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Episode: Updated Nilotinib Formulation Improves Treatment Adherence in Ph+ CML: With Michael J. Mauro, MD
Description: In today’s episode, supported by Azurity Pharmaceuticals, we spoke with Michael J. Mauro, MD, about treatment adherence with nilotinib (Tasigna/Danziten) in patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)–positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Dr Mauro is an attending physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York.In our exclusive interview, Dr Mauro discussed barriers to nilotinib treatment adherence in patients with Ph-positive CML, ways that nonadherence can diminish quality of life and clinical response to treatment, ways that the new formulation of nilotinib addresses adherence issues by reducing the need for fasting, and ongoing rese...