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Effective treatment of aging patients with hematological diseases discussed during SWG Aging meeting in Poland

The progress in the field of aging and the optimal and rational approaches of "fit" and "unfit" older patients with malignant hemopathies was the focus of the three-day EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Aging and Hematology held on October 12-14, 2018 in…

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Parliament puts final stamp on the European Health Data Space

On April 24, the European Parliament gave its final endorsement to the regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The legislation was proposed in May 2022, and constitutes an important pillar of the (developing) European Health Union.

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Hans Erik Johnsen 1948-2018

On May 17, 2018, just after his 70th birthday, Hans Erik Johnsen passed away. Hans Johnsen was Professor of Clinical Hematology at the Department of Hematology at Aalborg University in Denmark.

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European Affairs Committee

Committee members
Elizabeth Macintyre, France (Chair)
Antonio Almeida, Portugal
Natacha Bolaños, Spain (Patient advocate)
Lorenzo Brunetti, Italy
Raffaella Colombatti, Italy
Julio Delgado, Spain
Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, France (Advisory member)
Tarec El-Galaly, Denmark
Martin Kaiser, Germany
Frank Leebeek, The Netherlands (Advisory member)
Kate Morgan, United Kingdom (Patient advocate)
Marek Mraz, Czech Republic
Kostas Stamatopoulos, Greece
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Highlights from the SWG

On November 24, 2022, the SWG on Red Cells and Iron held its annual Business meeting virtually which was chaired by Prof. Ali Taher and Prof. Achille Iolascon.

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YoungEHA Webinar on Burnouts: When caregivers become patients - talking about awareness

In order to create awareness for burnout symptoms among hematologists, the YoungEHA Committee has planned a webinar on burnouts to help professionals in hematology identify early signs and how to address this issue in a wider context.

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First randomized evidence for kinase inhibitor activity in acute myeloid leukemia

Despite the success of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in some forms of leukemias such as chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, until now a kinase inhibitor had yet to demonstrate activity in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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