News|Articles|October 12, 2012

FDA approves therapy for first-line treatment of advanced NSCLC

FDA has approved paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) (Abraxane, Celgene) for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in combination with carboplatin, in patients who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation therapy.

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