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David T. Teachey, MD, on Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma: New Findings on Cranial Radiation and Bortezomib

2020 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition

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David T. Teachey, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses data showing that cranial radiation might be eliminated in most children with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and that bortezomib may improve survival in children with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (Abstract 266).



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