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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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Publications

Matching-adjusted indirect comparison of asciminib versus other treatments in chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia after failure of two prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Atallah E, Mauro MJ, Hochhaus A, Boquimpani C, Minami Y, Maheshwari VK, Saini L, Corbin R, Réa D.

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Chairs and Members

ChairJosep Maria Ribera, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol (Spain)

Co-chairAdele Fielding, University College London (United Kingdom)

SWG Steering Committee
Anthony Moorman, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Cyril Salek, Charles University in Prague (Czechia)
Helene Hallböök, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Nicola Gökbuget, Frankfurt University Cancer Centre (Germany)
Sabina Chiaretti, Sapienza…

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Original scientific publications
Lymphopenia confers poorer prognosis in Myelodysplastic Syndromes with very low and low IPSS-M
Fandrei D, Huynh T, Sébert M, Aguinaga L, Bisio V, Kim R, Clappier E, Espéli M, Balabanian K, Moins-Teisserenc H, Toubert A, Dulphy N, Fenaux…

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Rolling out CAR T across Europe

Prof Christine Chomienne talking about CAR T implementation challenges during the 7th EAPM Presidency Conference in Brussels.

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SWG Educational Activities

Recruitment trialsRecruitment is underway for the following trials:

Trial on precision hematology: Comprehensive Genomic Profiling and Next Generation Functional Drug Screening for Patients With Aggressive Haematological Malignancies (EXALT-2); ClinicalTrials.

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Press Release: Better funding for research into blood diseases will save more lives

“Haematology is probably the area of medicine that has progressed the most in recent years”, said Professor Robin Foà of “La Sapienza” University of Rome.

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2018’s Sjöberg Prize awarded for unique treatment that cures a once fatal cancer

Dr. Zhu Chen, Dr. Anne Dejean and Dr. Hugues de Thé will be awarded the Sjöberg Prize 2018 for their work on how acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) could be cured based on arsenic and retinoic acid.

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7th European CAR T-cell Meeting

The European Hematology Association (EHA) and the EBMT are excited to announce the 7th edition of the jointly organized European CAR T-cell Meeting.

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