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Three of the castles in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' are still standing in Scotland and are open to the public. The castles are Glamis, Cawdor and Scone. Directions and tips for travelers to the castles are given.

Duvelisib (also known as IPI-145) is an oral, dual inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase δ and γ (PI3K-δ,γ) being developed for treatment of hematologic malignancies. PI3K-δ,γ signaling can promote B-cell proliferation and survival in clonal B-cell malignancies, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). In a phase 1 study, duvelisib showed clinically meaningful activity and acceptable safety in CLL/SLL patients. We report here the results of DUO, a global phase 3 randomized study of duvelisib vs ofatumumab monotherapy for patients with relapsed or refractory (RR) CLL/SLL. Patients were randomized 1:1 to oral duvelisib 25 mg twice daily (n = 160) or ofatumumab IV (n = 159). The study met the primary study end point by significantly improving progression-free survival per independent review committee assessment compared with ofatumumab for all patients (median, 13.3 months vs 9.9 months; hazard ratio [HR] = 0.52; P < .0001), including those with high-risk chromosome 17p13.1 deletions [del(17p)] and/or TP53 mutations (HR = 0.40; P = .0002). The overall response rate was significantly higher with duvelisib (74% vs 45%; P < .0001) regardless of del(17p) status. The most common adverse events were diarrhea, neutropenia, pyrexia, nausea, anemia, and cough on the duvelisib arm, and neutropenia and infusion reactions on the ofatumumab arm. The DUO trial data support duvelisib as a potentially effective treatment option for patients with RR CLL/SLL. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02004522.

Duvelisib (IPI-145) is an oral inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)–δ/γ isoforms currently in clinical development. PI3K-δ/γ inhibition may directly inhibit malignant T-cell growth, making duvelisib a promising candidate for patients with peripheral (PTCL) or cutaneous (CTCL) T-cell lymphoma. Inhibition of either isoform may also contribute to clinical responses by modulating nonmalignant immune cells. We investigated these dual effects in a TCL cohort from a phase 1, open-label study of duvelisib in patients with relapsed or refractory PTCL (n = 16) and CTCL (n = 19), along with in vitro and in vivo models of TCL. The overall response rates in patients with PTCL and CTCL were 50.0% and 31.6%, respectively (P = .32). There were 3 complete responses, all among patients with PTCL. Activity was seen across a wide spectrum of subtypes. The most frequently observed grade 3 and 4 adverse events were transaminase increases (40% alanine aminotransferase, 17% aspartate aminotransferase), maculopapular rash (17%), and neutropenia (17%). Responders and nonresponders had markedly different changes in serum cytokine profiles induced by duvelisib. In vitro, duvelisib potently killed 3 of 4 TCL lines with constitutive phospho-AKT (pAKT) vs 0 of 7 lines lacking pAKT (P = .024) and exceeded cell killing by the PI3K-δ–specific inhibitor idelalisib. Administration of duvelisib to mice engrafted with a PTCL patient-derived xenograft resulted in a shift among tumor-associated macrophages from the immunosuppressive M2-like phenotype to the inflammatory M1-like phenotype. In summary, duvelisib demonstrated promising clinical activity and an acceptable safety profile in relapsed/refractory TCL, as well as preclinical evidence of both tumor cell–autonomous and immune-mediated effects. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01476657.

Duvelisib is an oral dual inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase-δ (PI3K-δ) and PI3K-γ in late-stage clinical development for hematologic malignancy treatment. This phase 1 study evaluated maximum tolerated dose (MTD), pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics (PD), efficacy, and safety of duvelisib in 210 patients with advanced hematologic malignancies. In the dose escalation phase (n = 31), duvelisib 8 to 100 mg twice daily was administered, with MTD determined as 75 mg twice daily. In the expansion phase (n = 179), patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), or T-cell lymphoma (TCL) were treated with 25 or 75 mg duvelisib twice daily continuously. Single-dose duvelisib was rapidly absorbed (time to maximum concentration, 1-2 hours), with a half-life of 5.2 to 10.9 hours. PD results showed inhibition of phospho-AKT (S473) in CLL tumor cells following a single dose and near-complete inhibition of CLL proliferation (Ki-67) by cycle 2. Clinical responses were seen across a range of doses and disease subtypes: iNHL overall response rate, 58% (n = 31) with 6 complete responses (CRs); relapsed/refractory CLL, 56% (n = 55) with 1 CR; peripheral TCL, 50% (n = 16) with 3 CR; and cutaneous TCL, 32% (n = 19). Median time to response was ∼1.8 months. Severe (grade ≥3) adverse events occurred in 84% of patients: neutropenia (32%), alanine transaminase increase (20%), aspartate transaminase increase (15%), anemia and thrombocytopenia (each 14%), diarrhea (11%), and pneumonia (10%). These data support further investigation of duvelisib in phase 2 and 3 studies. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01476657.

When Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas was laid off from her production position at a direct mail company in the late '80s, she was disappointed about losing a job but she viewed [...]

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In a time of limited resources and increased accountability, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are asked to broaden their roles resulting in efforts to continually redefine and refine service delivery options. SLPs in schools have to be creative as we manage and shift toward a more formidable role in prevention, while still providing educationally relevant services to students who receive special education services. This article shares benefits for one SLP who embraces supervision of SLP assistants as one method for increasing service delivery options.

Despite the popularity and growth of online courses in hospitality higher education, there still exists ambivalence toward this form of course delivery. Greater scheduling flexibility and accommodation of an ever-growing population of nontraditional students are presented as supporting online course adoption in programs still apprehensive toward this form of instruction. Given the pervasive nature and accessibility of Internet-based learning, this study utilized the technology acceptance model to determine the academic referent group influences on students’ intentions to enroll in an online course. Findings revealed plausible referent group influences that could be leveraged to encourage students to enroll in an online course, which would ultimately facilitate a positive learning experience.

Bosutinib is an oral, dual SRC/ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with clinical activity in Philadelphia chromosome–positive (Ph+) leukemia. We assessed the safety and tolerability of bosutinib 500 mg per day in a phase 1/2 study in chronic-phase (CP) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or advanced Ph+ leukemia following resistance/intolerance to imatinib and possibly other TKIs. Patient cohorts included second-line CP CML (n = 286), third-/fourth-line CP CML (n = 118), and advanced leukemia (n = 166). Median bosutinib duration was 11.1 (range, 0.03-83.4) months. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) in each cohort were primarily gastrointestinal (diarrhea [86%/83%/74%], nausea [46%/48%/48%], and vomiting [37%/38%/43%]). Diarrhea presented early, with few (8%) patients experiencing grade 3/4 events; dose reduction due to diarrhea occurred in 6% of affected patients. Grade 3/4 myelosuppression TEAEs were reported in 41% of patients; among affected patients, 46% were managed with bosutinib interruption and 32% with dose reduction. Alanine aminotransferase elevation TEAEs occurred in 17% of patients (grade 3/4, 7%); among patients managed with dose interruption, bosutinib rechallenge was successful in 74%. Bosutinib demonstrated acceptable safety with manageable toxicities in Ph+ leukemia. This trial (NCT00261846) was registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov (this manuscript is based on a different data snapshot from that in ClinicalTrials.gov).

Hypoxia plays a critical role in the tumor microenvironment of high-grade gliomas by promoting the glioma stem cell (GSC)-like phenotype, which displays resistance to standard therapies. We tested three glioblastoma multiforme xenograft lines (xenolines) against γ134.5-deleted recombinant oncolytic herpes simplex virus (oHSV) C101 under 1% (hypoxia) and 20.8% (normoxia) oxygen tension for effects on oHSV infectivity, replication, and cytotoxicity in all tumor cells and CD133+GSCs. Expression levels of CD133, a putative GSC marker, and CD111 (nectin-1), an adhesion molecule that is the most efficient method for HSV entry, increased significantly under hypoxia in all three xenolines. Despite increased CD111 expression under hypoxic conditions, oHSV infectivity, cytotoxicity and viral recovery were not improved or were diminished in all three xenolines under hypoxia. In contrast, wild-type HSV-1 equally infected xenoline cells in normoxia and hypoxia, suggesting that the 34.5 mutation plays a role in the decreased C101 infectivity in hypoxia. Importantly, CD133+cells were not more resistant to oHSV than CD133-tumor cells regardless of oxygen tension. Furthermore, CD133 expression decreased as viral dose increased in two of the xenolines suggesting that up-regulation of CD133 in hypoxia was not the cause of reduced viral efficacy. Our findings that oHSV infectivity and cytotoxicity were diminished under hypoxia in several GBM xenolines likely have important implications for clinical applications of oHSV therapies, especially considering the vital role of hypoxia in the microenvironment of GBM tumors.

