Oncology News

New indications concern the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC who do not have EGFR mutated or ALK positive tumours,and those with extensive-stage SCLC

First ‘histology-independent’ treatment in the EU for solid tumours with a NTRK gene fusion

Greatest absolute benefit found in patients with stage III endometrial cancer or serous histology, or both

The results from KEYNOTE-183 study in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

It was intended for the treatment of sickle cell disease

Identification of risk loci and a polygenic risk score for lung cancer in a large-scale prospective cohort study in Chinese populations

Results from a transcriptome-wide association study in over 140,000 European descendants

Collecting data for better representation of genetic variability

Recent study in France suggested that the risk of meningioma, although very low, may be increased when taking high doses of cyproterone for a long period

Results from a randomised trial in preventing herpes zoster in immunocompromised patients after autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Approval is based on efficacy and safety results from Part 2 of the STORM study

KLHL11 identified as anovel paraneoplastic autoantibody