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Oncology, meaning bulk, mass, or tumor, and the suffix ''-logy'', meaning "study of") is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors (cancer). A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''.

FDA clears ADXS-HPV plus epacadostat IND for HPV-associated cervical cancer Phase 2 study

Advaxis, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies, today announced the clearance of the Investigational New Drug application by the United States Food and Drug Administration to conduct a Phase 2 study of ADXS-HPV (ADXS11-001) alone or in combination with Incyte Corporation's investigational oral indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibitor, epacadostat (INCB24360), for the treatment of Stage I-IIIb human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer.

1 Jun 2015

Halozyme announces positive Phase 2 results of PEGPH20 drug for treating metastatic pancreatic cancer patients

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel oncology and drug-delivery therapies, today announced interim findings from the ongoing phase 2 clinical study of its investigational new drug PEGPH20 for the potential treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

1 Jun 2015

Combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab drugs can improve outcomes in patients with advanced melanoma

Treating advanced melanoma patients with either a combination of the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab (Opdivo™) and ipilimumab (Yervoy™) or nivolumab alone significantly increases progression-free survival (PFS) over using ipilimumab alone, according to new findings from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) simultaneously presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting and published online in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Examining specific characteristics of each patient's tumor has also given researchers clearer understanding of which patients should receive the combination.

1 Jun 2015

Asterias reports positive data from AST-VAC1 Phase 2 trial for intermediate, high risk AML

Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the emerging field of regenerative medicine, today announced positive, new, long-term follow-up data from a Phase 2 clinical trial of AST-VAC1 in patients with intermediate and high risk acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

1 Jun 2015

Pharmacyclics’ Ibrutinib Phase Ib/II data show ibrutinib may be safe and effective in patients with cGVHD

Pharmacyclics LLC today announced interim results from the ongoing Phase Ib/II PCYC-1129 study suggesting that ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA) may be a safe and effective treatment for patients with chronic graft-versus-host-disease (cGVHD) who were either refractory to steroid treatment or were steroid-dependent.

1 Jun 2015

Abbvie presents venetoclax Phase 1 results in patients with multiple myeloma at ASCO 2015

AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that results from a Phase 1b trial of investigational venetoclax, a novel inhibitor of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) protein that is being developed in partnership with Genentech and Roche, in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone, showed an 83 percent overall response rate (n=5/6) in bortezomib-naive patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma, including two patients who achieved complete responses.1 These data will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 31, in Chicago.

1 Jun 2015

AstraZeneca presents preliminary data from AZD6094-AZD9291 combination trial for treatment of NSCLC

Hutchison China MediTech Limited, today announces that AstraZeneca AB, Hutchison MediPharma Limited's collaboration partner, presented preliminary data from the ongoing Phase Ib clinical trial of HMP's c-Met inhibitor savolitinib (AZD6094) combined with AstraZeneca's drug candidate AZD9291 in non-small cell lung cancer.

1 Jun 2015

WBRT associated with worse cognitive function than radiosurgery, shows study

Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) is associated with significantly worse cognitive function than radiosurgery, and should no longer be used in the adjuvant setting after radiosurgery to treat cancer patients with brain metastases, according to a large study led by a researcher at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

1 Jun 2015

Combination of Mekinist and Tafinlar drugs improves outcome in patients with metastatic melanoma

Novartis today announced data from the Phase III COMBI-d study showing a significant survival benefit for patients with BRAF V600E/K mutation-positive metastatic melanoma when treated with the combination of Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib) compared to Tafinlar monotherapy alone.

1 Jun 2015

Game changing, breakthrough early cancer detection technology presented at ASCO 2015

Anpac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd., Chief Executive Officer and Scientist Dr. Chris Yu and the Anpac research team are introducing what the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate Summit on Biomedical Science (NPLS) organizers published as, "game changing" and "breakthrough" early cancer detection technology research results at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, May 29 – June 2, 2015.

1 Jun 2015

People with common form of lung cancer can benefit from nivolumab drug

In a head-to-head clinical trial comparing standard chemotherapy with the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, researchers found that people with squamous-non-small cell lung cancer who received nivolumab lived, on average, 3.2 months longer than those receiving chemotherapy.

1 Jun 2015

ASCO 2015: UH Seidman Cancer Center researchers present data from several new studies

Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will present data from several new studies, including a study evaluating a potential novel combination treatment for cancer patients with advanced solid tumors and a first-of-its-kind analysis of gene mutations in small cell lung cancer (SCLC), at the 51st American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago.

