Amy Pierre, ANP-BC, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a currently enrolling phase III trial on a new strategy to decrease exposure time to ibrutinib, which has the potential to change the standard of care for patients 70 years or older with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (Abstract 1751)...
Amy Pierre, ANP-BC, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses study findings on the decreased use of autologous stem cell transplant in older patients with multiple myeloma, despite the therapy’s significant survival benefit...
Sara Tinsley, PhD, APRN, AOCN, of Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses study findings that showed most patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome treated with luspatercept, a first-in-class erythroid maturation agent, achieved independence from red blood cell transfusions and/or hematologic improvement (Abstract 841)...
Sara Tinsley, PhD, APRN, AOCN, of Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses data that show rigosertib and azacitidine may provide a potential new first-line treatment for patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (Abstract 4268)...
Sara Tinsley, PhD, APRN, AOCN, of Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses study findings suggesting that BTK inhibitors in naive or previously responsive patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation following venetoclax appear to be effective strategies with durable responses...
Amy Pierre, ANP-BC, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses phase III study findings that suggest the combination of carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab represents an efficacious new regimen for patients with relapsed or refractory disease, including those who are refractory to lenalidomide (Abstract LBA-6)...