Bosutinib, a dual Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), has shown potent activity against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). This phase 1/2 study evaluated the efficacy and safety of once-daily bosutinib 500 mg in leukemia patients after resistance/intolerance to imatinib. The current analysis included 118 patients with chronic-phase CML who had been pretreated with imatinib followed by dasatinib and/or nilotinib, with a median follow-up of 28.5 months. In this subpopulation, major cytogenetic response was attained by 32% of patients; complete cytogenetic response was attained by 24%, including in one of 3 patients treated with 3 prior TKIs. Complete hematologic response was achieved/maintained in 73% of patients. On-treatment transformation to accelerated/blast phase occurred in 5 patients. At 2 years, Kaplan-Meier–estimated progression-free survival was 73% and estimated overall survival was 83%. Responses were seen across Bcr-Abl mutations, including those associated with dasatinib and nilotinib resistance, except T315I. Bosutinib had an acceptable safety profile; treatment-emergent adverse events were primarily manageable grade 1/2 gastrointestinal events and rash. Grade 3/4 nonhematologic adverse events (> 2% of patients) included diarrhea (8%) and rash (4%). Bosutinib may offer a new treatment option for patients with chronic-phase CML after treatment with multiple TKIs. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00261846.

Background: Despite the recent development of novel targeted therapies to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), the disease remains incurable and many patients will eventually relapse despite optimal treatment. Additional therapies targeting novel pathways are needed for patients with relapsed/refractory CLL/SLL. Duvelisib (DUV) is an oral dual inhibitor of PI3K-δ and PI3K-γ being developed for the treatment of advanced B-cell malignancies, including CLL/SLL. In a Phase 1 study, the overall response rate (ORR) for DUV monotherapy in relapsed/refractory CLL/SLL (n=55) was 56% (with 1 complete response [CR]) per International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL) criteria. Based on the safety and efficacy findings in this study, DUV 25 mg twice daily (BID) was selected as the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) in CLL/SLL (O'Brien, ASH 2015). Herein we report the blinded baseline characteristics and disease history from DUO™, a Phase 3 randomized study evaluating DUV monotherapy vs ofatumumab (OFA) monotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory CLL/SLL. The DUO study completed enrollment in December 2015 and the protocol-defined final analysis (185 progression-free survival [PFS] events) is in progress; the complete trial results will be presented at the American Society of Hematology 59thAnnual Meeting in December.

Cortes: Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Ariad, Chemgenex: Consultancy, Research Funding. Brümmendorf:Bristol Myer Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy; Patent on the use of imatinib and hypusination: Patents & Royalties. Hochhaus:Pfizer, Novartis, BMS, MSD, Ariad: Consultancy, Research Funding. Apperley:BMS, Teva, Ariad: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer, Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Novartis and BMS: Speaker at satellite symposia, Speaker at satellite symposia Other. O'Brien:Pfizer Inc: Research Funding. Leip:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Ruffner:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kantarjian:Pfizer Inc: Research Funding.

Cortes: Novartis, Bristo Myer Squibb, Pfizer, Ariad, Chemgenex: Consultancy, Research Funding. Gambacorti-Passerini:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis, Bristol Myer Squibb: Consultancy. Brümmendorf:Bristol Myer Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy; Patent on the use of imatinib and hypusination: Patents & Royalties. Kim:BMS, Novartis, Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Leip:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Turnbull:Pfizer Inc, l3/Inventiv Clinical Solutions: Employment. Kantarjian:Pfizer Inc: Research Funding.

