Leukemia, Myelodysplasia, Transplantation
News
CD123 differentiates acute GVHD from infections, drug reactions
Major finding: Among 38 colonic endoscopy samples from patients with acute GVHD, 25 (66%) were positive on CD123 staining.
News
Obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil packs 1-2 punch against CLL in elderly
Major finding: One-year progression-free survival in elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and comorbidities was 84% with...
Reviews
Ensuring optimal adherence to BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia
Conference Coverage
Simple conditioning, GVHD prophylaxis yields good hematologic malignancy survival
Major finding: For patients with hematologic malignancies treated with busulfan/fludarabine conditioning, allogeneic bone marrow transplant, and...
News
Idelalisib and rituximab produce responses in 97% with CLL
Major finding: The overall response rate to a combination of idelalisib and rituximab among patients aged 65 years and older with chronic...
Clinical Review
Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Article
Bosutinib in previously treated CML and in first-line comparison with imatinib
News
Oral idelalisib elicits response in half of refractory CLL patients
Major finding: Single agent idelalisib elicited 2 complete responses and 28 partial responses in 54 heavily pretreated patients with chronic...
News
Gene finding may permit targeted therapy for neutrophilic leukemia
Major finding: Sixteen of 27 CNL or atypical CML patients (59%) were found to carry novel CSF3R mutations that were present in less than 1% of the...