Managed Care Cast

Among the latest data being presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, held December 7-10, 2024, in San Diego, California, were 3 abstracts that focused on patient preferences and treatment choices. Sikander Ailawadhi, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic Florida was a coauthor on all 3 abstracts, covering patient preferences for Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma, survivorship burden and patient preferences affecting treatment choices in multiple myeloma, and race/ethnicity-specific sociodemographic and economic factors driving refusal of treatment in multiple myeloma.