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In Memoriam Anneke Brand

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On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Anneke Brand, MD, PhD, emeritus professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), passed away suddenly. The European Hematology Association community is deeply saddened by Anneke’s passing.

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Genome 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.

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SWG Educational Activities

EHA-SWG meetingsAn EMSCO meeting was held in October 2023 (Nice, France).

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EHA welcomes European Parliament backing for SoHO legislation

EHA welcomes the European Parliament’s backing for SoHO legislation that puts patient safety and supply sustainability first.

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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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A new form of inherited thrombocytopenia (ETV6-related thrombocytopenia, ETV6-RT): NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

A new form of inherited thrombocytopenia (ETV6-related thrombocytopenia, ETV6-RT): NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

We recently discovered a new form of an inherited deficiency of platelets (inherited thrombocytopenia-IT), which is caused by mutations in the ETV6-gene.

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Publications

Management of ALL in Adults: 2023 ELN Recommendations from a European Expert Panel
Gökbuget N, Boissel N, Chiaretti S, Dombret H, Doubek M, Fielding AK, Foà R, Giebel S, Hoelzer D, Hunault M, Marks DI, Martinelli G, Ottmann O, Rijneveld…

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Highlights of Past EHA (HOPE) Asia 2023

EHA joined forces with the Indian Society of Hematology & Blood Transfusion (ISHBT) to organize the 5th edition of the Highlights of Past EHA (HOPE) Asia 2023 meeting.

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Highlights from the SWG

Project groupsPan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA) projectThe European Blood Alliance has provided funding for a health science data project entitled: ‘Towards a Pan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA).

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Targeting the B-cell Receptor in Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas

In collaboration with Dr. Lou Staudt, Pharmacyclics and associate investigators, we performed a clinical trial of a very potent inhibitor of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) called ibrutinib.

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