Dr. David Steensma on Midostaurin and its Future Uses in Acute Leukemia
David Steensma, MD, discusses how midostaurin could affect the treatment paradigm for acute leukemia. He says that while midostaurin is not currently approved by the FDA, studies show its potential usefulness when added to conventional induction platforms.
David Steensma, MD, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses how midostaurin could affect the treatment paradigm for acute leukemia. He says that while midostaurin is not currently approved by the FDA, studies show its potential usefulness when added to conventional induction platforms.
Steensma says that patients who receive midostaurin, or any promising treatment in acute lymphoma, will likely still need to go on to recieve an allogeneic stem cell transplant. He adds that an allogeneic stem cell transplant is still a patient's best bet for immune effects in a tumor.
Resistance Mutations Develop Differently After Noncovalent BTK Therapy in CLL
May 14th 2025During a live event, Shuo Ma, MD, PhD, discussed the resistance mutation analysis of patients who had disease progression after receiving pirtobrutinib for BTK inhibitor–pretreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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