Introduction: Pemetrexed is a first line drug for brain metastases from lung cancer, either as monotherapy or combined with other drugs. The frequent occurrence of initial and acquired resistance to ...
2017; Scherpereel et al., 2018). Combination treatment with pemetrexed (PMX, also known as Alimta and LY231514) and cisplatin has been the first-line chemotherapy regimen for more than a decade ...
ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...
Non-small cell lung cancer comprises the majority of all lung cancers—which is the leading cause of cancer death across the world. Patients older than age 70 make up a large portion of all patients ...
EMA committee recommends extension of marketing authorisation for Janssen-Cilag’s subcutaneous Rybrevant to treat advanced EGFR-mutated NSCLC: Beerse, Belgium Tuesday, February ...
Data from the Phase 3 PALOMA-3 study showed non-inferiority to intravenous administration meeting both co-primary pharmacokinetic (PK) endpoints, as well as a five-fold reduction in infusion-related ...
The combination of brain radiotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy “resulted in promising intracranial and systemic anti-tumor activity, with a manageable safety profile,” researchers wrote.
Chemotherapy for lung cancer is used for different purposes depending on the type and stage of cancer you have. This includes achieving cancer remission, shrinking a tumor before surgery, killing ...