For people with the grim diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the news may have gotten just a shade brighter. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center found that using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) tracer with positron emission tomography (PET) provides a preoperative predictor of tumor response to chemotherapy and survival in patients with borderline resectable or locally advanced pancreatic cancer. The finding could change recommended practice for one of the deadliest forms of cancer and improve outcomes for patients.
Genexine Co. Ltd.’s DNA vaccine, GX-188E, showed potential in extending overall survival in patients with advanced cervical cancer in a phase II study when given in combination with Merck & Co. Inc.’s anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab).
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2022, including: Debiopharm, Elevar, Genexine, Gilead, Hutchmed, Innovent.
The interaction of immune checkpoints, such as programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) or cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), with their ligands leads to T-cell deactivation, allowing cancer cells to escape from the immune system.
H-Cyte Inc. has completed its acquisition of Jantibody, a novel cancer immunotherapeutic agent that has demonstrated promising efficacy in controlling ovarian cancer and mesothelioma in preclinical models.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has synthesized new macrocyclic compounds acting as induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Astellas Pharma Inc. has described new quinazoline GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. An exemplified compound degraded KRAS(G12D) mutant expressed in human pancreatic AsPC-1 cancer cells (DC50 = 37 nM) in ELISA assays. An exemplified compound degraded KRAS(G12D) mutant expressed in human pancreatic AsPC-1 cancer cells (DC50 = 37 nM) in ELISA assays. It inhibited 3D anchorage-independent proliferation of KRAS(G12D) mutant-positive AsPC-1 cancer cells (IC50 = 23 nM) in Celltiter-Glo assays.
Surviving apoptosis after administration of a drug triggered a previously unknown evolutionary process that gave tumor cells greater resistance to subsequent therapies. A cancer cell that does not die gets stronger. Cancer reappears with those cells that escape death thanks to a mechanism that, at the same time, offers a potential therapeutic target. According to a study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and University of Oxford, the alternative to the cell death program is a stress response pathway that generates a persister cell phenotype not described before.
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