March 2018, Vol 8, No 3
The following clinical trials represent a selection of key studies that are currently recruiting patients with different types of lymphoma for inclusion in investigations of new therapies as well as new regimens of existing treatments for patients with lymphoma. Read More ›
By Corbin Davis
Despite major advances in treatment interventions, multiple myeloma remains incurable in the majority of patients, and relapse is an expected part of the disease course. At the 2017 NCCN Hematologic Malignancies Congress, Natalie S. Callander, MD, a hematologist at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, outlined issues in the management of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Read More ›
By Phoebe Starr
Adding brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) to doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (A+AVD) instead of the standard regimen with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) as frontline treatment for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma reduced the risk for disease progression, death, or the need for additional therapy by 23%, according to new data presented at ASH 2017. Read More ›
By Chase Doyle
At ASH 2017, Crystal L. Mackall, MD, Co-Director, Immunology & Immunotherapy of Cancer Program, Stanford University, CA, discussed the FDA approvals of 2 important treatments for patients with B-cell precursor ALL. Read More ›
By Chase Doyle
Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may be living longer thanks to improved therapies, but the results of a new study suggest that they are burdened by ongoing symptoms and treatment side effects. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
The immunotherapy combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) provides durable clinical benefit in patients with previously treated DNA mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Read More ›
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