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Blinatumomab Plus Chemotherapy New Standard for Children With B-Cell ALL

3-year disease-free survival rate was 96% with blinatumomab versus 87.9% with chemo alone

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Metastatic Cancer 'Thrivers'; Celebrity Cancer Diagnoses; 'Would He Have Lived?'

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Dec 27, 2024
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Patient Endured 9 Years of Chemotherapy for Cancer He Never Had

"I thought he was helping me"

Dec 26, 2024
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Chemo-Free Regimen for Ph+ ALL Yields High Rate of Deep MRD Negativity

Ponatinib-blinatumomab led to durable remissions without transplant in most, but 13% relapsed

Dec 23, 2024
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Pirtobrutinib Delays Progression in CLL Already Treated With a BTK Inhibitor

But no overall survival benefit seen in confirmatory trial

Dec 11, 2024
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Year in Review: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Top news in 2024 included the first CAR-T approval for CLL, triplet regimens, and more

Dec 10, 2024
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Fixed-Duration Oral Doublet for Fit CLL Wins in Frontline Setting

AMPLIFY trial paves the way for FDA approval of acalabrutinib plus venetoclax

Dec 09, 2024
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Promising Results With Epcoritamab Monotherapy in Relapsed/Refractory CLL

Complete responses seen in 43% of patients in expansion cohort of EPCORE CLL-1 study

Dec 08, 2024
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Dual Targeted CAR-T Yields 99% Response Rate in Pediatric ALL

Cytokine release syndrome developed in all patients, including grade 3/4 events in nearly half

Dec 07, 2024
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New Standard for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Blinatumomab consolidation reduced risk of relapse by 61% versus chemotherapy alone

Dec 07, 2024
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Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant

Little is being done to curb the risk

Dec 04, 2024
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Drug Prices Negotiated by Medicare Still Higher Than Other Countries'

All drugs except one remained more expensive in the U.S.

Dec 02, 2024
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New CAR-T Drug Induces Durable Remissions in ALL, Published Data Show

Results of FELIX study supported obecabtagene autoleucel's recent FDA approval

Nov 27, 2024
Obecabtagene autoleucel (Aucatzyl) over a rendering of CAR-T cells attacking lymphoblastic leukemia cells.
FDA Investigating Blood Cancer Risk With Gene Therapy Skysona

Agency is evaluating the need for further regulatory action

Nov 27, 2024
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