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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: impressive results with the monoclonal antibody blinatumomab

The Phase 2 dose-ranging study MT103-206 evaluated the efficacy, safety and tolerability of blinatumomab in adult patients with B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia who had relapsed following treatment with standard front-line chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplant.

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SWG Educational Activities

EHA2023 Hybrid CongressDate and locationJune 8–11, 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany. ChairMarie Jose Kersten

Case discussions
Follicular Lymphoma: Martin Dreylng, Daphne De Jong. Double hit Lymphoma: Andrew Davies, Elias Campo. T-follicular helper cell lymphoma: Andrew Davies, Daphne De Jong.

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Breakthrough results in European multicenter trial on acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): no more chemotherapy?

APL is a rare, yet aggressive, subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by a maturation arrest of white blood cell precursors in the marrow, leading to a shortage of normal white cells and platelets in the blood, which is…

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Immunotherapy delivered by Blinatumomab improves survival in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients

Adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can achieve disease control in 90% of cases with intense chemotherapy but only half of these responders will be cured.

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Pomalidomide prolongs survival in refractory myeloma patients

MM-003 is a large, multi-centre phase 3 study that assessed the efficacy and safety of a new drug, Pomalidomide (POM) in combination with low-dose dexamethasone (POM+LoDex) and compared this combination with high dose dexamethasone in MM patients with late stage…

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Pivotal Ruxolitinib Data Shows Promise for Patients with PV.

 

Polycythemia vera (PV) is a chronic, incurable blood cancer with limited treatment options. If uncontrolled, PV can cause serious cardiovascular complications, such as stroke and heart attack.

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EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemias

Dates: April 25-26, 2025
Location: to be announced
Chairs: K Döhner, P Vyas, and MT Voso
Collaborating SWG: EHA Specialized Working Group on Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Program The EHA-SWG scientific meeting on Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Secondary Acute Myeloid…

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The root of evil: pre-leukemic clones that survive chemotherapy are linked to a higher risk of leukemia recurrence

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer. Treatment with intensive chemotherapy often leads to a period of freedom from overt disease called a remission. However, recurrence of the disease is common.

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EHA-AHA Hematology Tutorial on Lymphoid Malignancies

Dates: October 18-20, 2019
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Chairs: G Gaidano, S Danielyan, Y Hakobyan

2019 marks the 3rd time EHA is organizing a tutorial in collaboration with the Armenian Hematology Association (AHA), this time on “Lymphoid Malignancies”.

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