Acute leukemia

SOLO1: 7-year follow-up highlights the value of Olaparib maintenance

SOLO1: 7-year follow-up highlights the value of Olaparib maintenance

This transcript has been edited for clarity. I am Dr. Maurie Markman from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. I want to talk about a very interesting article that recently appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncologytitled “Overall survival with maintenance of olaparib at 7-year follow-up in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer and …

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'Amazing' results: skip salvage chemo, go straight to HSCT

‘Amazing’ results: skip salvage chemo, go straight to HSCT

NEW ORLEANS – Investigators say they were “amazed” by the results of a randomized trial showing that patients with acute myeloid leukemia who respond poorly after induction therapy do just as well in undergoing an immediate allogeneic transplant as if they had received an intensive rescue induction regimen to bring them into remission before the …

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