Lymphoma & Plasma Cell Disorders
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Partners in Oncology Care: Coordinated Follicular Lymphoma Management
Four case examples illustrate the important role of multidisciplinary medical care for the optimal long-term care of patients with follicular...
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R2 appears active in high-risk FL and MZL
CHICAGO – R2 produced responses in patients who were refractory to rituximab or both lenalidomide and rituximab at baseline.
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Chemo-free Smart Start regimen looks promising in poor-prognosis DLBCL
CHICAGO – There was “oohing and aahing” over results showing high response and survival rates for combined rituximab, lenalidomide, and ibrutinib...
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Daratumumab regimen shows benefit in transplant-ineligible myeloma
The alkylator-free regimen of daratumumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone appears safe and effective for patients who are ineligible for stem...
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Lenalidomide may reduce risk of progression from SMM to MM
At 3 years, the rate of progression-free survival was 91% in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who were randomized to lenalidomide and 66...
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CAR T-cell therapy bb2121 performs well in phase 1 trial of refractory multiple myeloma
The objective response rate of 85% among 33 heavily pretreated patients suggests “promising efficacy.”
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High-dose MTX-based chemo is well tolerated in older PCNSL patients
GLASGOW – A retrospective, real-world study suggests that older, fit patients can tolerate an intensive treatment regiment for primary central...
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Monitoring, early intervention key to CAR T safety
GLASGOW – Dr. Loretta Nastoupil of the MD Anderson Cancer in Houston said that toxicity in CAR T-cell therapy “is something we don’t talk about as...
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Creating CAR T-cell therapies for T-cell malignancies
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – Dr. John F. DiPersio discusses preclinical research testing CAR T-cell therapies in T-cell malignancies.
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Polatuzumab outperforms pinatuzumab in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Polatuzumab vedotin plus rituximab produced more durable responses than did pinatuzumab vedotin plus rituximab in patients with relapsed or...
