For metastatic or stage 4 lung cancer, ask about the genetic mutation results and also the PD-L1 testing. The tumor may be biopsied. Patients with a protein called PD-L1 may be better candidates for ...
Positive results from a clinical trial called EMBER-3 trial indicate the promise of using a drug called imlunestrant to treat women with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor ...
Connie Campbell was 11 years old when she discovered she had a type of brain tumor called medulloblastoma [a rare primary central nervous system tumor] just days after going on rollercoaster prompted ...
Oswald Peterson is cancer free after a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, thanks to immunotherapy he received to treat the disease. Oswald Peterson was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2017. His care ...
Australian mom of two, 41-year-old Em Davies was diagnosed with early-stage invasive HER2+ breast cancer after being diagnosed with Paget disease of the breast, rare type of cancer that involves the ...
“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Camille Grammer, 56, is looking incredible and feeling “much better” after her recent breast implant removal surgery, a procedure she decided to do because she ...
"Nice to meet you. I think I've covered wars with fewer people," said Tom Brokaw as our camera crew set up in the living room of his winter home on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Cable news was on the ...
In July 2020, the FDA approved the drug combination of Monjuvi plus Revlimid for people with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that had returned or didn’t respond to previous treatments A clinical trial ...
Dr. Rachel Brightwell is a gynecologic oncologist at Austin Cancer Center. Dr. Brightwell specializes in treating uterine, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. She is committed to improving quality ...
Cassandra Costley was just 32 years old when she began experiencing rectal bleeding and pain that would “come and go.” She initially dismissed symptoms as hemorrhoids, but six years later, was ...
The first treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is usually a combination of drugs known as R-CHOP This treatment cures about 60% of people who get it People who aren’t cured can get more chemo, ...
CDK4/6 inhibitors are targeted drugs that can be used for women with a common type of breast cancer: hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative. Currently, there are three CDK4/6 inhibitors approved ...