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Jennifer Crombie, MD, on Relapsed or Refractory CLL/SLL: Results From a Phase I Trial of Duvelisib and Venetoclax

2019 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition

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Jennifer Crombie, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses early study results which showed that duvelisib plus venetoclax showed activity in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, with no dose-limiting toxicities observed (Abstract 1763).



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