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Nitin Jain, MD, on First-Line Ibrutinib Plus Venetoclax in CLL

2019 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition

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Nitin Jain, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses findings from two studies showing that the combination of ibrutinib and venetoclax is an effective chemotherapy-free oral regimen for patients with high-risk, previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (Abstract 34).



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