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Patient Advocacy Committee

Current committee members
Derek Elston, United Kingdom (Chair)
Samantha Nier, Switzerland (Vice-chair)
Loris Brunetta, Italy (Vice-chair)
Members representing a Patient Advocacy Organization

Organization
Member

Acute Leukaemia Advocates Network (ALAN)

Samantha Nier

CCI Europe

Anita Kienesberger

CLL Advocates Network (CLLAN)

Pierre Aumont

CML Advocates Network

Jan Geissler

European Federation of Associations of Patients with Haemochromatosis (EFAPH)

Dag…

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Meeting Report: European School of Haematology International Conference of Haematological Disorders in the Elderly

The meeting started by reviewing demographic aspects, physiological changes encountered in the elderly, as well as the definition of older and elderly people, frailty and comorbidity.

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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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SWG Grant-funded projects, 2023

In November and December of 2022, SWGs were invited to develop project ideas and apply for a 2023 SWG Grant. ApplicationsWe received nine different applications from six SWGs.

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EHA and PTHiT Successfully Conclude the Second Joint Virtual Mini Hematology Tutorial

EHA-PTHiT Mini Hematology Tutorial

November 15-16, 2021

Meeting chairs:

Prof G Gaidano (European Hematology Association)
Prof I Hus (Polish Society of Hematology and Transfusion)
Prof T Robak (Polish Society of Hematology and Transfusion) 
After a successful mini Tutorial in April 2021, EHA and PTHiT decided to…

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SWG Grant-funded projects, 2024

In November and December of 2023, SWGs were invited to develop project ideas and apply for a 2024 SWG Grant. ApplicationsWe received 11 different applications from 9 SWGs. This was two more applications than we received in 2022.

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Targeting the B-cell Receptor in Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas

In collaboration with Dr. Lou Staudt, Pharmacyclics and associate investigators, we performed a clinical trial of a very potent inhibitor of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) called ibrutinib.

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1st European EHA Sickle Cell Conference

EHA is teaming up with the Annual Scientific Conference on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia, 2020 and the British Society of Haematology (BSH) to co-organize this first European Sickle Cell Conference; and also as a result of COVID-19 offer it as…

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