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Advanced Cancers Are Emerging, Doctors Warn, Citing Pandemic Drop in Screenings

The Coronavirus Outbreak liveLatest Updates Maps and Cases Risk Near You Who Can Get Vaccinated? Vaccine Rollout Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Advanced Cancers Are Emerging, Doctors Warn, Citing Pandemic Drop in Screenings Appointments for mammograms and other tests to detect potential cancers were canceled during lockdowns,… Read More: Advanced Cancers Are Emerging, Doctors Warn, Citing Pandemic Drop in… »

FDA Approves Retevmo (selpercatinib) for Patients with Advanced RET-Driven Lung and Thyroid Cancers

FDA Approves Retevmo (selpercatinib) for Patients with Advanced RET-Driven Lung and Thyroid Cancers Print this page INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Retevmo™ (selpercatinib, 40 mg & 80 mg capsules), the first therapy specifically indicated for the treatment of adult patients with… Read More: FDA Approves Retevmo (selpercatinib) for Patients with Advanced RET-Driven Lung… »

Vaccine Could Have Prevented Over 90% of HPV-Related Cancers

Nearly 35,000 people develop cervical, anal, oral and other cancers linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) each year, and most of these are caused by virus strains covered by the newest HPV vaccine, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Another report, published in the August 23 Morbidity and… Read More: Vaccine Could Have Prevented Over 90% of HPV-Related Cancers »