Gastric Cancers

The FDA has granted margetuximab an Orphan Drug designation for the treatment of patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, according to MacroGenics, Inc., the manufacturer of the Fc-engineered monoclonal antibody.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to an updated dosing schedule for pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to include an every-6-weeks option at 400 mg across all indications in adult patients.

The FDA has granted an approval to SB3 (Ontruzant; trastuzumab-dttb), a trastuzumab (Herceptin) biosimilar, for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Recent studies have established the link between a gastric ulcer and stomach cancer. A gastric or peptic ulcer is a sore that can develop on the walls of the stomach when the protective lining in our stomach stops working.