{"id":40987,"date":"2017-06-12T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40987"},"modified":"2017-06-12T07:13:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:13:57","slug":"new-cancer-drug-effective-tumors-fda-approved-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40987","title":{"rendered":"New Cancer Drug Is So Effective Against Tumors, the FDA Approved It Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">A small but significant new study is blowing experts away after it found that a particular cancer drug overwhelmingly helped shrink or eradicate tumors in patients whose cancer had resisted every other form of treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The study, which was published in the journal <em>Science<\/em>, followed 86 patients who had advanced cancer of the pancreas, prostate, uterus, or bone. The patients were given pembrolizumab, which also goes by the brand name Keytruda, and the results were very promising. Sixty-six patients had tumors that shrank significantly and stabilized; among them were 18 patients whose tumors disappeared and haven\u2019t returned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The patients all carried genetic mutations that kept their cells from fixing damaged DNA. Pembrolizumab is known as a PD-1 blocker, an emerging type of immunotherapy drug&nbsp;that helps the immune system find cancer&nbsp;cells and attack tumors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6bdd01d00cdfb371f54928c3fd11674e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6bdd01d00cdfb371f54928c3fd11674e.png 744w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6bdd01d00cdfb371f54928c3fd11674e-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"canvas-image Mx(a) canvas-atom My(24px) My(20px)--sm\" data-type=\"image\"><figcaption class=\"C(#787d82) Fz(13px) Py(5px) Lh(1.5)\" title=\"The PD-1 immunotherapy drug Keytruda. (Image: Merck)\">\n<div class=\"figure-caption\">The PD-1 immunotherapy drug Keytruda. (Image: Merck)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"Ov(h) Pos(r) Ff(ss) Mah(80px)\"><button class=\"C(#0081f2) Cur(p) W(100%) T(63px) Bgc(#fff) Ta(start) Fz(13px) P(0) Bd(0) O(0) Lh(1.5) Pos(a)\">More<\/button><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The study was small, and there was no control group (i.e., a group that didn\u2019t receive pembrolizumab that scientists could compare results against), but the results were so striking that the FDA has already approved pembrolizumab for patients whose cancer comes from this particular genetic abnormality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">According to the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>, this is the first time a drug has been approved for use against tumors that share a particular genetic profile, regardless of where they appear in the body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">Dr. Jack Jacoub, a medical oncologist and director of thoracic oncology at MemorialCare Cancer Institute at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., tells Yahoo Beauty that the study was \u201cinteresting, welcomed, and exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">There has been a general opinion that the immune system is integral in the development and spread of cancer, he points out, and these new findings show that targeting the immune system to treat cancer can be effective. \u201cTo finally see now proof that targeting the immune system improves the situation and doesn\u2019t necessarily correlate with one specific cancer \u2026 that\u2019s a really powerful message,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">Jacoub also points out that the FDA\u2019s move to approve pembrolizumab quickly was a big step. \u201cThe FDA doesn\u2019t take these kinds of things lightly,\u201d he says. \u201cThe data was so good, they had to approve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">Jacoub says he suspects that drugs like this will be used in the future in connection with more established cancer treatments for specific types of the disease. \u201cThis may improve outcomes,\u201d he says. \u201cThis form of therapy, plus something else, may allow us to potentially cure and eradicate cancer. 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