Immunotherapy Immunotherapy works by harnessing the body’s own immune system and offers options for powerful, yet well-tolerated, therapies. Examples include monoclonal antibodies (rituximab, obinutuzumab, and others) that recognize the cancer, drugs
The short answer is that it is certainly beginning to look that way for a lucky few. This month celebrated the 10th CAR-T anniversary of Doug Olson, who remains cancer-free with persistent CAR-T cells that still play WHACK-A-MOLE should any cancerous CLL cells dare to reappear.
At the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2020, our own Dr. Brian Koffman interviewed Dr. Neil Kay, a Professor of Medicine and a hematologist at Mayo Clinic. They discussed a new way to potentially enhance the activity of CAR-T cells for treating CLL.
By Paul Bildstein – Patient I was diagnosed in 2009 at age 60 with CLL (Trisomy 12, unmutated) after a routine blood test. Initially on watch and wait, I was treated
CAR-T and Other Cellular Therapies Some of the most exciting advances in blood cancer in general, and in CLL / SLL in particular, are in harnessing and re-engineering the body’s own
CAR-T is often wrongly viewed as the last stop on the CLL therapy train, but that is hardly true. Not only are there many therapies to consider or reconsider post CAR-T, one can even repeat the CAR-T infusion (CAR-T2).
Please join CLL Society as we continue to strengthen your learning about CAR-T. Dr. John Pagel will bring the beginner up to pace about CAR-T therapy and other immunotherapies, how they work and where the science is leading. Dr. Tanya Siddiqi will present current data on the success of CAR-T therapy CLL, with and without ibrutinib. Dr. Larry and Sharon Saltzman will share their CLL CAR-T journey from the doctor-turned-patient and caregiver’s point of view.
CAR-T Ed Forum: Panel Q&A Recorded Wednesday, April 21, 2021 https://youtu.be/bbQa1P6k0BA Return to main Ed Forum page CLL Society Resources Download Slides CAR-T Webpage CLL Society Webinar Archive – The Future
CAR-T Ed ForumCLL Society’s Overview of Programs and Services Recorded Wednesday, April 21, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7QglhJ174Y Continue to Panel Q & A CLL Society Resources Download Slides CAR-T Webpage CLL Society Webinar
