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In this Original Investigation from JAMA, the authors discuss the results of a randomized clinical trial that included 208 patients with high- and intermediate-risk first relapse of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Did postreinduction treatment with blinatumomab compared with chemotherapy, followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplant, result in a statistically significant difference in disease-free survival?

As of February 8, 2021, more than 31 million people in the U.S. had received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, with 36 cases of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System by the end of January. Is the onset of the condition related to the vaccines? The vaccines are considered safe overall, but what did the CDC and FDA have to say about it?

For the estimated 21,000 patients who will receive a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), 20% of them will have early-stage disease. Unfortunately, that 20% will not be offered treatment, as the current management of these patients follows a “watch-and-wait” paradigm. However, with the advent of better prognostic tools to identify patients at high risk, in addition to the recent approval of several novel oral agents with impressive efficacy, re-examining this approach now seems prudent.

The short answer? No. That’s the sentiment from the 12,000+ physicians across 29 specialists who took part in Medscape’s recently released Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2021. Physician burnout and dissatisfaction are not new, but before the pandemic in last year’s survey, 82% of doctors reported they were largely happy outside of work. In 2021, only 58% can say the same.

Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology presents a review of selected presentations from the 2020 SABCS Virtual Symposium, which took place in December 2020. Expert commentary is provided by Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy, MD of Baylor University Medical Center and the Director of the Breast Cancer Research Program, Texas Oncology, US Oncology, in Dallas.