Eisai’s anti-cancer agent LENVIMA receives orphan drug designation Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai has received orphan drug designation for its anti-cancer agent LENVIMA with a prospective indication for uterine body cancer. LENVIMA, which obtained the designation from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), is an orally available multiple receptor kinase inhibitor discovered by Eisai. […]

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Kidney cancer often found by accident Your kidneys remove waste from your blood and regulate a healthy balance between water, sodium and minerals in your bloodstream. “Kidneys filter intoxicants, drugs and waste products out of your blood,” says Dr. Scott Cheney, a Mayo Clinic urologic surgeon. “We would actually die within […]

Don’t Delay: Patients With Cancer Need Both Doses of COVID Vax Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The first report on responses to COVID-19 vaccination among patients with cancer suggests that for these patients, the immune response that occurs after the first dose of vaccine is reduced […]