Tag Archives: European Society for Medical Oncology

New RAMPART trial results show combination immunotherapy significantly improves disease-free survival in kidney cancer patients after surgery

(IN BRIEF) The Phase III RAMPART trial has demonstrated that combining the immunotherapy drugs durvalumab and tremelimumab after surgery significantly improves disease-free survival in patients with early-stage renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Led by the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit … Read the full press release

New monarchE trial data shows long-term survival gains for high-risk early breast cancer patients receiving abemaciclib with hormone therapy

(IN BRIEF) Long-term data from the international monarchE trial has confirmed that patients with HR+ and HER2- node-positive high-risk early breast cancer achieve better survival outcomes when treated with the targeted therapy abemaciclib in combination with standard hormone therapy. Presented … Read the full press release

ESMO Virtual Congress 2020: Libtayo positive pivotal data offer hope for the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma, a difficult-to-treat cancer

Libtayo is the first investigational medicine to show a clinical benefit in advanced basal cell carcinoma following treatment with a hedgehog inhibitor in a prospective trial 31% objective response rate seen in trial patients, and an estimated 85% of responses … Read the full press release