Hematologic Oncology

A case series of three individuals suggests that there may be a causal relationship between chemotherapeutic treatments for germ cell tumors and the subsequent development of chronic myeloid leukemia.

Real-time classification can identify a previously unrecognized subset of high-risk patients with childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who have excellent chances for cure without further intensification of treatment.

Single-agent ibrutinib resulted in significantly improved outcomes for older patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, compared with chlorambucil treatment.

Patients with relapsed or refractory CLL had significant delays in progression and death when idelalisib was added to bendamustine and rituximab.

Patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma continue to have deep and durable responses to daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone.

The oral BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax elicited a high rate of response from patients with high-risk relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia with 17p deletion.

Children with acute lymphocytic leukemia and their parents commonly over-report the amount of daily oral chemotherapy the child takes to treat the most common blood cancer in children.

Breast cancer survivors with therapy-related leukemia were found to have personal and family histories that suggested an inherited risk for cancer.

Chimeric antigen receptor T cells can eradicate large burdens of multiple myeloma, according to a new study presented at ASH.

Genetic variants increase the risk of osteonecrosis in children under age 10 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Researchers have identified a genetic variant, 2R thymidylate synthase polymorphism, that is associated with an increased risk for avascular necrosis in children with ALL.

In this interview we discuss the role of the tumor microenvironment in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and research that seeks to disrupt and target this environment as a means of treatment.

Ahead of the 57th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition, December December 5–8, 2015, Nitin Jain, MD, discusses the cost burden associated with targeted therapy use in the CLL population.

Ahead of the 57th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition, December 5–8, 2015, Jeffrey Tyner, PhD, discusses his latest research on screening tumor cells derived from cancer patients to help guide better treatment decisions.

Chemotherapy plus lenalidomide was shown to be inferior to high-dose melphalan and ASCT in transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Adding elotuzumab to lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma appears to result in better efficacy and safety.

A case study of a 15-year-old CML patient suggests that a reduced intensity conditioning regimen following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation could be a good treatment option for young CML patients. The patient went on to have two pregnancies with no neonatal complications.

The FDA approved the proteasome inhibitor ixazomib, in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone, to be used as a second-line treatment in multiple myeloma.

PEG-asparaginase had both similar safety and efficacy to intramuscular native E coli l-asparaginase for the treatment of children with ALL in complete remission.

An increased risk for coronary heart disease was found with increasing mean heart dose of radiation in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Results from the phase II SORAML trial indicated that adding sorafenib to standard chemotherapy for younger patients with acute myeloid leukemia was effective, but also resulted in increased toxicity.

Many chronic myeloid leukemia patients who discontinue second-line dasatinib maintain a deep molecular response, according to a new study.

The presence of the gene KIR2DL5B was found to be associated with outcomes in patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia, according to a new study.

The use of reduced-intensity conditioning HSCT as a method to maintain remission was effective in a select group of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

The risk for end-stage renal disease that required renal replacement therapy due to multiple myeloma appears to have declined significantly between 2001 and 2010.

In Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, both mean heart radiation dose and cumulative dose of anthracyclines significantly predicted cardiovascular disease.

In patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a prospective, long-term study has found that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and drug therapy yielded similar 10-year survival outcomes.

The combination of chemotherapy with the TKI ponatinib was an effective treatment for patients with newly diagnosed Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The treatment of follicular lymphoma has changed dramatically over the past several years. The availability of newer, novel forms of therapy has enabled the field to continue to evolve. In addition to having tumor-specific activity, these newer agents provide the possibility of a more favorable toxicity profile than conventional chemotherapy.

The treatment of patients with follicular lymphoma is undergoing a substantial shift due to rapid development of highly effective agents targeting lymphoma-specific biologic processes and the tumor microenvironment.