Novel drug combinations and targeted therapies show promise for patients with leukemia
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are presented compelling findings from three clinical trials. These oral presentations highlight encouraging results to advance the use of targeted therapies and novel combinations in multiple types of leukemia, including high-risk and newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in older and younger patients and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Older or high-risk patients with newly diagnosed AML respond well to triplet therapy Researchers observed encouraging response rates in older or high-risk...