Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy in Chinese adults with advanced biliary tract carcinoma
Could adding pembrolizumab help Chinese adults live longer with advanced biliary tract carcinoma?
This phase 3 randomized controlled trial enrolled 158 Chinese adults with advanced or unresectable biliary tract carcinoma.
A completed study in China compared adding pembrolizumab to chemotherapy for advanced bile duct cancer, tracking how long 158 adults survive…
Zanubrutinib-combined therapy in heavily treated non-GCB DLBCL: retrospective two-center cohort of 27 patients
New hope for tough lymphoma cases
A retrospective two-center cohort of 27 heavily treated patients with relapsed/refractory non-GCB DLBCL evaluated zanubrutinib-combined ther…
Combining zanubrutinib with other treatments helped 74% of patients with tough, hard-to-treat lymphoma respond after standard options failed…
Penpulimab plus chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival in recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma
New drug plus chemo delays cancer growth in advanced nasopharyngeal cases
This randomized, double-blind phase 3 trial evaluated penpulimab combined with cisplatin/carboplatin and gemcitabine versus placebo plus che…
Adding penpulimab to chemotherapy delays cancer growth by nearly three months in advanced nasopharyngeal cases, offering new hope for patien…
Anti-PD-1 plus chemoradiotherapy improved event-free survival in MS1 subtype nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients compared with chemoradiotherapy alone
New Test Picks Who Wins From Cancer Drug
This review analyzed pooled data from two Phase III randomized clinical trials involving 407 patients with locoregionally advanced nasophary…
A new test identifies which nasopharyngeal cancer patients will survive longer when adding immunotherapy to standard radiation and chemother…
SBRT plus PD-1 inhibitor and lenvatinib improved PFS in oligoprogressive HCC patients
Radiation Plus Immune Drugs Stops Liver Cancer Growth
This prospective Phase 2 study evaluated stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) combined with continued first-line PD-1 inhibitor-based …
Combining targeted radiation with ongoing immune therapy can restart cancer control in patients whose disease was slowly spreading again.
Exploratory RCT finds in situ vaccine plus PD-1 with immunoradiotherapy shows response in advanced hepatic malignancies
New Vaccine Combo Shrinks Liver Tumors Safely
An exploratory RCT of 18 patients with advanced hepatic malignancies compared in situ vaccine FOLactis plus PD-1 antibody combined with eith…
A new vaccine combo shrinks liver tumors safely without the severe side effects usually caused by strong cancer drugs.
Meta-analysis finds immunotherapy plus chemotherapy improves outcomes in triple-negative breast cancer
New Combo Boosts Survival for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
A meta-analysis of triple-negative breast cancer patients found that adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy improved pathological complete res…
Adding immune checkpoint inhibitors to chemotherapy improves survival and tumor response for triple-negative breast cancer patients.
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors plus anti-angiogenic TKIs improve PFS but not OS in advanced NSCLC
Does combining these lung cancer drugs extend life, or just delay disease growth?
A meta-analysis of 2,787 patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC found that combining PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors with multi-targeted anti-angi…
Combining lung cancer drugs slows disease growth but offers no clear survival benefit for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Case report and review of primary cervical melanoma shows inconsistent response to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors
Rare cervical melanoma cases show mixed results with immunotherapy and surgery
A case report of two patients with primary malignant melanoma of the cervix and a review of nine reported cases treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhi…
Surgery alone fails for rare cervical melanoma, as 80% of patients progress on immunotherapy without chemotherapy or radiation.
Systematic review of 2025 RCTs identifies new standards of care across genitourinary cancers
New standards of care established for bladder, kidney, prostate, testicular, and penile cancers in 2025
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 40 phase II/III RCTs in patients with bladder, kidney, prostate, testicular, and penile cancers fou…
New 2025 standards of care for bladder, kidney, prostate, testicular, and penile cancers now emphasize biomarker-driven strategies and immun…
FDA Approves Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Treatment of Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma
FDA approves new drug Keytruda for advanced skin cancer
The FDA has approved Keytruda, a PD-1-blocking antibody, for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.
FDA approves Keytruda to treat advanced skin cancer that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body.
Review synthesizes fungal immune evasion mechanisms and emerging immunotherapies for invasive fungal infections
Review explores how fungi evade immune systems and potential new treatment approaches
A narrative review synthesizes advances in understanding immune evasion by major fungal pathogens and immune dysregulation in immunocompromi…
Fungi like Candida and Aspergillus evade the immune system by hiding or forming biofilms, but new treatments could combine antifungal drugs …