Bosutinib, a dual Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) has demonstrated efficacy in a phase I/II study of patients with Imatinib-Resistant or Imatinib-Intolerant Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP CML). Bosutinib was associated with an acceptable safety profile and mild to moderate diarrhea was the most common non-hematologic toxicity. Since diarrhea is a common side effect of TKI therapy, an exploratory objective of the phase I/II trial was to observe how bothersome this side effect was to patient perceived health-related quality of life.The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy- Leukemia (FACT-Leu) was used to evaluate patient reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at baseline, prior to treatment, and at weeks 4, 8, 12, every 12-weeks thereafter, and at treatment completion. The modular FACT-Leu uses a 7-day recall period and consists of a core set of general cancer questions and a leukemia specific subscale with 5 domains: Social Well-being (SWB), Emotional Well-being (EWB), Physical Well-being (PWB), Functional Well-being (FWB) and Leukemia Subscale (LeuS). Select questions from the PWB (“I am bothered by side effects of treatment”) and FWB (“I am content with the quality of my life right now”) were used to describe how bothersome diarrhea was to patient HRQoL. To evaluate how bothersome diarrhea was to the patient and how content patients were with their quality of life, a 5-point Likert response format was used (0, not at all; 1, a little bit; 2, somewhat; 3, quite a bit; and 4, very much). Patients' who experienced diarrhea within the 7-days prior to completion of the HRQoL instrument were classified according to diarrhea grade (CTCAE v3.0) and patients not experiencing diarrhea within the recall period were classified as grade 0 (Table 1).Of the N=288 CP CML patients treated with bosutinib following imatinib failure (second-line TKI) included in the trial, n=237 (82%) completed the bothered by side effects (BSE) question at baseline and n=249 (86%) completed the content with quality of life (CQoL) at baseline. The observed mean scores on the BSE question by diarrhea grade are presented in Figure 1. For each time point, patients not experiencing diarrhea (grade 0) or those experiencing grade 1 diarrhea reported being bothered by the side effects of their treatment “a little bit” (range = 0.6 – 1.3) and patients experiencing grade 2 diarrhea reported being “a little bit” to “somewhat” bothered by the side effects of their treatment (range = 0.5 – 2.0). The mean score on the bothersome side effect between groups for each week was statistically significant at weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24 (p<0.05); these analysis were not adjusted for multiple comparisons. Mean CQoL scores for patients with grade 1 diarrhea were: baseline (2.5), wk4 (2.5), wk8 (2.5), wk12 (2.6), wk24 (2.9), wk36 (2.7), and wk48 (2.7) indicating patients were “somewhat” content with the quality of their life. Similarly, mean CQoL scores for patients with grade 2 diarrhea were: baseline (2.3), wk4 (2.5), wk8 (2.0), wk12 (3.0), wk24 (2.2), wk36 (2.8), and wk48 (2.0) indicating patients were “somewhat” content with the quality of their life.Patients treated with Bosutinib for Imatinib-Resistant or Imatinib-Intolerant CP CML did not report diarrhea to be a bothersome side effect of therapy and patients were content with their quality of life. These results highlight the value of capturing patient perceived HRQoL to better understand the impact of treatment.Whiteley: Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Reisman:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Cortes:Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Ariad, Chemgenex: Consultancy, Research Funding. Cella:Pfizer Inc: Honoraria, Research Funding.

Bosutinib is a dual Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), which has demonstrated efficacy in a phase I/II study of patients with Advanced Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). The objective was to evaluate the effect of bosutinib on health -related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with advanced CML after failure with imatinib.Patient reported HRQoL was an exploratory objective in the clinical trial and measured using the 44-item Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Leukemia (FACT-Leu). The FACT-Leu is a modular approach to assess patient HRQoL using a core set of general cancer questions as well as a cancer site specific leukemia subscale with 5 domains: Social Well-being (SWB), Emotional Well-being (EWB), Physical Well-being (PWB), Functional Well-being (FWB) and Leukemia Subscale (LeuS); and 3 summary scales: FACT-General, FACT Trial Outcome Index (TOI) and FACT-Leu Total. The item responses for each scale are summed to provide scores; higher scores indicate better HRQoL. The FACT-Leu was completed at weeks 4, 8, 12 and every 12 weeks thereafter, as well as treatment completion. Within cohort comparisons were assessed using paired t-tests.Of the 164 patients with advanced leukemia included in the trial, 76 had accelerated phase (AP) CML and 64 blast phase (BP) CML. At 24 weeks, AP patients reported statistically significant improvements in PWB (p=0.02), EWB (p<0.001), LeuS (p<0.001), FACT-G (p<0.001), FACT-Leu (p<0.001) and FACT-TOI (p<0.001) with the PWB, FACT-G, LeuS, TOI and FACT-Leu exceeding minimally important differences (MID) at 24 weeks. Blast phase patients reported significant improvements in PWB (p=0.02), EWB (p=0.02), FWB (p=0.04), LeuS (p=0.01), FACT-G (p<0.001), FACT-Leu (p<0.001) and FACT-TOI (p=0.01) at 24-weeks with all scales exceeding MID except the SWB. At 48-weeks the AP patients continued to have statistically significant improvements in PWB (p=0.05), EWB (p=0.02), and FACT-G (p=0.03) and PWB, FACT-G, TOI and FACT-Leu exceeded the MID at 48 weeks. There were no statistically significant deteriorations in HRQoL through week 48 (Figure 1)These data suggest that CML patients treated with bosutinib demonstrate improved HRQoL. Confirmation in a controlled study is needed.Whiteley: Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Reisman:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Cortes:Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Ariad, Chemgenex: Consultancy, Research Funding. Cella:Pfizer Inc: Honoraria, Research Funding.

