FDA Approves Drug That Targets Brain Cancer Mutation That May Delay Need for Radiation and Chemotherapy

FDA Approves Drug That Targets Brain Cancer Mutation That May Delay Need for Radiation and Chemotherapy

Photo by Elizabeth Cook/Johns Hopkins A new drug for a type of brain cancer, called IDH-mutant low-grade glioma, was approved this month by the US Food and Drug Administration—a promising treatment that resulted from a genetic discovery made at the Center for Johns Hopkins Cancer 16 years ago. . The drug, called vorasidenib, is a … Read more