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Kendra Sweet, MD, discusses key findings from the OPTIC trial with ponatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia.

January 7, 2021 - The reversible BET inhibitor CC-90010 was found to have preliminary antitumor activity in patients with heavily pretreated, advanced solid tumors and relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Kendra Sweet, MD, discusses efforts made to mitigate toxicities associated with ponatinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.

January 6, 2021 - The MOMENTUM trial will randomize patients to receive momelotinib or danazol to determine which regimen shows more efficacy against the MF hallmarks of anemia, constitutional symptoms, and splenomegaly.

January 4, 2021 - The biologics license application for the CAR T-cell product lisocabtagene maraleucel in adult patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma following at least 2 previous therapies continues to be under regulatory review by the FDA, and a decision on the application has not yet been reached.

Treatment with iodine (131I) apamistamab (Iomab-B) conditioning led to a 100% bone marrow transplant rate and engraftment in patients with active relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia who are older than 55 years old, according to results of a single ad hoc interim analysis of the phase 3 SIERRA study.

Joshua Brody, MD, discusses established and upcoming immunotherapies in the lymphoid malignancy pipeline.

In our exclusive interview, Brian Druker, MD, discusses his journey into the field of oncology, the research that led to the initial approval of imatinib, why awards don’t impact his view on cancer care, and how becoming a family man has made him a better physician and scientist.

December 23, 2020 — Findings from the International, Prospective ALCL-Relapse trial showed that allogeneic SCT after reinduction chemotherapy can lead to survival improvements in children and adolescents with high-risk relapsed or refractory anaplastic large cell lymphoma, provide more insight into how to treat this population.

Yi Lin, MD, PhD, discusses the promise of the CAR T-cell products ciltacabtagene autoleucel and idecabtagene vicleucel in patients with myeloma.

Preetesh Jain, MD, PhD, discusses the role of BTK inhibitors in mantle cell lymphoma.

December 21, 2020 — The addition of gilteritinib to azacitidine failed to significantly improve overall survival vs azacitidine alone in patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia who were not eligible for intensive induction chemotherapy, failing to meet the primary end point of the LACEWING trial.

December 21, 2020 - The submission of a biologics license application to the FDA has been initiated for JZP-458 for use as a component of a multiagent chemotherapy regimen in the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma.

December 18, 2020 - The FDA has approved ponatinib for the treatment of patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia that is resistant or intolerant to at least 2 prior kinase inhibitors.



December 17, 2020 - The FDA has approved rituximab-arrx, a biosimilar to rituximab, for the treatment of adult patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and microscopic polyangiitis.

Jorge E. Cortes, MD, shares advice for navigating among first- and second-generation TKIs in the frontline treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.










