Hsyu: Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Gogat:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Duvillie:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment.

Gambacorti-Passerini: Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis, Bristol Myer Squibb: Consultancy. Kantarjian:Pfizer: Research Funding. Kim:BMS, Novartis, Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Marin:Novartis: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding. Dorlhiac-Llacer:Novartis, Bristol Myer Squibb, Pfizer: Research Funding. Bullorsky:Novartis, BMS: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Leip:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Turnbull:Pfizer Inc, l3/Inventiv Clinical Solutions: Employment. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Cortes:Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Ariad, Chemgenex: Consultancy, Research Funding.

Cortes: Novartis, Bristol Myer Squibb, Pfizer, Ariad, Chemgenex: Consultancy, Research Funding. Kantarjian:Pfizer Inc: Research Funding. Kim:BMS, Novartis, Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Turkina:Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau. Brümmendorf:Bristol Myer Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy; Patent on the use of imatinib and hypusination: Patents & Royalties. Schafhausen:Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria. Porkka:Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding. Leip:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Gambacorti-Passerini:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis, Bristol Myer Squibb: Consultancy.

Kantarjian: Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Pfizer Inc: Research Funding; Ariad: Research Funding. Cortes:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding. Kim:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Ariad: Research Funding. Brümmendorf:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria. Porkka:BMS: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding. Martinelli:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria. Leip:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Gambacorti-Passerini:Biodiversity: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; BMS: Research Funding; Pfizer Inc: Honoraria, Research Funding.

Cortes: Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding. Gambacorti-Passerini:Pfizer Inc: Honoraria, Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria; Biodiversity: Honoraria. Kim:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Ariad: Research Funding. Hochhaus:Pfizer Inc: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Ariad: Research Funding. Leip:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment. Brümmendorf:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria.

Gambacorti-Passerini: Pfizer Inc: Research Funding. Khoury:BMS, Novartis: Honoraria. Kim:BMS, Novartis, Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Martinelli:BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria; Genzyme: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria. Kelly:Pfizer: Employment, Equity Ownership. Besson:Pfizer: Employment, Equity Ownership. McMullan:Pfizer: Employment, Equity Ownership. Brummendorf:Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Cortes:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding.

Khoury: BMS, Novartis: Honoraria. Kim:BMS, Novartis, Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Gambacorti-Passerini:Pfizer Inc: Research Funding. Hochhaus:Novartis, BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Pfizer Inc: Research Funding. Dorlhiac-Llacer:Novartis: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Pfizer Inc: Research Funding. Kelly:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Besson:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. McMullan:Pfizer Inc: Employment, Equity Ownership. Kantarjian:Pfizer, Novartis, BMS: Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy. Cortes:Pfizer Inc: Consultancy, Research Funding.

Profiles interior designer Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas. Background on her businesses Interiors By Design and retail store Interior Accents Etc.; Efforts of Rojas to establish her retail store; Views on home makeover programs on television.

Relates the success story of the Cake Love specialty store owned by African American lawyer and baker Warren Brown. Concoctions offered at the store; Company background; Challenge faced by Brown.