Articles

Early detection of lung cancer enhances patient survival. However, the value of specific screening programs is affected by multiple factors, including patient selection methods, triage algorithms, and imaging technology. This oral session includes presentations of novel approaches to the detection of lung cancer. Read More ›

The most important positive prognostic factor for 2-year nonrelapse mortality in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients following allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (alloSCT) is the donor HLA match. AlloSCT still remains a valid option for younger, high cytogenetic risk, refractory/relapsed CLL patients with an HLA-allele well-matched donor. Read More ›

After 5 years of follow-up, single-agent ibrutinib continues to show durable responses in patients with treatment-naive or relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic leukemia, including those with del17p, del11q, or unmutated IGVH. Read More ›

With a median time on study of 28.6 months, ibrutinib demonstrated an 88% reduction in risk of progression or death in an elderly chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic leukemia patient population, with treatment-limiting adverse events decreasing in frequency with longer follow-up. Read More ›

The combination of nivolumab and ibrutinib has activity in patients with relapsed, refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Richter transformation. Read More ›

Progression-free survival for treatment-naive ibrutinib-treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic leukemia (CLL/SLL) patients was similar regardless of age subgroup, whereas it was shorter for chlorambucil-treated patients aged ≥75 years compared with those aged 65 to Read More ›

In pooled data from 3 randomized studies, the benefit of ibrutinib on progression-free and overall survival is most marked in patients with CLL/SLL with del11q, which is not the case with ofatumumab, chlorambucil, or bendamustine/rituximab. Read More ›

Ibrutinib plus fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/rituximab (FCR) induces deep responses in previously untreated young patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), with 39% of evaluable patients achieving complete response with bone marrow minimal residual disease negativity (BM MRD-neg) and 89% achieving BM MRD-neg, significantly higher than the 20% rate seen historically with FCR alone. Read More ›

In a single-center study, atrial fibrillation events in patients being treated with ibrutinib were generally manageable and, in the majority of cases, did not result in drug discontinuation. Read More ›

Treatment of elderly and/or unfit chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with chlorambucil plus rituximab is associated with low toxicity, a high overall response rate and durable progression-free survival, especially in patients with a mutated IGHV profile and not carrying del17p and del11q. In this low-risk subset of unfit patients, this combination could represent the optimal therapeutic option taking into consideration safety, efficacy, and cost. Read More ›