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According to an analysis of key screening studies presented at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the benefit of screening mammography is more consistent across studies than has previously been thought.

Jennifer E. Amengual, MD, discusses the study she presented at the 2013 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. The trial analyzed dual targeting with the HDAC inhibitor ACY-1215 and bortezomib in preclinical models of lymphoma.

An investigator reported at the 55th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) that imetelstat, a telomerase inhibitor, has demonstrated significant activity in myelofibrosis, including complete responses.

In patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who are considered inappropriate for fludarabine, the addition of ofatumumab to chlorambucil improves clinical outcomes and is tolerable irrespective of patient age or fitness.

Steven Treon, MD, PhD, reported that ibrutinib rapidly reduced serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) levels and improved hematocrit levels in patients with relapsed or refractory Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), and the responses to ibrutinib were durable.

According to preliminary results of a phase I clinical trial, nearly half of patients with relapsed or refractory CLL attained objective responses when treated with IPI-145, an oral inhibitor of PI3K-delta and -gamma.

According to data presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in New Orleans, a first-in-class targeted agent demonstrated activity in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.

Shaji K. Kumar, MD, discusses the results of a phase II trial of single agent MLN9708 in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma not refractory to bortezomib.

An orally bioavailable selective inhibitor of the Bcl-2 protein induced remissions in patients with relapsed/refractory CLL and SLL.

A randomized trial showed that patients with CLL and major comorbidities had significantly better outcomes when treated with obinutuzumab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, instead of rituximab.

In patients with transplant-ineligible NDMM, the combination of continuous lenalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone (continuous Rd) extends PFS and trends toward improving OS compared with the standard combination of MPT.

CRs were seen in a group of high-risk patients following intervention in early or “smoldering” myeloma with a three-drug regimen, suggesting a window of opportunity that may delay or prevent progression to a debilitating disease state.

Jennifer Brown, MD, PhD, discusses final stage 2 results of the CLL11 trial at the 2013 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting.

Results of a small clinical study showed that in patients with posttransplant relapsed B-cell malignancies, treatment with engineered donor T cells led to substantial tumor regression.

James R. Berenson, MD, discusses a study presented at the 2013 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting that looked at arming an anti-CD38, myeloma-targeting antibody with interferon.

Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD, Head, Division of Hematologic Oncology, Alan N. Houghton Chair, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, highlights two studies that will be presented at the 2013 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting.

Many important issues will be addressed in the presentations at the 36th San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), held annually in San Antonio, Texas, this year December 10-14.

Meredith C. Henderson, PhD, Head, R&D, Provista Diagnostics, describes the dtectDx Breast test.

Studies presented at the 2013 Breast Cancer Symposium investigated the efficacy and safety of various approaches to the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.

A pair of studies from the 2013 Breast Cancer Symposium delivered promising and preliminary news about the microtubule inhibitor eribulin mesylate.

An analysis of the T-PAS expanded access study of T-DM1 in previously treated HER2+ metastatic breast cancer confirmed existing information on the safety of the combination, and observed significant clinical activity in a patient population that averaged seven prior therapies.

New analyses of the BOLERO-2 trial indicate that everolimus and exemestane produced significantly longer PFS than placebo and exemestane in several previously unstudied patient subgroups.

Denise A. Yardley, MD, Senior Investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses an expanded access study of T-DM1 in previously treated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, gives an overview of the Snapshot assay for breast cancer.

Women with DCIS treated with radiation therapy had no increased risk of cardiovascular disease compared with women in the general population or women with DCIS treated with surgery.

Patients with DCIS who received an MRI added to mammography before or immediately after receiving a lumpectomy did not experience an improvement in the rate of disease recurrence.

Naomi B. Boekel, MSc, discusses the results from a large study that showed that radiation therapy for DCIS does not seem to increase cardiovascular disease risk.

Deanna J. Attai, MD, surgeon, president, Center For Breast Care, Burbank, CA, discusses patients' perception of breast cancer risk.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2013 Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 31 to June 4, 2013. Here's our slideshow from the conference.

An updated blog from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting held in Chicago.