSE: To evaluate efficacy of pembrolizumab across multiple cancer types harboring different levels of Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS)-based tumor mutational load (TML; total of non-synonymous... [READ MORE]( [Cedars-Sinai Cancer appoints melanoma research director]( Dr. Bin Zheng is the new director of melanoma research at Cedars-Sinai Cancer who will focus on targeted therapies and immunotherapy. [READ MORE]( [Low-dose ionizing γ-radiation elicits the extrusion of neutrophil extracellular traps.]( PURPOSE: Cancer patients frequently undergo radiotherapy in their clinical management with unintended irradiation of blood vessels and copiously irrigated organs in which polymorphonuclear leukocytes... [READ MORE]( [A Property of Everyday Health group]( © 2024 MedPage Today, LLC. MedPage Today is among the federally registered trademarks of MedPage Today, LLC, and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. You have received this email because you have registered to receive emails at www.medpagetoday.com, with the email address: {EMAIL} [Manage Email Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](lst=NL_Spec_Oncology_Update?xid=nl_mpt_Oncology_update_2024-04-19&mh=3c4cdd242849aa0e970f25e401732f81) | [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( Technical Questions: feedback@medpagetoday.com 114 5th Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10011