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Courtney Denton Dinardo, MD, on AML: Treatment Study Results

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Courtney Denton Dinardo, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses findings on the durable response with venetoclax in combination with decitabine or azacitidine in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (Abstract 7010).



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