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2018’s Sjöberg Prize awarded for unique treatment that cures a once fatal cancer
Dr. Zhu Chen, Dr. Anne Dejean and Dr. Hugues de Thé will be awarded the Sjöberg Prize 2018 for their work on how acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) could be cured based on arsenic and retinoic acid.
Read moreEHA-AHA hematology tutorial on Biology and Management of Myeloid Malignancies
In 2016, a new hematology center opened in Yerevan, which offers new services, enabling professionals working there to apply theoretical knowledge and advanced approaches in everyday practice.
Read moreHARMONY Alliance: Progress in Using Big Data Technology to Achieve Better Outcomes for Patients with Blood Cancers
HARMONY Alliance: Progress in Using Big Data Technology to Achieve Better Outcomes for Patients with Blood Cancers: HARMONY Alliance is an unparalleled medicine offensive to battle blood cancers by using Big Data analyses.
Read moreLast chance: special EAPM2017 registration offer for EHA members
EAMP2017 will take place in Belfast, Ireland, from 27-29 November 2017. The European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM), launched in March 2012, brings together European healthcare experts and patient advocates involved with major chronic diseases.
Read moreMadrid Declaration: joint call for action on training requirements
The Madrid Declaration on enhanced training requirements for hematologists in the Professional Qualifications Directive enjoyed broad support from national society representatives at the EHA22 National Societies Dinner in Madrid.
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 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 moreKiller antibodies against AML
Most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can only be cured when a stem cell transplant induces an immune response against the patient’s leukemia.
Read moreImmunotherapy 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.
Read moreThe 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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