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Patient Advocacy Committee

Current committee members
Derek Elston, United Kingdom (Chair)
Samantha Nier, Switzerland (Vice-chair)
Loris Brunetta, Italy (Vice-chair)
Members representing a Patient Advocacy Organization

Organization
Member

Acute Leukaemia Advocates Network (ALAN)

Samantha Nier

CCI Europe

Anita Kienesberger

CLL Advocates Network (CLLAN)

Pierre Aumont

CML Advocates Network

Jan Geissler

European Federation of Associations of Patients with Haemochromatosis (EFAPH)

Dag…

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Addition of obinutuzumab (GA101) or rituximab to chlorambucil improves outcomes for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and co-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)

CLL is the most common leukemia in the western world. Many CLL patients are elderly and have comorbidities rendering them ineligible for aggressive standard treatments.

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Exciting developments in Lymphoma (lymphnode cancer) and Myeloma (plasma cell cancer) to be presented at European Hematology Congress in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

Myeloma, until recently a fatal bone marrow malignancy with a short survival time, is now turning into a chronic disease.

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Highlights of Past EHA (HOPE) Latin America (LA) 2023 - report

October 26, 2023 – São Paulo, Brazil

Meeting chairs:

A Almeida - President EHA

JF Comenalli Marques Jr - President ABHH

C Chiattone - President HEMO 2023

This year, the HOPE LA meeting was held in collaboration with the Associação Brasileira de Hematologia Hemoterapia e…

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EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Integrated Diagnosis Strategies in Oncohematology for the Management of Cytopenias and Leukocytosis

Dates: February 8-10, 2018 
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Chair: MC Béné
Co-chair: G Zini

Organized by: EHA & the EHA Scientific Working Group on Diagnosis: Morphology and Flow Cytometry

After a successful first edition in 2015, this meeting returns to Barcelona on February 8-10, 2018.…

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EHA-SWG on AAA a virtual meeting with a worldwide approach covering all aspects of the disease!

Live days: April 29-30, 2021

Content available: April 22, 2021 – May 29, 2021

Chair: Prof Dr C Dufour

Junior and senior hematologists from all over the world gathered on April 29-30, 2021 for the live days of the EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on…

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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: Berlin, Germany
Chairs: K Döhner, P Vyas, and MT Voso
Collaborating SWG: EHA Specialized Working Group on Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Registration is now open

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

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