Hematologic Oncology

ONCOLOGY discussed therapy options for adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia with Dr. Elias Jabbour, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Leukemia at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Researchers looked at the effect of diagnostic wait time on survival outcomes for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

A new study found that enrolling appropriate patients with multiple myeloma into hospice may have cost implications.

Researchers conducted a study to define risk factors for cardiovascular adverse events in patients with multiple myeloma who were taking proteasome inhibitors.

The CALGB 50904 trial tested the addition of bortezomib to ofatumumab and bendamustine in patients with previously untreated high-risk follicular lymphoma.

A Mayo Clinic study tested metformin, believed to have anti-lymphoma activity, among patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma.

Researchers looked at second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors at their current prices to test treatment value for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.

Researchers conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis on the two FDA-approved CAR T-cell therapies for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Researchers tested radiation therapy as a bridging therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma during the interval between T-cell collection and final CAR T administration.

The gait speed of an older patient with a hematologic malignancy may be an indicator of that patient’s frailty and could predict for worse clinical outcomes.

A 70-year-old woman developed red-to-violaceous papules, plaques, and nodule- like skin lesions several months prior to her presentation. The skin lesions mostly involved her lower neck and abdominal area. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A meta-analysis on existing data on the use of autologous stem cell transplant in older patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma confirmed the need for randomized controlled trials.

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Late relapses occurred more commonly among patients with DLBCL with concurrent indolent lymphoma at initial diagnosis and those with GCB subtype.

Baseline left ventricular diastolic dysfunction may help predict the incidence of severe carfilzomib-induced cardiovascular adverse events in patients with multiple myeloma.

A randomized phase II trial investigated whether adding CX-01, a low anticoagulant heparin derivative, to standard care improves outcomes in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Results from a second clinical trial examined the use of lenalidomide treatment in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, where the standard of care has been observation.

Researchers evaluated survival and infusion time with combination isatuximab, pomalidomide, and low-dose dexamethasone vs pomalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone alone in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

A phase III study tested the combination conditioning regimen of busulfan plus melphalan vs standard melphalan alone for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma undergoing transplantation.

Researchers looked at survival disparities between African American and Caucasian patients with multiple myeloma.

In this article, we present a case of a patient with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma who responded to salvage chemotherapy incorporating brentuximab vedotin, a novel agent.

Patients with follicular lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a low peripheral blood natural killer cell count at baseline had shorter time to progression.

Researchers have found several characteristics identified on PET/CT that may help to predict early clinical failure of untreated follicular lymphoma.

The authors explored the evidence supporting the safety and side effect profile of enasidenib, FDA-approved in August 2017 for relapsed/refractory AML.

A recent study in JAMA Dermatology evaluated overall and leukemia-specific survival in patients with AML and leukemia cutis vs AML alone.

Researchers tested the addition of the T cell–boosting decitabine to anti–PD-1 therapy with camrelizumab among patients with relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

The MYD88 driver mutation was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of a majority of patients with CNS lymphoma, indicating its potential utility as a diagnostic and monitoring tool.

Researchers looked at the treatment failure rate for immunotherapy with R-CHOP in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who were occupationally exposed to pesticides.

A phase III trial evaluated intermediate-dose cytarabine plus granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) vs G-CSF alone prior to autoSCT in multiple myeloma.