Tag Archives: colorectal cancer

What’s new in cancer care across Europe in early 2024 (1 Jan – 5 Mar 2024): Advancements, Innovations, Research, Awareness

(IN BRIEF) In early 2024, Europe’s medical and research communities announced major breakthroughs in cancer care, highlighting new treatments like AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s datopotamab deruxtecan for lung and breast cancer, and AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso for EGFR-mutated lung cancer. Diagnostic advancements … Read the full press release

University of Helsinki Study: Advancing Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment with Comprehensive Genetic Information

(IN BRIEF) A study led by researchers at the University of Helsinki highlights the need for a more comprehensive approach to assessing the hereditary risk of colorectal cancer. By analyzing genetic data and health records of over 450,000 Finns, the … Read the full press release

Merck KGaA Partners with Inspirna to Advance Novel Therapy for RAS-mutated Colorectal Cancer

(IN BRIEF) Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has entered into a licensing agreement with Inspirna, Inc. for ompenaclid (RGX-202), a first-in-class oral inhibitor of the creatine transport channel SLC6A8, and SLC6A8-targeting follow-on compounds, currently under Phase II evaluation for the second-line … Read the full press release

Research evaluated the effectiveness of three-month course chemotherapy for colorectal cancer versus the standard six-month treatment regimen

SOUTHAMPTON, 02-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Many patients receiving chemotherapy following surgery for bowel cancer may only need three months treatment rather than the six months currently given, new research published in Lancet Oncology has shown. An international clinical trial, funded by … Read the full press release

Evaluation affirms the performance of the QIAGEN’s GeneReader NGS System in detecting gene variants known to be clinically relevant in colorectal cancer

World’s first complete Sample to Insight NGS solution proves equal or better compared with other sequencing workflows and alternative technologies Austin, Texas, and Hilden, Germany, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that an … Read the full press release

University of Copenhagen researchers characterized genetic aberration on group of colorectal cancer patients

Researchers from Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have characterized a genetic aberration on a group of colorectal cancer patients. The discovery gives hope for a new and efficient treatment of colorectal cancer, which is a frequent … Read the full press release