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

2014 ASH Annual Meeting

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.

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD, on Radiotherapy Plus R-CHOP in Localized Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD, of Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, offers his thoughts 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.

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Alan F. List, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center, offers his thoughts on abstract 163, “Overall Survival and Subgroup Analysis From a Randomized Phase III Study of Intravenous Rigosertib vs Best Supportive Care in Patients With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome After Failure of Hypomethylating Agents,” presented by Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD.

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