** Shares of drug developer ALX Oncology ALXO.O rise 4.46% to $1.64 premarket
** Co says experimental cancer drug, evorpacept, showed encouraging results in an early-stage trial for patients with advanced breast cancer
** Co says 5 of 9 patients saw tumor shrinkage; treatment worked better in patients with higher CD47 levels, a protein that helps cancer evade the immune system
** Co says median time before cancer worsened was 7.4 months
** Shares down ~32% in 2025
(Reporting by Sahil Pandey in Bengaluru)
((Sahil.Pandey@thomsonreuters.com))