Alan F. List, MD, on the CC-5013-MDS-005 Study

2014 ASH Annual Meeting

Alan F. List, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center, offers his thoughts on abstract 409, “Efficacy and Safety of Lenalidomide vs Placebo in RBC Transfusion–Dependent Patients With IPSS Low-/Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Without Del(5q) and Unresponsive or Refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents: Results From a Randomized Phase III Study (CC-5013-MDS-005),” presented by Valeria Santini, MD.

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD, on the Phase III LyMa Trial

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD, of Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, offers his thoughts on abstract 146, “Rituximab Maintenance vs Wait and Watch After Four Courses of R-DHAP Followed By Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Previously Untreated Young Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma: First Interim Analysis of the Phase III Prospective LyMa Trial, a Lysa Study,” presented by Steven Le Gouill, MD, PhD.

Lymphoma

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Laurie Sehn, MD, on Radiotherapy in Limited-Stage Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Laurie Sehn, MD, of the BC Cancer Agency, on abstract 393, “R-CHOP With or Without Radiotherapy in Nonbulky Limited-Stage Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Preliminary Results of the Prospective Randomized Phase III 02-03 Trial From the Lysa/Goelams Group,” presented by Thierry Lamy, MD, PhD.

Leukemia

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James O. Armitage, MD, FACP, FRCP, and Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD, on Advances in the Treatment of ALL

James O. Armitage, MD, FACP, FRCP, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discuss the diagnosis and genetics of ALL, differences in treating younger and older patients, and the latest data on the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, and CAR T cells.

Hematologic Malignancies

Ayalew Tefferi, MD

Ayalew Tefferi, MD, on New Models of Prognostication for Myelofibrosis

Ayalew Tefferi, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, on abstract 403, “A Compendium of Cytogenetic Abnormalities in Myelofibrosis: Molecular and Phenotypic Correlates in 826 Patients;” abstract 406, “Integration of Mutations and Karyotype Towards a Genetics-Based Prognostic Scoring System (GPSS) for Primary Myelofibrosis;” and abstract 405, “Mutation-Enhanced International Prognostic Scoring System (MIPSS) for Primary Myelofibrosis: An AGIMM & IWG-MRT Project.”

Leukemia

Linda J. Burns, MD

Linda J. Burns, MD, on the BLAST Study

2014 ASH President Linda J. Burns, MD, of the University of Minnesota, offers her thoughts on abstract 379, “BLAST: A Confirmatory, Single-Arm, Phase II Study of Blinatumomab, a Bispecific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) Antibody Construct, in Patients with Minimal Residual Disease B-Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL),” presented by Nicola Gökbuget, MD.

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