In memoriam Daniel Catovsky

Professor Daniel Catovsky MD DSc
19. 9. 1937 – 2. 12. 2022

Daniel Catovsky died peacefully in December at the age of 85 years.

In Memoriam Anneke Brand

Picture: Ineke Oostveen

 

On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Anneke Brand, MD, PhD, emeritus professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), passed away suddenly. The European Hematology Association community is deeply saddened by Anneke’s passing.

Topics-in-Focus program

Highlights of the SWG

SWG business meetingWe held a key strategic SWG business meeting on November 29, 2023, at the EHA offices in The Hague. During the meeting, we discussed the future plans and priorities of our SWG.

EHA leads Tutorial in Kazakhstan for better understanding of lymphomas

EHA, in collaboration with the Kazakhstan Cancer Society (KCS) and Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology (KazIOR), organized its very first tutorial together on March 14-16 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Improved survival for adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) patients

Historical survival for patients 18-45 years with ALL is approximately 40 %. However the event free survival for ALL patients 18-45 years has improved to 73% following implementation of the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol in July 2008.