Georgia Cancer Center At Augusta University

SAN DIEGO — Sustaining a successful mentor-mentee relationship requires compatibility in terms of skillsets and goals, according to a speaker at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

American Society of Hematology has issued new sickle cell disease research priorities, highlighting seven key focus areas for maximum impact and benefit to patients.

Analyses of people with early-onset colorectal cancer showed those who lived in rural areas had greater 5-year disease-related mortality risk than those who lived in nonrural areas, according to results of a retrospective study.

CHICAGO — Asciminib demonstrated superior efficacy to standard first-line therapies for certain patients with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Jorge Cortes, MD, received Society of Hematologic Oncology’s Michael J. Keating Outstanding Achievement Award.

Several factors contributed to inequities of outcomes among people with hematologic malignancies in the United States, according to findings presented at Society of Hematologic Oncology Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — Asciminib continued to confer superior efficacy and better safety and tolerability than bosutinib among patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia, according to study results presented during ASCO Annual Meeting.

SALT LAKE CITY — Academic center outreach to community practices considerably increased stem cell transplant referrals for patients with multiple myeloma, according to study results.