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Dana-Farber’s revolutionary discoveries are changing cancer treatment everywhere.

Dana-Farber has played a foundational role in more than half of the cancer drugs approved by the FDA.

Data from 2018-2022

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changes lives everywhere

When you follow the science, one thing leads to another. A new insight takes a previous breakthrough further. Thanks to our momentum of discovery, living with cancer is less of a burden, and living without cancer is a greater possibility.

One cancer discovery after another for over 75 years.

Combining BCL-2 and BTK inhibitors shows promise in CLL
A novel, fixed-duration drug combination — consisting of a second-generation BTK inhibitor, called acalabrutinib, plus a BCL-2 inhibitor (venetoclax), with or without a third blood cancer drug — shows deep and durable responses in patients with chron...
Long-term Metastatic Melanoma Survival Dramatically Improves on Immunotherapy
Long-term data from a landmark international trial show about half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors survive cancer-free for 10 years or more, according to a new report from Weill Cornell ...
FDA approves new therapy for glioma patients for first time in decades
Based on results of the phase 3 INDIGO clinical trial co-led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the newly approved drug vorasidenib could delay the need for radiation and chemotherapy for patients with IDH-mutant glioma.