HEMATOLOGY

Peter Martin, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses a phase I, open-label, multicenter trial of oral azacitidine (CC-486) plus R-CHOP in patients with high-risk, previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, grade 3B follicular lymphoma, or transformed lymphoma.

Mitchell R. Smith, MD, PhD, recently shared both the more and less intensive treatment considerations he makes when treating patients with MCL and the major factors that influence them. Smith explained such considerations based on 2 case scenarios during a <em>Targeted Oncology</em> live case-based peer perspectives presentation.

Arsenic trioxide (Trisenox) has been approved by the FDA in&nbsp;combination with the all-trans retinoic acid agent tretinoin for the treatment of adults with newly-diagnosed low-risk acute promyelocytic leukemia with the t(15;17) translocation or <em>PML-RARA</em> gene expression.

Narendranath Epperla, MD,&nbsp;discusses the phase III GALLIUM trial, and the evolving treatment landscape for patients with follicular lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma.

Jane N. Winter, MD,&nbsp;professor of medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, discusses the importance of identifying and treating patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) who experience progression of their disease.&nbsp;

Long-term follow-up results of the FOLL05 trial confirm the efficacy of immunochemotherapy regimens for patients with previously untreated advanced-stage follicular lymphoma, according to findings of a post-hoc analysis recently published in the <em>Journal of Clinical Oncology </em>covering a median 7 years of follow-up.

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, recently shared the treatment considerations and decisions he makes when treating patients with multiple myeloma. Landgren, chief of the Myeloma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, explained his treatment decisions based on 2 case scenarios during a&nbsp;<em>Targeted Oncology</em>&nbsp;live case-based peer perspectives dinner.

The Therapeutic Approach for High-Risk CLL

Clinical Management of Relapsed CLL

Boston University Medical Center has announced that Matthew Kulke, MD, will serve as its chief of the Section of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine, effective March 1, 2018. Kulke will also obtain the roles of deputy director of the BU-BMC Cancer Center, medical director of the Clinical Cancer Center at BMC, and the Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine.

According to an updated analysis of the POLLUX trial, progression-free survival remained superior&nbsp;over time in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated with&nbsp;combination therapy that included the anti-CD38 antibody daratumumab.

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, President of the Physician Services Division and Chief Innovation Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses preliminary safety and efficacy data for combined checkpoint inhibition with ipilimumab (Yervoy) and nivolumab (Opdivo) as consolidation therapy following autologous stem cell transplant in patients with multiple myeloma and non-Hodkin lymphoma.