January 22, 2021
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The FDA has accepted a Biologics License Application for retifanlimab, an investigational intravenous PD-1 inhibitor, as a potential treatment for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal who have progressed on or who are intolerant of platinum-based chemotherapy and has granted the BLA a Priority Review.
January 17, 2021
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The frontline combination of trifluridine/tipiracil in combination with bevacizumab demonstrated an overall survival benefit compared with capecitabine and bevacizumab as treatment of patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer who are not eligible for a standard chemotherapy regimen, resulting in a difference of almost 5 months, according to the final analysis of the phase 2 TASCO1 trial.
January 15, 2021
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens were not found to increase the risk for perioperative complications in patients who have potentially resectable advanced thoracic esophageal cancer, according to data from the phase 3 JCOG 1109 trial that were virtually presented at the 2021 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
January 15, 2021
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The FDA has approved fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.