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Chairs and Members

Chair (2022–2025 term)Philipp Staber, Medical University Vienna (Austria)

Co-chair (2022–2025 term)Caroline Heckman, FIMM, Helsinki (Finland)

SWG Steering Committee members (2022–2025 term)
Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich (Switzerland)
Kirsten Grønbæk, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Eva Hellström Lindberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden)
Ulrich Jäger, Medical University Vienna (Austria)
Luca Malcovati,…

Publications

For the subgroup Rare hereditary blood cancers:
GATA2 monoallelic expression underlies reduced penetrance in inherited GATA2-mutated MDS/AML.

Highlights from the SWG

The following activities, which were organized by EMN, also constitute contributions to and participation in the work of the EHA SWG on Multiple Myeloma.

Chairs and Members

ChairPieter Sonneveld (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Members
Niels Abildgaard (Odense, Denmark)
Meral Beksac (Ankara, Turkey)
Luca Berthamini (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Lenka Bešše, Brno (Czech Republic)
Dr Bila (Belgrade, Serbia)
Nicole Brolli (Milano, Italy)
Sara Bringhen (Turin, Italy)
Mario Boccadoro (Turin, Italy)
Anna Maria Brioli (Bologna, Italy)
Annemiek Broyl (Rotterdam, Netherlands)—also Chair of Young…

Publications

Overall Survival With Daratumumab, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma (CASTOR): A Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial
P. Sonneveld, A. Chanan-Khan, K. Weisel, A. K. Nooka, T. Masszi, M. Beksac, I. Spicka, V. Hungria, M. Munder, M.

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

The SWG on Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) focuses on the promotion and exchange of scientific and clinical evidence, ideas and projects in the field of MDS.

Chairs and Members

ChairUwe Platzbecker, University of Leipzig, Medical Faculty, Clinic and Polyclinic for Hematology, Cellular Therapy and Hemostaseology (Germany)

Co-chairLionel Adès, Hôpital Saint-Louis Paris, Hématologie Seniors (France)

SWG Steering Committee
Pierre Fenaux, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Hématologie Seniors, Paris (France)
Arjan van de Loosdrecht, Amsterdam UMC, Hematology (The…

Publications

Original scientific publications
Lymphopenia confers poorer prognosis in Myelodysplastic Syndromes with very low and low IPSS-M
Fandrei D, Huynh T, Sébert M, Aguinaga L, Bisio V, Kim R, Clappier E, Espéli M, Balabanian K, Moins-Teisserenc H, Toubert A, Dulphy N, Fenaux…

SWG Educational Activities

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

Highlights from the SWG

Joint work with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD), and the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) to produce guidance on antithrombotic treatment in patients with hemophilia.