This document summarizes recent updates on the treatment of acute lymphoblastic lymphoma from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and European Hematology Association conferences. It discusses:
1) Long-term data showing the combination of dasatinib and chemotherapy can achieve long-term remissions in Philadelphia chromosome-positive adults.
2) New chemotherapy regimens including rituximab that achieved high one-year remission rates in trials for frontline ALL treatment.
3) The use of blinatumomab, a bispecific antibody, to achieve high remission rates in patients with minimal residual disease after frontline therapy.
4) Several new trials combining tyrosine kinase inhibitors like nilot