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Navigating Newfound Options, MRD Assessment, and Emerging Approaches in Multiple Myeloma

June 21, 2021

The expanding therapeutic landscape in multiple myeloma is poised to integrate daratumumab-based quadruplet therapies and novel cellular therapies as standard options for patients with newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory disease.

CTC Evaluation Fails to Demonstrate Functional Significance in HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

June 10, 2021

Although circulating tumor cell analysis of patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer identified patients with CTC amplification, the utility of subsequent HER2-directed treatment with trastuzumab plus vinorelbine in this patient population was low.

FDA Approval Insights: Idecabtagene Vicleucel for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

June 07, 2021

Dr. Munshi discusses the significance of the FDA approval of ide-cel in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, data from the KarMMa trial, which served as the basis for the approval, and next steps for CAR T-cell therapy in the field.

Pertuzumab Plus High-Dose Trastuzumab Induces Clinical Benefit in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer With CNS Metastases

May 17, 2021

Despite a modest central nervous system overall response rate, the combination of pertuzumab and high-dose trastuzumab was found to induce clinical benefit in 68% of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer enrolled to the phase 2 PATRICIA trial.

Dr. Munshi on the FDA Approval of Idecabtagene Vicleucel in Multiple Myeloma

March 29, 2021

Nikhil C. Munshi, MD, discusses the FDA approval of idecabtagene vicleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma after 4 or more prior lines of therapy, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.

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