Hagop Kantarjian: The simultaneous combination of ponatinib and blinatumomab highly effective
Hagop Kantarjian shared on X:
“The simultaneous combination of ponatinib and blinatumomab highly effective: MRD-negativity rate of 83% by RT-PCR and 98% by NGS with 3-year OS rate of 91.
Authors: : Hagop Kantarjian, Nicholas J. Short, Fadi G. Haddad, Nitin Jain, Xuelin Huang, Guillermo Montalban-Bravo, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Tapan M. Kadia, Naval Daver, Kelly Chien, Yesid Alvarado, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Ghayas C. Issa, Rebecca Garris, Cedric Nasnas, Lewis Nasr, Farhad Ravandi, and Elias Jabbour. ”
Source: Hagop Kantarjian/X
Hagop Kantarjian is the professor and chair of the Department of Leukemia at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he also serves as the Samsung Distinguished Leukemia Chair in Cancer Medicine. Dr. Kantarjian’s research focuses on translational-clinical developmental therapeutics in leukemia, spanning over four decades.
His contributions include advancements in chronic myeloid leukemia treatment, such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors like imatinib, dasatinib, nilotinib, and bosutinib. Moreover, he has made discoveries in acute lymphocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, and leukemias treatment, resulting in over 20 FDA-approved drugs.
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