Acute Myeloid Leukemia
The latest news, research, and perspectives in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AML, an aggressive blood cancer, is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults and most often develops when myeloid cells that normally develop into the various types of mature blood cells instead form abnormal myeloblasts.
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Alexander Perl, MD, joins the hosts to discuss the management of newly diagnosed and relapsed FLT3-positive AML.
Early deaths remain a barrier against understanding a cure-for-all.
Researchers found that sabatolimab at 400 mg and 800 mg were well tolerated, as cytopenias occurred at low rates.
All response-evaluable patients attained a morphologic remission, translating into a 100% overall response rate.
Dr. Tasian discusses the path that took her to the best job in the world, silver linings along the way, and more.
This editorial outlines treatments for relapsed AML, T-Cell activation, and more.
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RNA sequencing showed decreased gene expression levels of the NF-κB target genes IL1β and IER3 after emavusertib treatment.
The study included 815 patients with AML who were “unfit to receive intensive induction chemotherapy."
Mutations in IDH were “strongly correlated with increased age,” according to the study’s authors.
The study was conducted because it was “uncertain whether a fractionated schedule provides additional benefit."
Researchers analyzed prognostic impact of NPM1 MRD in a real-world cohort of patients with NPM1-mutated AML.
The primary endpoints were short-term event-free survival and overall survival in the intention-to-treat population.
The retrospective, observational study included adults who received their first allogeneic HSCT during their first remission.
The crew talk about AML and MDS in this episode of The HemOnc Pulse.
Dr. Erba answers this question and more in this interview with Dr. Chadi Nabhan.
Dr. Nath spoke transplant in patients with AML who are elderly and emphasized the need to include them in clinical trials.
Enrolled patients must be aged 75 years or older or aged 18-74 years with specific comorbidities.
The trial will enroll approximately 346 patients with treatment-naive TP53-mutated disease or biallelic 17p deletions.
Dr. Konopleva explains the controversy and what she sees on the horizon for MRD in AML.
The award recognizes a SOHO member who has significantly contributed to the advancement of blood cancer care and research.
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Editorial Board
Sagar Lonial, MD, FACPEditor-in-Chief | Chief Medical Officer of Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University School of Medicine
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MDAssociate Editor | Chief, Section of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Elias Jabbour, MDAssociate Editor | DB Lane Cancer Research Fund Distinguished Professor in Leukemia Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kami Maddocks, MDAssociate Editor | Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine in the Division of Hematology at The Ohio State University
Thomas Martin, MDAssociate Editor | Clinical Research Director, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jerald Radich, MDAssociate Editor | Professor in the Clinical Research Division and Kurt Enslein Endowed Chair at Fred Hutch
Laurie Sehn, MD, MPHAssociate Editor | Clinical Professor of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Centre for Lymphoid Cancer
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