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Addition of obinutuzumab (GA101) or rituximab to chlorambucil improves outcomes for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and co-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)

CLL is the most common leukemia in the western world. Many CLL patients are elderly and have comorbidities rendering them ineligible for aggressive standard treatments.

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Report on first EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting

The meeting was organized with the main support of the EHA in collaboration with the Hematology Unit of G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital and was sponsored by Novartis and Alexion.

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Breakthrough results in European multicenter trial on acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): no more chemotherapy?

APL is a rare, yet aggressive, subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by a maturation arrest of white blood cell precursors in the marrow, leading to a shortage of normal white cells and platelets in the blood, which is…

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International CML adherence survey launched

The drivers behind non-adherence, a highly prevalent problem in oral cancer treatments but also in many other diseases like diabetes, are not well understood to date.

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: impressive results with the monoclonal antibody blinatumomab

The Phase 2 dose-ranging study MT103-206 evaluated the efficacy, safety and tolerability of blinatumomab in adult patients with B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia who had relapsed following treatment with standard front-line chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplant.

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Evaluation of a single 1.000 mg iron dose as ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) for fatigue treatment in Iron deficient women – PREFER

Fatigue and iron deficiency are prevalent among women of childbearing age. This randomised, placebo-controlled study evaluated the effect of a single intravenous 1.

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How malignant cells in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia escape T cell recognition and attack

T cell activation is essential for immunity including the recognition and killing of abnormal target cells such as cancerous cells.

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Reduction of chemotherapy and PET-guided radiotherapy in advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma: the GHSG HD15 trial

Using the multi-agent chemotherapy regimen BEACOPP the GHSG demonstrated significantly better tumor control and overall survival compared to previously used regimens. In addition, the need for radiotherapy in patients with advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma has been unclear.

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Dr A van Hylckama Vlieg Announced Winner of the first EHA-ISTH Joint Fellowship

The award of EUR 72,000 over two years is intended to support the study of the physiology of bleeding, coagulation or thrombosis. Dr.

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