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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…

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.…

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

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OverviewThe EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemias (sAML) will focus…

EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Red Cell and Iron Metabolism Defects: From Basic Science to Clinical Case Application

Dates: October 12-14, 2023
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Chairs: A Taher & A Iolascon
Collaborating SWG: EHA Specialized Working Group on Red Cells and Iron

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Novel basis for chemoresistance in AML: DNMT3A R882 mutations promote chemoresistance and residual disease through impaired DNA damage sensing

Jun 12 2015 Posted in Press releases

Although most acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients initially respond to chemotherapy, the majority subsequently relapses and succumbs to refractory disease. Residual leukemic cells that survived chemotherapy may persist over time and later cause the disease to come back.

ABT-199: Novel Bcl-2 specific inhibitor updated results confirm substantial activity and durable responses in high-risk CLL.

Jun 13 2014 Posted in Press releases

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in the Western world and is diagnosed in approximately 5 persons per 100,000 population per year.

Expert opinions for COVID-19 vaccination in patients with non-malignant hematologic diseases

Carlo Dufour, Helen Papadaki, Alan Warren, Colm Bradley, Cristina Mecucci, Jan Palmblad, Cornelia Zeidler, Francesca Fioredda, Sam Salek, Brigitte Schlegelberger and Daniela Guardo, on behalf of the EHA SWG on Granulocytes and Constitutional Marrow Failure Disorders; Carlo L.

Hematology 2.0: navigating the world of medical apps

Apr 23 2021

Interview with Dr Alex Langridge, SpR, by Dr Nuno Borges, MBBS, MRes, on behalf of YoungEHA. Despite the controversy surrounding them, medical apps remain extremely popular and lucrative endeavors.

How to apply for CBTH

TimelinesApplication CBTH 2025
Deadline: September 24, 2024 (15:00 CEST)

Notification
November 2024

How to apply?Download the signature letter template. Fill in the template and get it duly signed for upload into the online application platform.

“Nothing about us without us”: how patient advocacy is changing the game

Aug 19 2019

Nuno Borges MBBS MRes, on behalf of YoungEHA
When it comes to advancing medical care, there is no denying that patients are at the core of everything we do.