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https://www.vjhemonc.com/video/g7alpq7r ... ls-in-mds/
SOHO 2018 | Promising approaches and clinical trials in MDS
David Steensma
A number of promising therapeutic approaches are under investigation for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). We got on update on these exciting developments from David Steensma, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, at the 2018 Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) Annual Meeting, held in Houston, TX. Dr Steensma highlights the potential combination of hypomethylating agents with immunotherapies such as checkpoint inhibitors, or the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax. *He also expresses his excitement for the telomerase inhibitor imetelstat* and APR-246, which targets p53, before briefly mentioning the potential for CAR T-cells in MDS.
https://www.vjhemonc.com/video/edlwvahg ... treatment/
SOHO 2018 | Current landscape and future directions for lower-risk MDS treatment
David Steensma
Speaking from the 2018 Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) Annual Meeting, held in Houston, TX, David Steensma, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, discusses the current treatment landscape for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), as well as future directions for therapy. Dr Steensma highlights how the majority of low-risk MDS patients are treated with hematopoietic growth factors or lenalidomide, although certain patients will respond to immunosupressants and hypomethylating agents. He expresses his hopes for the potential of luspatercept, a recombinant fusion protein, *as well as oral hypomethylating agents, the telomerase inhibitor imetelstat* and splicing inhibitors.
Video posted Sept 2018 - Dr. Steensma
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Re: Video posted Sept 2018 - Dr. Steensma
Thanks Ryan, good news is always welcome here, there has certainly been enough of the other stuff. One thing that we might bear in mind is the cousins relationship between MDS and MF. Imetelstat is prolonging life in MF patients, possibly by altering transformation to AML, we should know soon. In all the talk about competing treatments I think we should look for the glimmer of hope that perhaps by targeting the malignant clone, the disease process could be altered. bp
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Re: Video posted Sept 2018 - Dr. Steensma
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