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Kerry A. Rogers, MD, on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Acalabrutinib With Obinutuzumab in Treatment-Naive and Relapsed or Refractory Disease

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Kerry A. Rogers, MD, of The Ohio State University, discusses a 3-year follow-up of phase Ib safety and efficacy findings with the selective BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib and the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab in patients with CLL (Abstract 7500).

 



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