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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7331 In this presentation from the ‘Looking to the Future With Hope: Advances in the Treatment of AML’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Mojtaba Akhtari discusses a patient case to examine whether transplant, conventional therapy, or novel targeted is most appropriate for the MRD+ patient subset and in what conditions. © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7331 In this presentation from the ‘Looking to the Future With Hope: Advances in the Treatment of AML’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Daniel A. Pollyea provides an update on the latest advances in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7330 In this presentation from the ‘CLL in the Era of Targeted Therapy’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Richard R. Furman utilizes a case presentation to examine personalized management strategies for relapsed/refractory, high risk patients with CLL. © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7330 In this presentation from the ‘CLL in the Era of Targeted Therapy’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Jacqueline C. Barrientos discusses therapeutic sequencing in CLL patients, with a focus on mono vs. combination therapy. © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7330 In this presentation from the ‘CLL in the Era of Targeted Therapy’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Richard R. Furman discusses novel agents and treatment strategies for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7329 In this presentation from the ‘Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Testing in Multiple Myeloma’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Prashant Kapoor agues against using MRD as the primary treatment target for patients with multiple myeloma. © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Earn CME: https://naccme.com/program/7329 In this presentation from the ‘Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Testing in Multiple Myeloma’ symposium at the 2019 Great Debates & Updates in Hematologic Malignancies in New York, Dr. Prashant Kapoor agues that MRD should be the treatment target for patients with multiple myeloma. © 2019 Imedex, an HMP Company

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Douglas S. Hawkins MD Of The University of Washington School of Medicine Discusses Questions About Larotrectinib: Who Should Be Tested, How Long Should They Be Treated, What Agent To Use BACKROUND: TRK fusions involving NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes have been identified in a broad range of pediatric and adult malignancies. Larotrectinib, a highly-selective oral TRK inhibitor, was well tolerated and showed encouraging antitumor activity in 17 pediatric patients (pts) with TRK fusion cancer (Laetsch et al, Lancet Oncol 2018). Here, we present data on the clinical efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in 38 pediatric pts with TRK fusion cancer…

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Douglas S. Hawkins MD Of The University of Washington School of Medicine Discusses Larotrectinib Efficacy & Safety In Pediatric TRK Fusion Cancer Patients: 94% Of The Children Treated With Larotrectinib Achieved A Response. BACKROUND: TRK fusions involving NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes have been identified in a broad range of pediatric and adult malignancies. Larotrectinib, a highly-selective oral TRK inhibitor, was well tolerated and showed encouraging antitumor activity in 17 pediatric patients (pts) with TRK fusion cancer (Laetsch et al, Lancet Oncol 2018). Here, we present data on the clinical efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in 38 pediatric pts with…

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Douglas S. Hawkins MD Of The University of Washington School of Medicine Discusses How To Identify Patients With An NTRK Gene Fusion: Will Require A Very Broad Genomic Sequencing. BACKROUND: TRK fusions involving NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes have been identified in a broad range of pediatric and adult malignancies. Larotrectinib, a highly-selective oral TRK inhibitor, was well tolerated and showed encouraging antitumor activity in 17 pediatric patients (pts) with TRK fusion cancer (Laetsch et al, Lancet Oncol 2018). Here, we present data on the clinical efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in 38 pediatric pts with TRK fusion cancer from…

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Matthew Galsky, MD, Director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology At The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Discusses HCRN GU14-182: Randomized Double-Blind Phase II Study Of Maintenance Pembrolizumab VS Placebo After First-Line Chemotherapy In Patients with mUC. BACKROUND: Platinum-based chemotherapy for 1st-line treatment of pts with metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC) is typically administered for a fixed duration followed by observation until recurrence. PD-1 blockade with pembro improves survival of pts with mUC progressing despite platinum-based chemotherapy. We explored the potential benefit of earlier use of PD-1 blockade using a “switch maintenance” approach. METHODS: Pts with mUC achieving at least stable disease…

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Matthew Galsky, MD, Director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology At The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Discusses HCRN GU14-182 Questions: OS Is The Endpoint Needed To See To Impact Practice, Phase 3 Study Will Answer Future Questions. BACKROUND: Platinum-based chemotherapy for 1st-line treatment of pts with metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC) is typically administered for a fixed duration followed by observation until recurrence. PD-1 blockade with pembro improves survival of pts with mUC progressing despite platinum-based chemotherapy. We explored the potential benefit of earlier use of PD-1 blockade using a “switch maintenance” approach. METHODS: Pts with mUC achieving at least stable…

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