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Do generics of imatinib jeopardize patient safety for the sake of saving money? An experience in Turkish patients.

 

The high cost of tyrosine kinase inhibitors developed for chronic myeloid leukemia is a major concern for the health care payers, especially in countries with restricted resources.

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EHA has joined the European Cancer Organisation - a perfect match on objectives and prioritization

The European Hematology Association (EHA) has joined the European Cancer Organisation, a not-for-profit federation of organizations working in cancer at the European level.

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Aging and Hematology

The SWG "Aging and Hematology" has four main goals for the next four years (2019-2023):

To share clinically useful tools in assessing frailty and comorbidities in older adults with hematologic malignancies.

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EHA-SLCH Hematology Tutorial on Hematological Disorders

Date: March 18-19, 2022

Format: Hybrid

EHA and the Sri Lanka College of Haematologists (SLCH) are happy to have successfully organized the EHA-SLCH Hematology Tutorial on Hematological Disorders on March 18 and 19, 2022.

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SWG Educational Activities

The SWG's recent educational activities have included:

Meetings with the SWG on Myelodysplastic Syndromes and the SWG on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
An EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on 'MDS/MPN/AML: Commonalities and Differences of Myeloid Neoplasms'
An oral presentation for the American Society of Hematology (ASH)…

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Reduction of chemotherapy and PET-guided radiotherapy in advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma: the GHSG HD15 trial

Using the multi-agent chemotherapy regimen BEACOPP the GHSG demonstrated significantly better tumor control and overall survival compared to previously used regimens. In addition, the need for radiotherapy in patients with advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma has been unclear.

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The 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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