Sentences with phrase «advanced squamous»
Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expressing advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer benefit most from necitumumab added to gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy, according to a subgroup analysis from the SQUIRE trial presented today at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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For the new trial, hospitals enrolled patients with advanced, squamous non-small cell lung cancer whose disease had progressed despite initial chemotherapy.
The current standard of care for advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma involves chemotherapy and radiation.
Researchers have found that people with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and the KRAS - variant inherited genetic mutation have significantly improved survival when given a short course of the drug cetuximab in combination with standard chemotherapy and radiation.
NRG Oncology researchers recently developed and validated a nomogram that can predict 2 - year and 5 - year overall survival (OS) and progression - free survival (PFS) for patients with local - regionally advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) treated primarily with radiation - based therapy.
Activity and safety of nivolumab, an anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, for patients with advanced, refractory squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (CheckMate 063): a phase 2, single - arm trial.
In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved nivolumab for patients with advanced (metastatic) squamous non-small cell lung cancer.
Currently, the CDK9 inhibitor flavopiridol is being evaluated in several phase I and II clinical trials for its anti-cancer effects either as a single agent or in combination with other drugs in treatment of esophageal cancer, B - cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, endometrial carcinoma, recurrent / metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and most relevantly, previously treated locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (http://www.cancernetwork.com/review-article/current-clinical-trials-flavopiridol/page/0/2).
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are known to advance quickly into tumors and resist healing with time.
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