Kristie L. Kahl is vice president of content at MJH Life Sciences, overseeing CURE®, CancerNetwork®, the journal ONCOLOGY, Targeted Oncology, and Urology Times®. She has been with the company since November 2017.
She is a graduate of Rider University, where she acquired a Bachelors of Art in journalism, as well as a graduate of Temple University, where she received her Masters of Science in Sports Management.
Follow Kristie on Twitter at @KristieLKahl, or email her at kkahl@mjhlifesciences.com.
Updated Analysis Supports Evaluation of Second-Line Fedratinib to Treat Myelofibrosis
July 24th 2019Treatment with fedratinib may lead to clinically meaningful responses among patients with myelofibrosis who were previously treated with Jakafi, according to an updated analysis of the phase 2 JAKARTA2 study.
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Collection of Family Cancer History Is Suboptimal, Highlighting Need for Patient Reporting
June 24th 2019In assessing the quality of family cancer history entered into electronic health records, researchers found that such reporting was suboptimal – highlighting the need to optimize online collection with a provider-free approach.
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Study Results Fail to Support Routine Use of Prophylactic Irradiation in Mesothelioma
June 19th 2019Routine use of prophylactic radiotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma is unnecessary following a chest wall procedure, according to multicenter, open-label, phase 3, randomized controlled trial findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Patients with Mesothelioma See No Survival Benefit With Defactinib Maintenance Therapy
June 18th 2019Maintenance therapy with defactinib failed to improve survival following front-line chemotherapy in patients with merlin-low malignant pleural mesothelioma, according to results from the phase 2 COMMAND trial.
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FDA Approves Keytruda Regimens to Treat Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
June 11th 2019The Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy for the front-line treatments of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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Venclexta Plus Gazyva Reduces Disease Progression by 65% in Patients with CLL
June 6th 2019The addition of Venclexta to Gazyva induced prolonged progression-free survival – or the time from treatment to disease worsening – among patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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New Targeted Antibody Shows Promise for Advanced Urothelial Cancer
June 3rd 2019After progressing on prior therapy, 44% of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who were treated with enfortumab vedotin demonstrated a response to treatment, according to phase 2 study findings.
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Kisqali Plus Endocrine Therapy Improves Survival in Breast Cancer Subgroup
June 3rd 2019The addition of Kisqali to standard-of-care endocrine therapy significantly improved overall survival for premenopausal women with advanced HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer compared with endocrine therapy alone.
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