A nationally-published, award-winning journalist, Alex Biese joined the CURE team as an assistant managing editor in April 2023. Prior to that, Alex's work was published in outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, MTV.com, USA TODAY and the Press of Atlantic City. Alex is a member of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists, and also performs at the Jersey Shore with the acoustic jam band Somewhat Relative.
Cannabis Talks During Cancer, Cardiometabolic Comorbidities and Current Research
March 4th 2024In addition to a breakthrough therapy designation for a lung cancer drug, this week we’ll be talking a lot about additional side effects and health conditions that may come with a cancer diagnosis, and how to manage them.
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FDA to Review Tevimbra Plus Chemo in Gastric Cancers
February 29th 2024The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a Biologics License Application for Tevimbra with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
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Why Kristen Dahlgren Left NBC To Advocate for Breast Cancer Vaccines
February 22nd 2024“We've all been touched by breast cancer in some way. And we need everybody to be a part of this solution,” Kristen Dahlgren told CURE, regarding her decision to be a co-founder of the Cancer Vaccine Coalition.
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FDA Approves Dosing Reduction of Tecvayli in Relapsed, Refractory Myeloma
February 21st 2024The Food and Drug Administration has approved a reduced dosing frequency of Tecvayli for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have achieved and maintained a complete response or better for at least six months.
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Tagrisso Plus Chemo Approved by FDA for EGFR-Mutated NSCLC
February 16th 2024The Food and Drug Administration has approved Tagrisso plus platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have EGFR exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations.
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FDA Approves Onivyde as First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
February 13th 2024The Food and Drug Administration has approved Onivyde with oxaliplatin, fluorouracil and leucovorin, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the agency has announced.
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Novel Drug Granted FDA Fast Track in Rare Prostate Cancer Subset
February 13th 2024The Food and Drug Administration has granted a Fast Track designation to the novel immune activator drug BXCL701 in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor for patients with metastatic small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (SCNC).
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Opdivo Plus Chemo Did Not Improve Progression in EGFR-Mutated NSCLC
February 8th 2024Treatment with Opdivo (nivolumab) and chemotherapy did not significantly improve progression-free survival when compared with chemotherapy alone among some patients with EGFR-mutated metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
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Tagrisso After Chemoradiation Reduced Progression Risk in NSCLC
February 7th 2024Treatment with Tagrisso after chemoradiation resulted in patients with EGFR-mutant stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer being nearly three times less likely to experience disease progression when compared with those treated with Imfinzi or subject to observation.
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Immune-Related Side Effects Associated With Improved Survival in NSCLC
February 7th 2024The development of immune-related side effects is associated with improved overall survival among patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who receive immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
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