May 8th 2024
A nurse-driven, verbal workflow to place tocilizumab orders contributed to safer and more effective delivery of tocilizumab for cytokine release syndrome.
Zanubrutinib Significantly Improves PFS in Treatment-Naïve CLL/SLL Across Various High-Risk Subsets
July 21st 2022Patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma, achieved superior progression-free survival with zanubrutinib vs a combination of bendamustine plus rituximab.
Oncology APPs, Research Nurses Are Uniquely Poised to Tackle irAE Management in Follicular Lymphoma
July 20th 2022Because immune-related adverse events can be hard to diagnose, patient education and clear avenues of communication with an oncology care team are critical, according to investigators at the 2022 Pan Pacific Lymphoma Conference.
Frontline Epcoritamab/R-CHOP Combination Induces 100% ORR in Patients With High-Risk DLBCL
June 26th 2022Data from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-2 trial suggest that the combination of epcoritamab and R-CHOP is both effective and manageable in treating patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Adding Bispecific Antibody to Natural Killer Cells May Be Effective in Heavily Pretreated Lymphoma
April 11th 2022Patients with heavily pretreated lymphoma experienced promising clinical responses following treatment with the innate cell engager AMF13 plus preactivated and expanded natural killers (NK) cells.
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines Now Include Duvelisib for Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma
March 17th 2022Duvelisib, a dual PI3K-δ,γ inhibitor, is now listed as a category 2A designated option for second-line and subsequent treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Liso-Cel Outperforms Standard Therapy in Improving QoL in Relapsed/Refractory LBCL
December 29th 2021A comparative analysis indicated that lisocabtagene maraleucel generated superior quality of life in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma compared with the current standard of care.
Copanlisib Plus Rituximab May Be ‘Viable Option’ Across Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
July 16th 2021More data are needed regarding the duration of response associated with this combination to make it a “mainstream” treatment option for patients, according to an expert from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.