AML study reports high response rates with combination targeted therapy
Initial findings from a multi-national open-label phase Ib study of inhibitory drug therapy for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have demonstrated a complete response in up to 50 percent patients say researchers at Âé¶¹Ó³» MD Anderson Cancer Center .
The patients, age 60 years or older, received therapy with venetoclax in combination with cobimetinib or idasanutlin. The clinical trial followed...

Phase 2 CAR-T study reports significant remission rates at 15-month follow up
A study involving the recently approved CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy shows that 42 percent of patients with...
PARP inhibitor improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancers and BRCA mutations
In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at Âé¶¹Ó³» MD Anderson Cancer Center, the PARP inhibitor talazoparib extended...
Novel regulation of gene expression in brain tumors identified
Study results revealed previously unknown interplay between two key enzymes and a novel understanding of how brain cancer tumors form and spread, according to researchers at Âé¶¹Ó³» MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The study, led by Zhimin Lu, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Neuro-Oncology, identified a previously unreported linkage between two enzymes known as Gcn5 and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (alpha-KGDH), providing...

Ribociclib extends progression-free survival in pre-menopausal patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
The addition of ribociclib, an inhibitor of the cell cycle, to standard hormone therapy significantly improved progression-free survival (...
MD Anderson to present key drug study findings for multiple blood cancers at ASH annual meeting
Researchers at Âé¶¹Ó³» MD Anderson Cancer Center will present their latest findings involving drug treatments for blood cancers...
Peter WT Pisters, M.D., begins tenure as president of MD?Anderson
Âé¶¹Ó³» MD Anderson Cancer Center today welcomes Peter WT Pisters, M.D., as its fifth full-time president in the institution...