Blood Cancers

The Food and Drug Administration approved multiple new therapies for blood cancer over the last few months.

The novel treatment elritercept received a Fast Track designation from the FDA to treat anemia in patients with MDS.

An FDA committee voted that the benefits of Carvykti outweigh the risks for myeloma treatment, though concerns about secondary malignancies remain.

Patients taking Tibsovo to treat MDS or AML may want to discuss the appropriate medications to treat and prevent infections, an expert said.

The Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee voted that the benefits of imetelstat outweigh the risks for transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndrome and anemia.

Attending follow-up appointments as blood cancer survivors can help prevent more dangerous outcomes, including secondary cancers, an expert told CURE®.

An oral suspension formula of Imbruvica received the green light from the Food and Drug Administration to be used in all approved indications.

The first patient has been enrolled in a clinical trial evaluating a reduced dose of post-transplant immunosuppressive chemotherapy cyclophosphamide for patients with blood cancers.

Orca-T outperformed post-transplant cyclophosphamide when it came to relapse-free survival and overall survival in patients with blood cancer who underwent a stem cell transplantation from a matched unrelated donor.

Jakafi plus Rezurock showed promise in treating graft-versus-host disease in patients who underwent undergone allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Treatment with rusfertide led to a decrease in the need for blood draws and decreased levels of red blood cells in patients with polycythemia vera.

Most patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma responded to treatment with the CAR-T cell therapy, Carvykti, according to a small study.

A cancer survivor described the agony of making a life-or-death decision.

Findings from the ASCERTAIN trial support the use of oral Inqovi for adults with intermediate- and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) such as chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).

Financial burdens from medical costs negatively affect quality of life in patients who have received stem cell transplants, recent research showed.

For Maggie Cambora, who received a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia in 2020, the third potential donor match was the connection that saved her life, she told CURE®.