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Keytruda Has Received Nearly 40 FDA Approvals. How Does It Work?
Jan 25, 2024 · An expert explains how immunotherapy works. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for the treatment of patients with stages 3 to 4A cervical cancer. The first approval of an anti-programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) therapy in combination with chemoradiotherapy for this ...
How I Used Turkey Tail Mushrooms Alongside Cancer Treatment
Jan 8, 2024 · John Smelcer, PhD, CAGS. After being diagnosed with lymphoma, I decided to supplement my cancer treatment with turkey tail mushrooms. In the fall of 2022, I was diagnosed with high grade stage 2 B-cell non-specific, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a rare blood cancer in which B cells mutate and proliferate to the point they build up tumors.
GO2 For Lung Cancer | Advocacy Groups - Curetoday
May 30, 2024 · GO2 is at the forefront of everything that’s happening in lung cancer. We’re the go-to for one-on-one assistance, supportive connections, screening and treatment information, and finding the best care close to home. We’re the place to go to learn about the latest research and special initiatives that increase survivorship. We’re the …
Long-Term Follow-Up Shows Keytruda Continues to Improve
Feb 1, 2021 · Keytruda (pembrolizumab) continued to demonstrate a clinically meaningful improvement in overall and progression-free survival, compared with docetaxel, in patients with previously treated, PD-L1–positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after more than five years of follow-up, according to results from the phase 2/3 KEYNOTE-010 study presented at the 2020 World Conference on Lung ...
Surrendering to God: How My Faith Led to Healing From Cancer
Aug 8, 2024 · Pamela McColloch. Through colon cancer and liver cancer, faith is what brought me to peace and clarity during treatment and now survivorship. "My journey was not just about battling a physical illness, but about discovering the depths of my faith and the power of surrender," Pamela wrote. Cancer is a word that strikes fear into the hearts of many.
Pluvicto Improves Survival Without Progression in Certain Patients …
Oct 23, 2023 · Pluvicto improved progression-free survival in certain patients with prostate cancer, recent research showed. Treatment with Pluvicto (177-Lu-PSMA-617) improved the duration of time when a patient’s disease did not progress with a favorable safety profile in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who were taxane ...
What’s the Plan for Patients With Melanoma After Surgery?
Jan 10, 2024 · After surgery, they see the surgeon and they almost always see a medical oncologist. The medical oncologist will determine if they have a stage 1, 2 or 3 melanoma or (stage) four that was still able to be surgically removed, and that medical oncologist will determine the plan. (The) first question is, “What is their risk of recurrence, and do ...
How Patients With Cancer Can Best Care For Their Chemo Port
Jun 23, 2022 · A port, also known as a port-a-cath, among other names, is a device that is surgically implanted under a patient’s skin, typically on the right side of the chest. This allows cancer teams to draw blood and give treatments such as blood transfusions, intravenous fluids or drugs like antibiotics and chemotherapy without the need for constant pokes.
What Patients with Prostate Cancer Need to Know About
Jul 16, 2024 · A radiation oncology nurse explains the spectrum of side effects that can come with radiation for prostate cancer. EP: 1. EP: 2. EP: 3. EP: 4. EP: 5. For patients with prostate cancer undergoing radiation, the side effect burden exists on a spectrum, as one nurse explained to CURE®. “Not one patient experiences everything to their full ...