Is stage 4 cancer curable? Survival rates and outlook - Medical News Today
Jan 15, 2024 · Stage 4 is the most severe stage of cancer, with the highest risk of mortality. However, many factors affect stage 4 cancer survival rates, including the type of cancer.
Top cancer specialist says it’s time to rethink what stage 4 means
Feb 6, 2024 · For many, a stage 4 cancer diagnosis feels like the end of the road. But, Maria Lally finds out the latest scientific advances mean patients are now treating it like other diseases that can be...
New Treatments Improving Prognosis for Stage 4 Melanoma …
Jul 8, 2024 · Thanks to new drugs, people with advanced disease have a five-year survival rate of about 50%. Treatments for advanced melanoma have moved forward mainly on two fronts: immunotherapy and targeted therapy.
New treatment option for metastatic colorectal cancer ... - VUMC News
Jun 15, 2023 · Results from an international clinical trial, published June 15 in The Lancet, show that the selective targeted therapy, fruquintinib, resulted in a statistically significant improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival.
A Valley woman was told she had weeks to live after receiving stage IV …
Oct 29, 2024 · A Valley woman was told she had weeks to live after receiving stage IV cancer diagnosis. 1 year later, she says a new treatment saved her life.
A Game-Changing Cancer Drug Gives Stage 4 Breast Cancer …
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes talks with Dr. Shanu Modi, the lead researcher of a groundbreaking trial that proved a drug that combines an antibody with a chemotherapy – trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) – can control cancer cells and extend survival in stage 4 HER2-low breast cancer patients.
Pancreatic cancer: 4-drug chemo regimen may improve survival …
Jan 27, 2023 · For the first time in about a decade, a drug trial has demonstrated a positive effect on survival for patients with stage four pancreatic cancer. The results were reported at the ASCO GI Cancers...
Immunotherapy yields complete response in stage IV lung cancer
Oct 18, 2024 · The emergence of new systemic treatment options, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and targeted therapies, has changed the prognosis for stage IV lung cancer patients.
Complete Response to Immunotherapy in Stage IV Lung Cancer
Oct 18, 2024 · A stage IV lung cancer patient with brain metastasis showed a complete response to immunotherapy after radiotherapy, achieving 87 months of survival.
ASCO Releases Guideline Updates for Stage IV NSCLC ... - ASCO Daily News
Apr 7, 2023 · ASCO has updated 2 living guidelines on the systemic treatment of stage IV non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with and without driver alterations with the inclusion of new evidence-based treatment recommendations. 1,2 Among the updates, the guidelines add the recently approved RAS GTPase family inhibitor adagrasib and a newly approved ...