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Despite being considered a rare type of malignancy, constituting only 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers, the incidence of biliary tract cancers (BTCs) has been increasing worldwide in recent years, with about 20,000 new cases annually only in the USA.1–3 These cancers arise from the biliary epithelium of the small ducts in the periphery of the liver […]

Jorge Cortes, ASCO 2022: Week 96 update of the ASCEMBL trial of asciminib versus bosutinib in patients with CML-CP

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Published Online: Jul 18th 2022

Professor Jorge Cortes (Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, GA, USA) shares the long-term efficacy and safety data from the 96-week update of the ASCEMBL trial of asciminib with a novel mechanism of action in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia chronic phase.

The abstract ‘Efficacy and safety results from ASCEMBL, a phase 3 study of asciminib versus bosutinib (BOS) in patients (pts) with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (CML-CP) after ≥2 prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs): Week 96 update’ (Abstract 7004) was presented at the the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

Disclosures: Jorge Cortes is consultant for, and has received grant/research support from Novartis, Pfizer, Takeda and Sun Pharma. He is also on the Advisory Board for Novartis and Pfizer.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

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