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ABT-199: Novel Bcl-2 specific inhibitor updated results confirm substantial activity and durable responses in high-risk CLL.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in the Western world and is diagnosed in approximately 5 persons per 100,000 population per year.
Read moreDo generics of imatinib jeopardize patient safety for the sake of saving money? An experience in Turkish patients.
The high cost of tyrosine kinase inhibitors developed for chronic myeloid leukemia is a major concern for the health care payers, especially in countries with restricted resources.
Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia by activation of patient's immune cells by a bispecific antibody.
Abstract S722
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a rare type of blood cancer which is mainly treated by intensive chemotherapy.
Gdf -11 a new target to improve anemia in thalassemia.
β-thalassemias are characterized by ineffective red blood cell (RBC) production, leading to anemia, iron overload, and organ failure. As current treatment options for β-thalassemia are limited, there is a clear unmet need for alternative therapies.
Mutiple Myeloma at the 19th Congress of the European Hematology Association: What is new?
During the meeting, recently developed approaches for diagnosis and monitoring will be presented. Gene-expression-profiling to detect molecular subgroups with a different prognosis and high-throughput-sequencing to identify new genetic lesions will be discussed.
Read moreAdvances from genome sequencing are paving the way to personalized treatment for leukemia and pre-leukemia
In acute myeloid leukemia (AML) our understanding of how modifications to DNA molecules that do not result in sequence change (i. e.
Read moreLeading Medical Organizations Join Forces Globally to Launch First-Ever World Thrombosis Day
“We must reduce the burden from thrombosis if we are to achieve the World Health Assembly’s global target of reducing mortality from premature non-communicable disease by 25 percent by 2025,” said Gary Raskob, Ph. D.
Read moreTreatment, medicine and hematology research: What patients want and doctors need (to know)
Jan Geissler, a Patient Advocate remarked about the Congress: “Over and above scientific updates, much can be achieved in partnership between hematologists and patients.
Read moreMeeting 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.
Read moreThe International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Hosts its Second Advanced Training Course on Thrombosis and Haemostasis on March 13-16, 2014
The Second Advance Training Course is a follow-up to the successful inaugural course organized in 2011 and attended by 200 professionals. Course speakers include nine international and regional experts in the field of thrombosis and haemostasis.
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