US FDA approves AstraZeneca's drug for breast cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AstraZeneca and partner Daiichi Sankyo's precision drug to treat a type of breast cancer, the health regulator said on Friday. The treatment, jointly developed with the Japanese company,
Drug in clinical trials for breast cancer could also treat some blood cancers
Two new studies have identified a possible way to block the progression of several forms of blood cancer using a drug already in clinical trials against breast cancer.
Considering Sacituzumab in HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer After Progression
During a Case-Based Roundtable event, Laura Huppert, MD, reviewed antibody-drug conjugates for a patient with metastatic breast cancer who had progressed on multiple line of therapy.
FDA Approves New ADC for HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved datopotamab deruxtecan for the treatment of certain patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer.
AstraZeneca Gets FDA Approval for Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment Datroway
AstraZeneca said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Datroway, a treatment for metastatic breast cancer developed in combination with Daiichi Sankyo. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker on Friday said that the approval is for adult breast cancer patients who have received prior endocrine-based therapy and chemotherapy for unresectable or metastatic disease.
FDA Approves Dato-DXd in HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer
As supported by data from the phase 3 TROPION-Breast01 trial, datopotamab deruxtecan is now an FDA-approved treatment for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
AstraZeneca’s Datroway approved in U.S. for HER2-negative breast cancer patients
DXd, has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who have received prior endocrine-based therapy and chemotherapy for unresectable or metastatic disease.
FDA approves new MCL treatment by AstraZeneca
WILMINGTON, Del. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN)'s CALQUENCE® (acalabrutinib) in combination with bendamustine and rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who are ineligible for autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
The Power of Personalized Breast Cancer Care
It’s a sobering statistic: 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime.1 ...
Breast Cancer Rates Climb Among Younger Women
The increase in breast cancer rates among younger patients is occurring as the incidence of other early-onset cancers — ...
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Drugmakers Are Limiting Cancer Patients’ Access to Financial Lifelines. Why?
Several major drugmakers have restricted commercially insured patients from their patient assistance programs, leaving ...
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Survival Benefit With Adjuvant T-DM1 in High-Risk HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Women with high-risk HER2-positive breast cancer lived significantly longer with adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1, ...
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Breast Cancer Stage May Influence Risk of Prevalent CVD
Patient outcomes appeared to be more heavily driven by breast cancer stage than delays in diagnosis, researchers found.
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LIVE: Better Testing Coverage for Breast Cancer Patients
The American Cancer Society is asking North Dakota State lawmakers to pass legislation that would require insurance companies to cover diagnostic testing for people who need it when doctors find ...
AHN launches mental health support program for metastatic breast cancer patients
It’s been months in the making, but now the new resource is available for those battling the treatable, but incurable form of ...