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Highlights from the SWG

During 2023, the SWG:

Held a joint scientific meeting with the SWG on Myelodysplastic Syndromes and the SWG on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Commenced work on guidelines for young MPN patients
Delivered a presentation for the American Society of Hematology (ASH) on the database…

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Presidential Speakers

Promising crucial developments in the field of hematology, the speakers and presentation topics of the EHA2025 Presidential Session speakers are now available. Friday, June 13, 2025 - Presidential Session I

Immunotherapy (TCR related)

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Chairs and Members

Chair (2022–2025 term)Philipp Staber, Medical University Vienna (Austria)

Co-chair (2022–2025 term)Caroline Heckman, FIMM, Helsinki (Finland)

SWG Steering Committee members (2022–2025 term)
Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich (Switzerland)
Kirsten Grønbæk, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Eva Hellström Lindberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden)
Ulrich Jäger, Medical University Vienna (Austria)
Luca Malcovati,…

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Chairs and Members

Chair (2023–2026)Marieke Essers, German Cancer Research Center (German)

Co-chair (2023–2026)Elisa Laurenti, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

SWG Steering Committee members (2023–2026)
Konstantinos Kokkaliaris, Frankfurt University (German)
Mirjam Belderbos, Prinses Maxima Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Simona Valetta, University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Members
David Kent (United Kingdom)
Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid…

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Publications

Ruxolitinib for the management of myelofibrosis: Results of an international physician survey. Ellis MH, Koren-Michowitz M, Lavi N, Vannucchi AM, Mesa R, Harrison CN. Leuk Res. 2017 Oct;61:6-9. doi: 10. 1016/j. leukres. 2017. 08. 002.

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Publications

For the subgroup Rare hereditary blood cancers:
GATA2 monoallelic expression underlies reduced penetrance in inherited GATA2-mutated MDS/AML.

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Meeting program

October 11, 2023 at 3 pm CET The interaction of von Willebrand factor (VWF) with platelet glycoprotein Ib: pathological implications and clinical manifestations

15:00-15:10 Introduction                                                                                                Giancarlo Castaman, Paolo Gresele                           …

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Publications

Robust scoring of selective drug responses method in Nature ProtocolsSWG members have published a method in Nature Protocols that allows robust scoring of selective drug responses for patient-tailored therapy selection.

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Program

All session times are in Eastern European Time (EET).

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