1 Jun 2015

$Amgen starts Phase 3 study assessing the benefit of Kyprolis in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma$

Amgen starts Phase 3 study assessing the benefit of Kyprolis in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

Amgen today announced the initiation of the ARROW trial, a global Phase 3 study evaluating the benefit of Kyprolis® (carfilzomib) for Injection administered once-weekly with dexamethasone versus the current U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved twice-weekly administration schedule in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received prior treatment with bortezomib and an immunomodulatory agent (IMiD).

1 Jun 2015

Investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 shows activity against HER2+ breast cancer

Promising clinical trial results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2015 show activity of the investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 against HER2+ breast cancer, in one case specifically against brain metastases and in another case in overall survival of heavily pretreated HER2+ breast cancer patients.

1 Jun 2015

Clinical utility of Caris Molecular Intelligence in five studies to be presented at ASCO 2015

Caris Life Sciences, a leading biotechnology company focused on fulfilling the promise of precision medicine, today announced the presentation of data from five studies that demonstrate the clinical utility of Caris Molecular Intelligence®, the company's panomic comprehensive tumor profiling service, in helping to identify targeted treatment options for patients with rare and/or aggressive tumors.

1 Jun 2015

Mirati Therapeutics presents preliminary results of MGCD265 tyrosine kinase inhibitor at ASCO 2015

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. today presented data that demonstrated preliminary evidence of clinical activity from its investigational targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor candidate, MGCD265, as part of the developmental therapeutics category at the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held in Chicago from May 29-June 2, 2015.

1 Jun 2015

PGDx introduces ImmunoSelect-R service to support development of immuno-oncology cancer therapies

Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of advanced cancer genome analysis and testing services, today announced the launch of its ImmunoSelect-R service designed to identify mutant neoantigens and support development of immuno-oncology cancer therapies.

1 Jun 2015

Study: Removing more tissue during partial mastectomy could reduce need for second surgery

Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of breast cancer patients a second surgery, according to a Yale Cancer Center study. The findings were published online May 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

1 Jun 2015

CHEMOSAT treatment of UM patients with hepatic metastases highlighted at ASCO 2015

Delcath Systems, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company focused on oncology with an emphasis on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers, announces that results of a large, European single-center experience of the treatment of uveal melanoma patients with hepatic metastases with the Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System, were highlighted in an on-line abstract at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 2015.

1 Jun 2015

Caris Molecular Intelligence allows comparisons between tumors sharing histological features

Caris Life Sciences, a leading biotechnology company focused on fulfilling the promise of precision medicine, today announced the presentation of data from three studies that demonstrate the utility of Caris Molecular Intelligence®, the company's panomic comprehensive tumor profiling service, in facilitating comparisons between tumors that share histological features.

1 Jun 2015

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FDA clears ADXS-HPV plus epacadostat IND for HPV-associated cervical cancer Phase 2 study

Halozyme announces positive Phase 2 results of PEGPH20 drug for treating metastatic pancreatic cancer patients

Combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab drugs can improve outcomes in patients with advanced melanoma

Asterias reports positive data from AST-VAC1 Phase 2 trial for intermediate, high risk AML

Pharmacyclics’ Ibrutinib Phase Ib/II data show ibrutinib may be safe and effective in patients with cGVHD

Abbvie presents venetoclax Phase 1 results in patients with multiple myeloma at ASCO 2015

AstraZeneca presents preliminary data from AZD6094-AZD9291 combination trial for treatment of NSCLC

WBRT associated with worse cognitive function than radiosurgery, shows study

Combination of Mekinist and Tafinlar drugs improves outcome in patients with metastatic melanoma

Game changing, breakthrough early cancer detection technology presented at ASCO 2015

People with common form of lung cancer can benefit from nivolumab drug

ASCO 2015: UH Seidman Cancer Center researchers present data from several new studies

Amgen starts Phase 3 study assessing the benefit of Kyprolis in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

Investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 shows activity against HER2+ breast cancer

Clinical utility of Caris Molecular Intelligence in five studies to be presented at ASCO 2015

Mirati Therapeutics presents preliminary results of MGCD265 tyrosine kinase inhibitor at ASCO 2015

PGDx introduces ImmunoSelect-R service to support development of immuno-oncology cancer therapies

Study: Removing more tissue during partial mastectomy could reduce need for second surgery

CHEMOSAT treatment of UM patients with hepatic metastases highlighted at ASCO 2015

Caris Molecular Intelligence allows comparisons between tumors sharing histological features

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