Lymphoma & Plasma Cell Disorders
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Duvelisib response rate encouraging in phase 2 PRIMO trial of patients with r/r PTCL
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NHS England starts pilot trial of blood test for many cancers
Patients with head and neck, pancreatic, and other hard-to-spot cancers could soon have their disease picked up early with a simple blood test if...
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Childhood Hodgkin survivors have neurocognitive impairment
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Durable responses with anti-BCMA CAR T-cell for multiple myeloma
Seventy-two percent of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma had ongoing responses at the time of data cutoff in the CARTITUDE-1...
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Allogeneic transplant leads to durable remissions in T-cell lymphomas
Retrospective study demonstrates overall survival over 50% at 5 years, though transplant-related mortality and graft-versus-host disease need to...
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ZUMA-5: Axi-cel yields high response rate in indolent NHL
The CAR T-cell therapy had a favorable safety profile and a median duration of response that had not been reached at a median of 17.5 months...
From the Journals
Cancer rates on the rise in adolescents and young adults
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase COVID-19 incidence or mortality, studies suggest
Cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are not significantly more likely to develop or die from COVID-19, two studies suggest...
From the Journals
Circulating miRNA could be a potential biomarker for early diagnosis of MM
A meta-analysis found that using circulating microRNAs had high sensitivity and specificity in the early diagnosis of multiple myeloma.
From the Journals
Pigment traits, sun sensitivity associated with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia
The presence of “many or very many nevi [moles]” was particularly associated with the risk of CLL.
Clinical Insights
Using telehealth to deliver palliative care to cancer patients
Dr. Alan Lyss discusses the use of telehealth for palliative cancer care, including results from the REACH PC trial.