Hematologic Oncology

Patrick Brown, MD, discusses the encouraging results of blinatumomab (Blincyto) in the AALL1331 trial.

Jean L. Koff, MD, MS, discusses systemic therapies in follicular lymphoma.

The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued guidelines recommending against pembrolizumab for use in treatment-naïve patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 with a combined positive score of ≥1.

Alice S. Mims, MD, discusses developed resistance in acute myeloid leukemia.

Pamela Blair Allen, MD, MSc, discusses treatment options in advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma.

Experts from The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–James highlighted exciting research being conducted at their institution.

Martha L. Arellano, MD, discusses the management of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Kellie Ryan, MPH, discusses the importance of long-term follow-up with acalabrutinib in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the TELLOMAK trial, which is evaluating the efficacy and safety of lacutamab in patients with advanced T-cell lymphoma.

Jonathan E. Brammer, MD, discusses the importance of achieving minimal residual disease negativity in relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Loncastuximab tesirine demonstrated an overall response rate of 45.5% in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, including those who are difficult to treat.

Alice Mims, MD, discusses biomarker research and therapeutic developments in acute myeloid leukemia.

Jonathan E. Brammer, MD, discusses the role of minimal residual disease and transplant in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, as well as the introduction of CAR T-cell therapy and other novel agents to the armamentarium.

Alice S. Mims, MD, discusses up front molecular profiling in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

James K. McCloskey II, MD, discusses the results of the phase III ASCERTAIN trial in myelodysplastic syndrome.

Andre Goy, MD, MS, chief, discusses the results of the multicenter FLYER trial in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The combination of itacitinib and corticosteroids did not induce a statistically significant improvement in overall response rate at day 28 compared with placebo plus corticosteroids in patients with treatment-naïve acute graft-versus-host disease, missing the primary endpoint of the phase III GRAVITAS-301 trial.

Seo-Hyun Kim, MD, discusses frontline treatment considerations in stage III and IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma and exciting combinations on the horizon.

Lloyd Damon, MD, discusses optimal treatment regimens in adolescent/young adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Jamile M. Shammo, MD, FASCP, FACP, discusses the current treatment paradigm of myelofibrosis, criteria for ruxolitinib resistance and intolerance, and promising agents on the horizon.

OncLive interviewed experts at the State of the Science Summits™ in December 2019 on what the biggest advances in oncology were in 2019.

Richard Pazdur, MD, set out to be a leader in medicine and a teacher of doctors. He achieved that and more, turning the oncology drugs section of the FDA from a poorly understood and lead-footed division into a fast-moving and patient-responsive entity.

Melissa L. Larson, MD, discusses available treatments for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, as well as others that are in the pipeline.

Jean L. Koff, MD, MS, highlights exciting advances made in follicular lymphoma and the promise of CAR T-cell therapies in other lymphoma subtypes.

William G. Blum, MD, discusses the introduction of novel agents into acute myeloid leukemia treatment and how this is impacting the role of molecular testing for patients.