February 26th 2017
Fred Locke, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center discusses the interim results of the ZUMA-I trial of Kte-C19, a CAR T-cell therapy.
Bart Scott, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, explains the importance of the intensity of conditioning for stem cell transplants.
February 25th 2017
Robert Korngold, PhD, John Theurer Cancer Center looks back on the advances we've made so far in bone marrow transplant.
Treatment with an inactivated varicella zoster virus vaccine, known as V212, lowered the cumulative incidence rate of herpes zoster infection and complications for patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Rates of early relapse post-autologous stem cell transplant in patients with relapsing multiple myeloma have not changed over time, but post-relapse survival among early relapsers has improved for patients transplanted after 2005 and for those relapsing since 2008.
Dr. Lancet of Moffitt Cancer Center explains the use of CPX-351 treatment compared to induction chemotherapy, for older adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Partow Kebriaei, MD, discusses the Iomab-B clinical trial for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
According to data from a phase I/II clinical trial, carfilzomib can be safely combined with melphalan in a conditioning regimen prior to autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.
February 23rd 2017
More patients with acute myeloid leukemia could proceed to transplant following treatment with CPX-351 compared with the traditional 7+3 chemotherapy regimen.