FDA Drug Approvals for Cancer in 2016

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This slide show highlights 2016 FDA approvals of cancer treatments, which to date include therapies for RCC, neuroendocrine tumors, Hodgkin lymphoma, CLL, sarcoma, bladder cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer.

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Brett L. Ecker, MD, focused on the use of de-escalation therapy, which is gaining momentum in neuroendocrine tumors.
Immunotherapy options like CAR T-cell therapy and antigen-presenting cell-directed agents are currently being evaluated in the pancreatic cancer field.
Certain bridging therapies and abundant steroid use may complicate the T-cell collection process during CAR T therapy.
Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2030 in the United States.
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