Monthly Archives: October 2015
“Modified” FOLFIRINOX Regimen Approved by FDA for 2nd Line Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
On the 22nd of October, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new combination therapy that includes the drug Onivyde for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer (ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas) who had earlier been treated until progression of disease while on gemcitabine or a gemcitabine-based regimen. Onivyde is liposomal irinotecan, a topoisomerase I […]