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The February 2018 - Volume 2 - Issue 1 of HemaSphere is now available online
The February 2018 - Volume 2 - Issue 1 of HemaSphere is now available online. HemaSphere is an open access journal, powered by the European Hematology Association and dedicated to support hematology patient care, research and education worldwide.
Read morePROFILE Bootcamp in Entrepreneurial Innovation in Orphan Diseases, October 23-25, 2017, Leuven, Belgium.
Breaking innovations in rare diseases are at the centre of this PROFILE Bootcamp, which brings together junior & senior researchers, clinicians, pharmaceutical industry and policymakers.
Read moreCME-European Accreditors: A New European CME/CPD Association
A new association of accrediting boards in Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development in Europe has been established.
Read moreEuropean Hematology Association publishes new journal with Wolters Kluwer
The European Hematology Association, the largest Europe-based association of hematologists, launched its new journal HemaSphere with publisher Wolters Kluwer at the 22nd Annual Congress of EHA in Madrid.
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 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 moreSGN-CD33A Combined with Hypomethylating Therapy Produces High Remission Rates among Older Patients with AML
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer in which the majority of cases express CD33 on the surface of the leukemia cells.
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 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.
Read moreStopping tyrosine kinase inhibitors in a very large cohort of European chronic myeloid leukemia patients: results of the EURO-SKI trial
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have substantially improved survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase. However, treatment is in clinical practice considered life-long.
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