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Lenalidomide (Revlimid) monotherapy led to hematologic improvement with erythroid response in almost 40% of patients with low or intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndrome who were refractory to or unlikely to respond to erythropoietin and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor.
The FDA has approved rucaparib (Rubraca) as a treatment for patients with <em>BRCA</em>-positive advanced ovarian cancer who have received at least 2 prior lines of chemotherapy.
The 2017 Miami Breast Cancer Conference, to be held March 9 to 12 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, welcomes an expanded group of program chairs, and a newly established curriculum committee made up of a multidisciplinary group of breast cancer specialists.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) recently presented Charles Mullighan, MD, of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, with the 2016 William Dameshek Prize in recognition of his leadership in defining the landscape of genetic alterations of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) recently honored Thalia Papayannopoulou, MD, with the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology in recognition of her innovative contributions to the field of hematology.
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) recently recognized 2 renowned researchers for their work in breast cancer during the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) using yttrium 90 (Y-90) microspheres has been recommended for selected patients with chemotherapy-resistant or refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with liver metastases in an update to the NCCN guidelines for colon cancer and rectal cancer.
According to recent study findings, the investigational BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib was shown to be well-tolerated and effective in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL) who display intolerance to ibrutinib (Imbruvica).
President Barack Obama has signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law, earmarking $6.3 billion over 10 years to go toward advancements in precision medicine development, brain research, heroin and prescription drug abuse prevention, and mental health.
The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) has announced that Paul M. Sondel, MD, PhD, will receive the 2017 Richard V. Smalley, MD Memorial Lectureship Award.
Treatment with the BTK inhibitor BGB-3111 had an objective response rate (ORR) of 96% for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL).
The CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy JCAR017 demonstrated a 60% complete response (CR) rate in patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
D. Anda Norbergs, an oncologist based in Palm Harbor, Florida, has been indicted for purchasing unapproved cancer medications from foreign sources and defrauding Medicare, United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III has announced.
There has been renewed interest in eribulin mesylate (Halaven) following its FDA approval for advanced or unresectable liposarcoma and with the introduction of a growing body of preclinical work suggesting the agent has a novel anti–mesenchymal mechanism of action.
Findings of a recent randomized trial showed patients with myelofibrosis and thrombocytopenia had significantly greater reductions in spleen volume and symptoms when treated with the multikinase inhibitor pacritinib, compared with the best available therapy (BAT).
Higher levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were associated with improvements in overall survival (OS) for patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer treated with docetaxel, trastuzumab (Herceptin), and pertuzumab (Perjeta).
Combining the PI3 kinase inhibitor TGR-1202 and ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) demonstrated a high response rate without dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs).
The CAR T-cell therapy CTL019 demonstrated an 82% complete remission or CR with incomplete blood count recovery rate for pediatric and young adult patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
The next-generation BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib produced an objective response rate (ORR) of 38.1% as a monotherapy for patents with Richter transformation (RT), according to findings from the phase I/II ACE-CL-001 study presented at the 2016 ASH Annual Meeting.
James J. Hsieh, MD, discusses differential overall survival (OS) results of the RECORD-3 study based on 3 distinct mRCC molecular subgroups, classified by patients who harbored <em>BAP1</em> and/or <em>PBRM1</em> mutations.
Novel immunotherapy agents continue to move through the pipeline in the treatment landscape of bladder cancer, and they show no signs of slowing down.
The addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib (Cotellic) and the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib (Zelboraf) induced a high response rate for patients with <em>BRAF</em>-mutant unresectable melanoma.
The FDA has expanded the approval for bevacizumab (Avastin) in ovarian cancer to include patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent disease as part of a combination regimen with chemotherapy followed by continued use of the angiogenesis inhibitor, according to Genentech, which developed the drug.
Regorafenib (Stivarga) demonstrates the first survival benefit in second-line setting for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have progressed on sorafenib, according to results of the phase III RESORCE trial published in <em>The Lancet</em>.
Biomarkers play a key role in the optimization of treatments for patients with prostate cancer. Mark Stein, MD, says that they can even serve as clinical endpoints in trials.
Significant progress is being made in the treatment of gynecologic malignancies, especially in ovarian cancer, according to Douglas A. Levine, MD.
Women who have been vaccinated against HPV can undergo less-intensive cervical cancer screening than is currently recommended.
While mouse models have historically been helpful in the research of immunotherapies, genetic testing and clinical models may play a role in the near future. These pre-clinical models have been criticized for some of their limitations, but Marcus Bosenberg, MD, PhD, confirms their current relevance and clinical applicability.<br />
Michael Morse, MD, discusses treatment considerations and options for 2 cases of patients with colorectal cancer
The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for use as a treatment for patients with refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
