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Thrombocytopenias and Platelet Function Disorders

The SWG was established at the 2003 EHA Congress, which was held in Lyon, France. The group's original focus was thrombocytopenias, but it subsequently expanded its field of interest with the inclusion of platelet function disorders.

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Adolescents and young adults (AYA)

Spotlight on AYAAdolescents and young adults (AYA) with hematologic diseases are a unique group with special characteristics and needs. In recent years, the challenges related to the management of AYA (particularly in relation to cancer) have increasingly been recognized.

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Press Release "Crucial Directives must be revised to protect patients' interests and improve access to treatment"

This was a key message of a two-day conference, “Haematology and the next European decade”, hosted by the European Parliament and attended by doctors, researchers, parliamentarians, patients’ organisations and Commission officials.

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A new form of inherited thrombocytopenia (ETV6-related thrombocytopenia, ETV6-RT): NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

A new form of inherited thrombocytopenia (ETV6-related thrombocytopenia, ETV6-RT): NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

We recently discovered a new form of an inherited deficiency of platelets (inherited thrombocytopenia-IT), which is caused by mutations in the ETV6-gene.

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Publications

Subconjunctival injection of mesenchymal stromal cells protects the cornea in an experimental model of GVHD. Martínez-Carrasco R, Sánchez-Abarca LI, Nieto-Gómez C, García EM, Sánchez-Guijo F, Argüeso P, Aijón J, Hernández-Galilea E, Velasco A. Ocul Surf. 2019 Jan 7.

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EHA and Polish Society’s third tutorial together focused on myeloid and lymphoid leukemias

Seventy-five participants from Europe and the Middle East learned about the advances in biology, genetic characteristics, diagnostic approaches and therapy of leukemias during the EHA-PTHiT Hematology Tutorial on Myeloid and Lymphoid Leukemias in Warsaw, Poland.

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Treatment, 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.

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Scientific networks

Specialized Working Groups (SWGs)In order to cover the full hematology field, EHA Specialized Working Groups (SWGs) are divided in two groups: disease-oriented and overarching SWGs.

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