Clifton Leaf is a cancer survivor. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Fortune magazine. And he has long argued that we may not be making the most astute decisions about how we are trying to find “the best” and “the rightest” ways to diagnose, treat, and manage cancer. … READ MORE …
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A poster presented at the ESMO meeting in Munich has just reported data from an unplanned, preliminary analysis of data from the first 85 patients (out of a scheduled total of 150 patients) enrolled in the TRITON 2 trial of the PARP inhibitor rucaparib (Rubraca) … READ MORE …
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The major, Switzerland-based, global pharmaceutical company Novartis has just agreed to acquire Endocyte — the developer of both Lu-177- PSMA-617 and Ac-225-PSMA-617, which are in clinical trials for the treatment of advanced forms of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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We have known for some time that abiraterone acetate 250 mg, when given with food, appears to have activity that may — in at least some patients — be comparable to the activity of abiraterone acetate 1,000 mg given without food. … READ MORE …
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There is no longer any doubt that men initially diagnosed with low- and very low-risk forms of prostate cancer are, in most cases, either excellent or good candidates for first-line management on active surveillance (AS). … READ MORE …
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The “game changer” statement above comes from an independent review of the potential value of gallium-86-labeled prostate-specific molecular antigen (68Ga PSMA) PET scanning in the evaluation of selected men with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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