Assistant Editor, OncLive®
Jessica joined the company in August 2019 and is one of the point contacts for the OncLive On Air™ podcast. She is a Rider University alumna and holds a degree in journalism and biology. Prior to joining MJH Life Sciences, she interned with the Ireland-based social media monitoring agency Olytico and served as a copy editor and writer for The Rider News. Email: jhergert@onclive.com
Novel Agents Needed in MPNs Paradigm to Improve Outcomes
September 3rd 2020Omar Alkharabsheh, MD, discusses the growing treatment options for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, including polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis, and how available agents have not induced a biological change or shown improvement in disease outcomes.
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Emerging Evidence Supports the Use of Narsoplimab in HSCT-TMA
August 31st 2020Rafael F. Duarte, MD, PhD, FRCP, presents 2 real-world clinical cases in which the investigational monoclonal antibody narsoplimab demonstrated clinical benefit in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy.
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Enzastaurin Combo Under Exploration in High-Risk, DGM1+ DLBCL
August 27th 2020Investigators are evaluating the efficacy of enzastaurin, a PCKß inhibitor, in combination with standard rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone in patients with high-risk DGM1–positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
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Surgery-Free Alternative Is Favorably Accepted Among Women at Risk of Ovarian Cancer
August 26th 2020The majority of women at a high risk of developing ovarian cancer reported having a favorable attitude toward adopting a two-step risk-reducing early salpingectomy and delayed oophorectomy instead of a risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
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Clinical Data Establish Role of Triplet Therapies in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
August 24th 2020Shagun D. Arora, MD, discusses findings from the phase 3 CANDOR, ICARIA-MM, and IKEMA studies which solidified the role of triplet regimens versus doublets in the relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treatment landscape.
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Questions Remain as CAR T-Cell Therapy Prepares to Transform Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma Treatment
August 24th 2020Luciano J. Costa, MD, discusses the emerging role of CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, investigational products such as ide-cel, orva-cel, and JNJ-4528, and early intervention strategies to manage the toxicities associated with these products.
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COVID-19 Presents New Challenges in the Rapidly Evolving Prostate Cancer Paradigm
August 21st 2020Bradley A. McGregor, MD, sheds light on recently approved agents, as well as a multitude of novel therapies on the horizon, that appear to spell out a promising future for the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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Tafasitamab/Lenalidomide Combo Induces Impressive Response Rates in Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL
August 14th 2020Kami J. Maddocks, MD, discusses the clinical implications of the approval of tafasitamab and lenalidomide in relapsed/refractory DLBCL, as well as remaining challenges that future research efforts should address.
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Pacritinib Pretreatment Demonstrates Intriguing Interim Findings in Myelofibrosis
August 14th 2020Pretreatment with the investigational JAK2/FLT3 inhibitor pacritinib prior to allogeneic stem cell transplant was shown to be feasible and safe in patients with primary, post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis.
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Novel Triplet Emerges as a Promising Option in BRAF-Mutant Melanoma
August 13th 2020Georgina V. Long, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, discusses the safety profile of the combination of spartalizumab, dabrafenib, and trametinib, the clinical implications of the biomarker data observed from this trial, and other emerging combinations on the horizon.
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Longer Follow-Up Data Confirms Cemiplimab’s Utility in CSCC, Though Challenges Remain
August 7th 2020Anna C. Pavlick, DO, discusses the benefit of cemiplimab for patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), the impact of these longer follow-up data, rare, but notable, toxicities that can arise with the agent, and ongoing research efforts aimed at increasing responses to immunotherapy in the CSCC space.
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Experts Analyze Striking ASCO 2020 Data in Small Cell Lung Cancer
August 5th 2020In a special OncLive video program, The Board, Joshua M. Bauml, MD, led a discussion regarding key abstracts that were presented during the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program in extensive-stage SCLC and limited-stage SCLC.
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Aggarwal Lends Insight on the Use of TKIs and Liquid Biopsies in ALK+ NSCLC
July 24th 2020Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH, discusses the current state of treatment for patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer, the utility of liquid biopsy, and remaining questions that need to be addressed in the space.
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First-in-Class LSD1 Inhibitor Elicits Clinical Activity in Advanced Myelofibrosis
July 24th 2020Findings from a phase 2 study presented during the 2020 European Hematology Association Congress shed light on the first-in-class, investigational lysine-specific demethylase-1 inhibitor, bomedemstat, along with its promising clinical activity and tolerable safety profile as monotherapy in patients with advanced myelofibrosis.
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