Hematologic Cancers
San Francisco, CA—Keeping up with the many treatment advances in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma can be a challenge for even the most informed providers, according to Jorge J. Castillo, MD, Clinical Director, Bing Center for Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
San Francisco, CA—We are in a “golden age” in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. Read More ›
San Francisco, CA—Personalization of therapy in the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is focused primarily on risk classification of patients. Once clinical risk has been established, treatment considerations should be informed by features such as disease subtype, prognostic somatic mutations, chromosomal abnormalities, targetable somatic mutations, immunologic features, and patient factors, according to Rafael Bejar, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA. Read More ›
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Daratumumab demonstrated superior efficacy when combined with lenalidomide plus dexamethasone compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone in a prespecified interim analysis of a randomized phase 3 clinical trial of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Read More ›
Limited real-world evidence is available to describe the recent trends in multiple myeloma (MM) treatment costs and outcomes. Read More ›
Daratumumab is a human CD38 IgGκ monoclonal antibody that demonstrated significant activity and a manageable safety profile when used in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Read More ›
In 2015, the combination of bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone was shown to improve survival outcomes versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. However, this triplet therapy also increased patients’ risk for severe peripheral neuropathy. Read More ›
Daratumumab therapy is successful in patients with multiple myeloma who have received ≥3 previous lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory drug (IMiD), or whose disease is double-refractory to those other drugs. Read More ›
Hollywood, FL—In a study presented at the 2016 annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a real-world assessment of lenalidomide use in the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) showed that dose modifications had a strong positive effect on outcomes.
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