CLL
News
First drug therapy approved for childhood GVHD
FDA greenlights ibrutinib for child blood cancer patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
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Young children with leukemia are outliving teens
Two new studies spotlight age disparities that continue to plague blood cancer care.
From the Journals
Where women’s voices still get heard less
Only about one-third of board review lectures are presented by women oncologists, and early-career disparities also persist.
From the Journals
Phase 3 data: Zanubrutinib bests standard CLL treatment
Results could spur FDA approval as frontline therapy.
Conference Coverage
Many die waiting for `last-chance’ therapy
Blood cancer patients, especially those with myeloma, face hospice and death while awaiting CAR T-cell therapy.
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Life and death decisions: What keeps oncologists up at night
“It’s part of the discomfort you live with as a patient and oncologist, and when I leave the clinic, that’s one thing that follows me home.”
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CAR T-cell therapy turns 10 and finally earns the word ‘cure’
“We have a couple dozen patients who are 5, 6, 7, 9 years out or more without further therapy. That feels like a cure to me.”
From the Journals
Heed cardiac risk of BTKis for CLL
New consensus statement warns about cardiac risk of using BTKis, but a cardio-oncologist specialist questions its conclusions.
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Drug shortages plague hematology, but preparedness helps
The plight of desperate patients is getting attention – and some remedies.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA warns of increased risk of death with CLL, lymphoma drug
“The trial also found Copiktra was associated with a higher risk of serious side effects ...”
News
FDA warning: Lymphoma drug heightens risk of death
FDA alert warns of increased risk of death and serious side affects with duvelisib, approved in 2018 to treat adults with CLL or SLL whose two...