January 2013, Vol 4, No 1

Atlanta, GA—The investigational agent ibrutinib, which is making news in the treatment of patients with leukemia, demonstrated “unprecedented” single-agent activity in patients with relapsed or refractory mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL), according to the lead author of an international phase 2 study that was reported at the 2012 American Society of Hematology meeting.
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Atlanta, GA—A chemotherapy-free regimen for patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) achieved a 2-year survival of almost 100% with less toxicity compared with cytotoxic regimens, according to a study reported at the 2012 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting.
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Atlanta, GA—The promise of regenerative medicine is exemplified by the regeneration of corneal epithelium from human limbal stem-cell culture.
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and a common type of cancer.
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in Philadelphia, PA, is the first US center to investigate the use of nanotherapy for the treatment of metastatic lung cancer.
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Empire Genomics is developing the first molecular diagnostic test for multiple myeloma (MM) using a novel genomic biomarker from Emory University that will allow providers to select the right treatments for the right patients based on their genetic profile.
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Cabozantinib (Cometriq; Exelixis) is the second drug ever to be approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with metastatic medullary thyroid cancer.
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Using its priority review process, the FDA approved a new indication for abiraterone acetate (Zytiga; Janssen Biotech) for the treatment of patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) before chemotherapy.
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The US Food and Drug Admin­istration (FDA) approved ponatinib (Iclusig; ARIAD Pharmaceuticals) under its accelerated program for the treatment of patients with chronic- phase (CP), accelerated-phase (AP), or blast-phase (BP) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) that is resistant to or intolerant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy or to Philadelphia chromosome–positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that is resistant to or intolerant to TKI therapy. The recommended dose is 45 mg, taken orally once daily, with no regard to food.
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