OSCO serves as the hub for oncology-related news and advances in Oklahoma. Our organization is made up of clinics and healthcare professionals working together to safeguard the rights of patients and to maintain high medical and ethical standards in the industry.
Merck would like to inform you that the FDA has approved KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Injection 100 mg, in combination with chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, for the treatment of patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS ≥1) as determined by an FDA-approved test. • PD-L1 diagnostic testing is required prior to initiating treatment with […]
Read More...Novartis is pleased to announce that SCEMBLIX® (asciminib) tablets is now approved for the treatment of adult patients with: · Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP), previously treated with 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) ○ This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on major molecular response (MMR). Continued approval […]
Read More...October 22, 2021 Subject: Voluntary withdrawal of PEPAXTO® (melphalan flufenamide) for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma Dear Healthcare Provider: This letter is to inform you about important information regarding PEPAXTO in the United States. On October 22, 2021, Oncopeptides announced the decision to voluntarily withdraw the US accelerated approval for […]
Read More...Join the Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. for our fall meeting on November 6, 2021, ASCO Direct™, an officially licensed program of the American Society of Clinical Oncology®. This virtual meeting will break down the most clinically relevant abstracts from ASCO’s annual symposium, allowing attendees to engage with the latest strategies in oncology education. All exhibitors will have access to the full meeting application and will be able to view all the virtual sessions. Details of the virtual meeting are:
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The Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology (OSCO) is Oklahoma’s only professional organization that represents all those in oncology. Our membership works to advance the sciences of hematology and oncology and its sub-specialties, and to improve services to the public by studying the socio-economic aspects of the practice of our members.
