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The latest episode of the ASTCT Talks episode features a discussion from Andrés Gómez De León, MD, and Perla Colunga, MD, on outpatient haploidentical stem cell transplantation.

Zanubrutinib has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with Waldenströms macroglobulinemia based on the results of the phase 3 ASPEN trial.

Patients with hematologic malignancies may be at a higher risk for breakthrough infections following full COVID-19 vaccination.

Priority review for a biologics license application for prophylactic abatacept has been granted by the FDA to help prevent the occurrence of severe graft-versus-host disease for patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.

Muhamed Baljevic, MD, considers the role of autologous stem cell transplantation for light chain amyloidosis in a peer perspective accompanying an article by Iuliana Vaxman, MD, and Angela Dispenzieri, MD.

On this CancerNetwork® podcast, we examine the scientific evidence behind the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for hematologic malignancies.

Julie Vose, MD, MBA, a professor of internal medicine in the Division of Oncology and Hematology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses novel treatment options for patients with hematologic malignancies at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

Patients with hematologic malignancies and COVID-19 may experience a survival benefit after receiving convalescent plasma therapy.

Compared with a control therapy, ruxolitinib increased overall response and improved failure-free survival for patients with glucocorticoid-refractory or -dependent chronic graft-versus-host disease.

The ROCK-2–targeting agent belumosudil is now approved by the FDA to treat adult and pediatric patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease after 2 prior lines of therapy.