Conference Coverage

Benefits of Chemotherapy Plus Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation as Treatment Strategy for Ph-Positive ALL

06/28/2025

Shira Dinner, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, participated in a debate at the 2025 Great Debates in Hematologic Malignancies meeting in New York, New York, in which she argued in favor of the combination of chemotherapy and allogeneic stem cell transplantation versus a chemotherapy-free regimen for improving overall outcomes among patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph-positive) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Source:

Dinner S. Debate- What Is the Optimal Treatment Regimen for PH-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia? Chemo-Free vs Chemo + Allo-SCT. Presented at the Great Debates in Hematologic Malignancies meeting. June 28-29, New York, New York.

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