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In Memoriam Anneke Brand
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On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Anneke Brand, MD, PhD, emeritus professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), passed away suddenly. The European Hematology Association community is deeply saddened by Anneke’s passing.
Improved survival for adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) patients
Historical survival for patients 18-45 years with ALL is approximately 40 %. However the event free survival for ALL patients 18-45 years has improved to 73% following implementation of the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol in July 2008.
Read moreMajor bleeding in patients on treatment with NOACs or VKAs in real-life: clinical presentation, management and outcome
Major bleeding in patients on treatment with NOACs or VKAs in real-life: clinical presentation, management and outcome
Limited data are available on major bleeding (MB) occurring during treatment with vitamin K (VKAs) or non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) outside clinical…
International Call to Action to Alleviate Drug Shortages
The common call to action seeks first to raise awareness of shortages of drugs among hematologists.
Read moreDiagnosis in hematological diseases: morphology and flow cytometry
This SWG is active in disseminating knowledge on advances in the diagnosis and follow-up by morphology and multiparameter flow-cytometry of malignant and non-malignant hematological diseases. These include morphology, digital morphology, and flow-cytometry (mass, imaging, and spectral flow cytometry included).
Read moreThe past and future of the EU Blood, Tissues and Cells legislation
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Blood, tissues and cells (BTC) are used in medicine and in hematology on a daily basis.
EHA-GBMTA-AHA Hematology Tutorial
EHA is joining the Georgian Association for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation (GBMTA) and Armenian Hematology Association (AHA) to organize the EHA-GBMTA-AHA Hematology Tutorial on New Aspects in Diagnostic Choices and Treatment Options of Hematological Malignancies.
Read moreEHA-ISHBT Hematology Tutorial 2020
The 4th EHA-ISHBT Hematology Tutorial on Hematological Disorders was held on February 28 and 29 in Chandigarh, India, and chaired by Prof John Gribben, Prof Neelam Varma and Prof Pankaj Malhotra.
Read moreMutiple 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 moreEHA-SWG Diagnosis Teaser Meeting
On February 17 the 'teaser' meeting "Join the conversation on integrated diagnosis" with Prof MC Béne and key opinion experts took place virtually. Missed the live teaser? No worries, you can still watch the recording until March 17, 2022.
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