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Lymphomas from A to Z
Nineteen countries from 3 continents were represented during the EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Rare Lymphomas on March 10-12, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.
Read moreImpact of new technologies on diagnosis and treatment of anemias highlighted in scientific meeting
Hematologists from 18 countries and 4 continents learned more about the new techniques for diagnosis and treatment of anemias during the EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Anemias on February 2-4, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.
Read moreHARMONY: Innovative Medicines Initiative approves € 40 million project for better care of patients with hematologic malignancies
HARMONY will capture, integrate, analyze and harmonize anonymous patient data from high-quality multidisciplinary sources to unlock valuable knowledge on multiple myeloma (MM), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)…
Read moreHARMONY: Better care of patients with hematologic malignancies kicked off!
“Combining data available from clinical trials as well as real world patients allows us to do more advanced analyses on possible treatment options that could be effective for individual patient or categories of patients”, said Jesús María Hernandez Rivas, Project…
Read moreEHA-funded study in The Lancet Haematology: Economic Burden of Blood Disorders in EU is €23 billion
In Europe blood disorders affect around 80 million people. The total cost of blood disorders consists of healthcare expenditure (€15. 6 billion), productivity loss due to illness and mortality (€5. 6 billion), and the costs of informal care (€1.
Read moreEuropean Reference Networks, a unique opportunity to take collaboration and patient care in hematology to the next level, was a core topic at EHA 2016
On Saturday 11 June, a session in the Patient Advocacy Track focused on the emerging European Reference Networks (ERNs).
Read morePress Release: Economic burden of blood disorders in EU is €23 billion
The economic burden of blood disorders across the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland amounts to €23 billion per year.
Read moreThe Clot Thickens
Haemophilia B is a genetic bleeding disorder, affecting approximately 80,000 males worldwide1, caused by an insufficient or dyfunctional blood clotting protein called factor IX (FIX).
Read moreGenome sequencing of thousands of patients with rare blood disorders
Approximately 3M people have a rare bleeding disorder or disease of platelets, which are the cell fragments that help blood clot. The genetic causes of dozens of such disorders are known (e. g.
Read moreEvaluation of 243 patients with deletion 17p chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with ibrutinib: a cross-study analysis of treatment outcomes
Evaluation of 243 patients with deletion 17p chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with ibrutinib: a cross-study analysis of treatment outcomes
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with the deletion of chromosome 17p (del17p) has been linked to aggressive disease and patient survival of only…