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SABCS 2024: Using Tumor Immune Profiles to Guide Neoadjuvant Therapy in Young Breast Cancer Patients

Pharmacy Times

Assessing pre-treatment TIL levels in young breast cancer patients could help predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab Plus Epirubicin Shows Safety, Efficacy in Treatment of HER2+ Early Breast Cancer

Pharmacy Times

These data suggest the potential efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors with anthracycline-based chemotherapy.

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Immunotherapy Makes Major Strides for First-line Treatment of Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Pharmacy Times

Specific immune checkpoint inhibitors added to frontline chemotherapy have transformed modern clinical practice.

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STAT+: Drug shortages reached a record high as 2023 drew to a close

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These include oxytocin, which is used during childbirth; Rho(D) immune globulin, which helps some women during pregnancy; standard-of-care chemotherapy, pain and sedation medicines; and ADHD pills. The reasons are varied, although many remain a mystery.

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NICE recommends combo therapy for gastroesophageal cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

Nivolumab (Opdivo), together with chemotherapy has been recommended in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE final draft guidance for untreated HER2-negative, advanced or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) or oesophageal adenocarcinoma where tumours express programmed death-1 receptor (PD-L1).

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EC approves Libtayo® for metastatic cervical cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

s Libtayo ® (cemiplimab) for adults with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer and disease progression while on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. “Libtayo ® was the first programmed cell death protein (PD)-1 inhibitor to demonstrate significant improvements in survival compared to chemotherapy in a Phase III trial.

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Immunotherapy to become standard treatment for infants with ALL

European Pharmaceutical Review

Blinatumomab significantly improved survival, with the rate increasing from 66 percent to 93 percent, compared to individuals just given prior chemotherapy. Monoclonal antibody ( mAb ) blinatumomab binds to leukaemia cells on one side and to immune cells on the other side.