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The OncLive® Conference page includes a listing of all conferences covered by OncLive®, including the ASCO, ESMO, SITC, EHA, ASH, and SABCS annual meetings, as well as the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Miami Breast Cancer Conference, among many others. Conference coverage incorporates articles and interviews in written and video format.

Long-Term COMFORT-I Data Confirm Ruxolitinib Survival Benefit

June 12th 2016, 11:58pm

European Hematology Association Congress

Final 5-year efficacy and safety data from the phase III COMFORT-I trial confirm previous findings that ruxolitinib confers a significant benefit in patients with intermediate-2 and high-risk myelofibrosis.

Antibodies From Cured AML Patients Kill Leukemia Cells

June 12th 2016, 9:45pm

European Hematology Association Congress

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia who are cured after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation produce antibodies that destroy leukemia cells.

Daratumumab Triplet Reduces Risk of Progression by 63% in Myeloma

June 12th 2016, 12:54am

European Hematology Association Congress

Combining the CD38-targeted antibody daratumumab with lenalidomide and dexamethasone reduced the risk of disease progression by 63% versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, according to findings from the phase III POLLUX (MMY3003) trial.

Targeted Therapies Could Revolutionize AML Treatment

June 12th 2016, 12:45am

European Hematology Association Congress

A host of novel agents that target distinct molecular targets are pushing complete remission rates beyond historical boundaries for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Vadastuximab Talirine, HMA Combo Induces Impressive Remissions in AML

June 12th 2016, 12:10am

European Hematology Association Congress

Frontline treatment with the CD33-directed antibody-drug conjugate vadastuximab talirine plus a hypomethylating agent induced deep and durable remissions for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr. Christian Gisselbrecht on Defining Refractory Disease in DLBCL

June 11th 2016, 10:29pm

European Hematology Association Congress

​Christian Gisselbrecht, MD, a Professor of Haematology in the Haemato-Oncology Department of Hôpital Saint-Louis, at Diderot University, Paris, discusses stratifying refractory disease in aggressive diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Dr. Wojciech Jurczak on MOR208 in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

June 11th 2016, 2:43pm

European Hematology Association Congress

​Wojciech Jurczak, MD Head of Lymphoma, Department of Hematology, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika, Poland, discuses a subgroup analyses of diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and indolent lymphoma cohorts from a phase IIa study of single-agent MOR208 in patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).

Stopping TKIs Proven Safe in Chronic Phase CML

June 11th 2016, 3:24am

European Hematology Association Congress

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors can safely be halted in select patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia followed a maintained deep molecular remission.

Blinatumomab Nearly Doubles Survival in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

June 11th 2016, 2:55am

European Hematology Association Congress

The median overall survival with the anti-CD19 immunotherapy blinatumomab was 7.7 months versus 4 months with standard chemotherapy in patients with Philadelphia chromosome–negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to results from the phase III TOWER study.

Ibrutinib Highly Effective for Del17p CLL in Combined Analysis

June 11th 2016, 2:32am

European Hematology Association Congress

Ibrutinib continued to demonstrate impressive antitumor activity in a pooled analysis of 243 patients with deletion 17p chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Cabozantinib Improves Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma

June 9th 2016, 1:01am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Cabozantinib reduced the risk of death by 34% compared with everolimus in patients with previously treated advanced renal cell carcinoma, according to updated data from the phase III METEOR trial.

Dr. Edward Kim on ASCO's TAPUR Trial

June 9th 2016, 12:33am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Edward S. Kim, MD, chair, Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics, Donald S. Kim Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, discusses the significance of the TAPUR clinical trial, which is being conducted by ASCO.

CAR Therapy Achieves Durable Responses in Refractory Lymphoma

June 8th 2016, 4:16am

ASCO Annual Meeting

Three-fourths of patients with advanced lymphoma achieved durable objective responses to treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy targeting CD19 even after a low-dose chemotherapy conditioning regimen.

Pembrolizumab/Bevacizumab Combo Passes Safety Test in Recurrent Glioblastoma

June 8th 2016, 3:38am

ASCO Annual Meeting

An immunotherapy/antiangiogenesis combination proved to be safe and tolerable for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, preliminary data from an ongoing trial showed.

Avelumab Highly Effective in Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma

June 8th 2016, 2:14am

ASCO Annual Meeting

The PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab demonstrated durable responses and promising early survival data for patients with pretreated metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.

High Response Rates Achieved with Pembrolizumab in Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma

June 7th 2016, 10:06pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is associated with an exceptional overall response rate in patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.