Dr. Luciano Rossetti on the Function of Anti-PD-L1 Treatments in Bladder Cancer
Luciano Rossetti, MD, head of Global Scientific Strategy, Merck Research Laboratories, talks about the discovery of PD-L1 and how the finding has evolved into potential treatments for bladder cancer patients, specifically avelumab.
Luciano Rossetti, MD, head of Global Scientific Strategy, Merck Research Laboratories, talks about the discovery of PD-L1 and how the finding has evolved into potential treatments for bladder cancer patients, specifically avelumab.
Avelumab targets PD-L1 and blocks its interaction with PD-1 and ultimately deters the tumor in paralyzing a patient’s immune response. Rossetti says that anti-PD-L1 therapies are being looked at as monotherapies, first- and second-line therapies, as well as being used in combination with other therapies.
Enasidenib Shows Promise as Post-Transplant Maintenance in IDH2-Mutated AML
January 7th 2025Amandeep Salhotra, MD, discussed the background and findings from a pilot trial evaluating enasidenib as post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant maintenance therapy for IDH2-mutated acute myeloid leukemia treatment.
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Could Triapine With Lutetium 177 Dotatate Improve Outcomes for Neuroendocrine Tumors?
December 30th 2024Aman Chauhan, MD, highlights an ongoing phase 2 trial exploring the combination of triapine, a radiation sensitizer, with lutetium 177 dotatate for treating well-differentiated somatostatin receptor–-positive neuroendocrine tumors.
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