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Dabrafenib is indicated as a single agent for the treatment of people with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600E mutation. [2] Dabrafenib is indicated, in combination with trametinib, for BRAF V600E-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer, and unresectable or metastatic solid tumors.
Trametinib, sold under the brand name Mekinist among others, is an anticancer medication used for the treatment of melanoma [4] [5] and glioma. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is a MEK inhibitor drug with anti-cancer activity. [ 8 ]
Progression-free survival (PFS) is "the length of time during and after the treatment of a disease, such as cancer, that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse". [1] In oncology , PFS usually refers to situations in which a tumor is present, as demonstrated by laboratory testing, radiologic testing, or clinically.
Dabrafenib and trametinib have been approved as tissue-agnostic drugs for solid tumors that are B-RAF positive. [ 16 ] Tissue-agnostic cancer drugs that are under development as of May 2022 [update] include Selitrectinib (Loxo-195) and anti- ERBB3 antibodies.
Survival rates for most childhood cancers have improved, with a notable improvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (the most common childhood cancer). Due to improved treatment, the 5-year survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia has increased from less than 10% in the 1960s to about 90% during the time period 2003-2009.
Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show promise for a new standard of care for treating people with advanced cervical cancer. The new treatment includes a combination of induction chemotherapy ...
Survival rate is a part of survival analysis.It is the proportion of people in a study or treatment group still alive at a given period of time after diagnosis. It is a method of describing prognosis in certain disease conditions, and can be used for the assessment of standards of therapy.
Five-year relative survival rates describe the percentage of patients with a disease alive five years after the disease is diagnosed, divided by the percentage of the general population of corresponding sex and age alive after five years. Typically, cancer five-year relative survival rates are well below 100%, reflecting excess mortality among ...