Leukemia

Pediatric solid organ transplant recipients account for about 3% of diagnosed pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases in the United States.

Arsenic trioxide consolidation was well tolerated in pediatric patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia and allowed for significant reductions in cumulative anthracycline doses.

Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in the blast phase pose a significant therapeutic challenge and have poor survival, even in the tyrosine kinase inhibitor era, according to a new study.

The FDA has approved a fixed combination of daunorubicin and cytarabine (Vyxeos) for the treatment of newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as well as AML with myelodysplasia-related changes.

Patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases are at increased risk of certain cancers, according to a new study. The strongest association was with lymphoma.

Acalabrutinib has been granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have relapsed or have received at least one prior therapy.

The FDA has approved enasidenib (Idhifa) for the treatment of relapsed or refractory IDH2-mutant acute myeloid leukemia.

Dose optimization of nilotinib is feasible and may help patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia achieve molecular responses, according to results of a new study.

A large genomic sequencing analysis of patients with T-ALL revealed a new landscape of mutations that may inform future treatment strategies.

Treatment with imatinib results in good overall survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, approaching a normal life expectancy, according to the CML-IV study.

The FDA has granted priority review status for two new indications of dasatinib (Sprycel), according to the drug’s developer.

Researchers have identified two distinct stem cell–like populations from which relapse can arise in AML patients, which may help clinicians identify who will and won't respond to standard chemotherapy.

Treatment of adult relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia with inotuzumab ozogamicin was associated with increased hepatotoxicity, especially after follow-up hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

The FDA has expanded the approval of blinatumomab (Blincyto) for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults and children.

ODAC approval of Novartis' CAR T-Cell therapy paves the way for its FDA approval as a commercially available treatment for B-cell ALL.

There was no significant survival difference in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia patients given induction therapy with idarubicin vs high-dose daunorubicin.

A new study in JCO suggests that genetic variations within AML patients with CD33 may predict their response to gemtuzumab ozogamicin.

Approximately half of patients with chronic-phase CML who achieved a sustained deep molecular response with nilotinib were able to discontinue therapy and remain in treatment-free remission through 96 weeks.

A follow-up analysis of the CheckMate-205 clinical trial found that nivolumab was associated with durable response rates in adults with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma after ASCT.

Adult patients with early thymic precursor (ETP) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a subgroup of T-cell ALL, could benefit from the use of response-based risk stratification and therapy intensification similar to that used in pediatric patients with ETP-ALL.

Adding midostaurin to chemotherapy prolonged survival in younger adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia and a FLT3 mutation, according to a randomized trial.

Lenalidomide plus rituximab induction therapy followed by maintenance appears to provide favorable activity and a tolerable safety profile in follicular lymphoma patients who are double-refractory or had early relapse after initial diagnosis.

Over recent years, there has been much progress in elucidating the biology of these lymphomas, and this has paved the way for novel therapies that are currently under investigation in clinical trials.

Anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy may benefit patients with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who have relapsed or are refractory to standard therapy.

The novel IDH2-inhibitor enasidenib was well tolerated and offered durable responses in a phase I trial of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia patients with an IDH2 mutation.

Brentuximab vedotin, a monoclonal antibody-drug conjugate, combined with gemcitabine may be a new treatment option for children and AYAs with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.

Researchers are making much-needed progress in developing treatments for patients with three rare malignancies: recurrent and refractory primary central nervous (CNS) system lymphoma, secondary CNS lymphoma, and primary vitreoretinal lymphoma.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are reporting that they have successfully converted cells from blood vessels in mice into blood-forming stem cells.

This review will highlight the survival impact that rituximab therapy has had on major lymphoid malignancies, such as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma. We will also discuss alternative anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies.