New Research in Treating Leukemia and Lymphoma: ASH Annual Meeting 2020

January 15, 2021
Brielle Gregory, ASCO staff

The 2020 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition was held virtually December 5 to 8. The meeting featured new research around the treatment of blood-related diseases, including cancers of the blood and bone marrow, such as leukemia and lymphoma.

In this podcast, Michael Williams, MD, ScM, discusses advances in treating leukemia and lymphoma in 2020 and research presented at the meeting.

  • 3 new drugs approved in the last half of 2020 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma [2:38].
  • An update from a study evaluating the combination of ibrutinib with another targeted therapy drug, rituximab (Rituxan), in treating Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma [6:22].

Dr. Williams is the Byrd S. Leavell Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He serves as the chief of the Hematology/Oncology Division, physician lead for the Cancer Service Line, and associate director for Clinical Affairs in the UVA Cancer Center. Dr. Williams is the Cancer.Net Associate Editor for Lymphoma. View Dr. Williams’ disclosures.

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